I made a post on my (rarely used) blog thinking about my pursuit of higher mathematics and about how/where to apply for grad schools. I would love some advice from those who have pursued their love for Mathematics and it's application in other fields in grad school! I have some concerns and I feel very stuck.
Hey all you #science and #research folks who might be going to #AGU this year.
Did you know that there's an Amtrak #train that runs between Chicago and San Francisco and a lot of places in between?
I've taken it and it's a gorgeous trip, especially through the mountains in winter. Additionally, it's much more #Climate friendly than flying!
Let's all take the train and have a bunch of fun science cars together #SciComm#ClimateChange#AGU23#AcademicChatter#GradSchool#PostDoc#TubePeople
This thread about Stephen Greenblatt (named by others) reaffirms that the person who will steal your ideas is most likely not a stranger who reads your preprint but your professor who knows about the paper you didn't post as a preprint. Posting might protect you from this. #Academia#gradschool https://x.com/doctorvive/status/1738258471827419185
Reader, my grad school lab group has a paper due Monday and I am the sole contributor thus far. Just added figure 5 and I'm at 3 pages. #engineering#gradschool
Want to help striking TAs at McGill who've been fired or suspended from their other campus positions for participating in the strike? Here are a couple of mutual aid links for funds to support students facing financial hardship. 🧵
Gorgeous day to cut thru the courtyard on the way to my last class of the semester.
We're covering new material tonight, but no test. Whew! This 3hr night class literally made my brain hurt. If you're not overwhelmed with all the thoughts and prayers for the rest of America, I could use a few for my GPA this week🙏 #gradSchool#biomedical#engineering
Final grades for my summer class submitted today! Any post-teaching recovery ideas? I still have small deadlines but whew it feels good to wrap an intensive daily class. 🙌
Melanie Zurba's lab at Dalhousie University is looking for an #Indigenous student of any background to join one of the university's environmental masters programs and be funded as a #Research Coordinator on a Mi’kmaw community-engaged project. More information on the opportunity can be found here: https://www.communityengagedcolab.ca/our-work/currentopportunities/.
What are the consequences if I can't make the full monthly payment on my federal student loans? They want $500/mo starting in November and I can't do that until the car is paid off. #StudentLoans#college#GradSchool
While I'm super-busy with #GradSchool right now, I'm managing to squeeze in a couple of opportunities to perform #magic. Step right up to see the #WizardOfTheWabash at a couple of good causes.
Later this week I'm giving a colloquium to my old grad school department (physics) about my experience getting out of #academia and working as a software engineer. It'd be interesting to crowd-source this: grad students and other former grad students of Mastodon, what would you want to hear in this kind of a talk?
Are you overdue for a thesis committee meeting, but feel like you have nothing to show since your last meeting? I'm begging you to schedule that meeting now!
Either, your research is languishing and you need help! This is what your thesis commitee is for.
Or, you are doing fine and the committee is there to tell you that.
Accepted my offer for #GradSchool with Charlotte, Master of Arts in Counseling. Enrolled into two courses, deciding on the third.
Watched Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Great film, special shout out to little baby Suko who stole every scene, especially when Kong used him as a weapon.
Back on the peloton. I always have to take a few days off when things get busy and mind gets too crowded but I’m that first ride always feels amazing.
Five years ago I decided against a doctoral fellowship at UVA because even at a distance it was clearly a rat race. now they dont even bother feeding the rats #UVA#charlottesville#gradschool
PSA for prospective grad students going to in-person interviews.
Meeting with the specific faculty you want to work with is important for deciding if the school is right for you.
If someone is not on your schedule, contact them BEFORE the interview date and let them know you want to meet with them.
Most schedules have social time with faculty and the specific faculty will usually try to find you during that time if they know you are interested in their work.