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Flockaveli 02/16/21 10:00:57 PM #51:	Meme schools. --- I'm in Chicago, I'm shaking my head. <cite>Flockaveli posted [p:950720503] in Got reject... [t:79296740]...</cite> <quote>Meme schools. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Garioshi 02/16/21 10:04:26 PM #52:	brestugo posted... Also, when you are assigned a professor to guide you through the program, find out how many Phds s/he has graduated. My first guy did like 3 in 13 years. Some professors are only interested in grad students who will grade papers and run sections for them.. Switched him out. I am a historian/international relations guy by training. I don't know physics. But I know professors and grad school. Wherever you go, be "selfish" about your needs and interests. Good to know. --- "I play with myself" - Darklit_Minuet, 2018 <cite>Garioshi posted [p:950720597] in Got reject... [t:79296740]...</cite> <quote>brestugo posted... </cite> <quote>Also, when you are assigned a professor to guide you through the program, find out how many Phds s/he has graduated. My first guy did like 3 in 13 years. Some professors are only interested in grad students who will grade papers and run sections for them.. Switched him out. I am a historian/international relations guy by training. I don't know physics. But I know professors and grad school. Wherever you go, be "selfish" about your needs and interests.</quote>Good to know. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 02/16/21 10:07:43 PM #53:	Garioshi posted... Good to know. Again, good luck. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb. <cite>brestugo posted [p:950720691] in Got reject... [t:79296740]...</cite> <quote>Garioshi posted... </cite> <quote>Good to know.</quote>Again, good luck. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 02/16/21 10:13:38 PM #54:	brestugo posted... Grad students are seen by some professors as cheap labor. They (grad students) come to learn but some professors just want to use them to lighten their own workload. I would frame this very differently. Grad students and postdocs are the workforce of the lab. It's uncommon for a PI to spend much time in the lab. But that doesn't mean that the relationship is exploitative. Usually your PI works with you to develop your skills, in lab work and writing. You also should be working toward work that literally has your name at the front of it. Like, there are good lab environments and bad lab environments, but I would label your description as pretty misleading. Typically you are either interviewing for a particular lab, or you do rotations, in which case you get the chance to scope out the lab environment. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:950720873] in Got reject... [t:79296740]...</cite> <quote>brestugo posted... </cite> <quote>Grad students are seen by some professors as cheap labor. They (grad students) come to learn but some professors just want to use them to lighten their own workload.</quote> I would frame this very differently. Grad students and postdocs are the workforce of the lab. It's uncommon for a PI to spend much time in the lab. But that doesn't mean that the relationship is exploitative. Usually your PI works with you to develop your skills, in lab work and writing. You also should be working toward work that literally has your name at the front of it. Like, there are good lab environments and bad lab environments, but I would label your description as pretty misleading. Typically you are either interviewing for a particular lab, or you do rotations, in which case you get the chance to scope out the lab environment. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 02/16/21 10:18:14 PM #55:	COVxy posted... I would frame this very differently. Grad students and postdocs are the workforce of the lab. It's uncommon for a PI to spend much time in the lab. But that doesn't mean that the relationship is exploitative. Usually your PI works with you to develop your skills, in lab work and writing. You also should be working toward work that literally has your name at the front of it. Like, there are good lab environments and bad lab environments, but I would label your description as pretty misleading. Typically you are either interviewing for a particular lab, or you do rotations, in which case you get the chance to scope out the lab environment. Well, I graduated some time ago. 2003. The relationship may have changed - with the help of grad student unions, IMO. I was also in the social sciences, which were extremely exploitative towards grad students. Physics and the "hard sciences", or anything involving a lab, I am not an expert. --- Not everyone is suitable to kill a lion - Maasai proverb. <cite>brestugo posted [p:950720981] in Got reject... [t:79296740]...</cite> <quote>COVxy posted... </cite> <quote>I would frame this very differently. Grad students and postdocs are the workforce of the lab. It's uncommon for a PI to spend much time in the lab. But that doesn't mean that the relationship is exploitative. Usually your PI works with you to develop your skills, in lab work and writing. You also should be working toward work that literally has your name at the front of it. Like, there are good lab environments and bad lab environments, but I would label your description as pretty misleading. Typically you are either interviewing for a particular lab, or you do rotations, in which case you get the chance to scope out the lab environment.</quote>Well, I graduated some time ago. 2003. The relationship may have changed - with the help of grad student unions, IMO. I was also in the social sciences, which were extremely exploitative towards grad students. Physics and the "hard sciences", or anything involving a lab, I am not an expert. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Current Events > Got rejected by Princeton and Virginia Tech