Questions tagged [graduate-school]
On schools that award advanced academic degrees, such as master's and doctoral degrees. This tag is mainly for questions about the structure and organization of a graduate school or the fundamental experience of being a graduate student. Do not use this tag for questions about research in graduate school (use [research] instead), coursework in graduate school (use [coursework]), gaining admissions to graduate school (use [graduate-admissions]), etc.
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How exactly do you expand your knowledge about your research field as a PhD student?
My research field is functional analysis, and currently, I am acquiring new knowledge simply "by chance". This means, I need something specific to know, so I educate myself on it, and ...
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How can I email a CS professor looking for Phd. students? [duplicate]
This year I will submit about 16 applications to different universities for graduate studies at the US. However, I found that there are new professors looking for PhD. students. So as a foreign ...
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Major advice for Computer Engineering student [closed]
I'm an international freshman student at Purdue University West Lafayette, currently pursuing a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering.
Eventually, I want to get into a field that intersects technology ...
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What is the best way to explain unrelated work in a Masters application?
I graduated in 2016 with degrees in Law and Arts, with Arts majors of International Relations and Criminology. Since then, I have been working as a corporate lawyer (specifically, insurance).
I have ...
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Former advisor used my ideas without crediting my thesis [duplicate]
My former advisor used ideas I developed and wrote about in my thesis in a recent paper without crediting my work. This is particularly upsetting because they were an awful advisor and provided ...
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Who should I ask for a LoR (Chemistry PhD programs)?
I'm applying to Chemistry PhD programs with two strong letters from my previous PIs. However, I'm having trouble choosing a recommender for my third letter.
I'm thinking about asking a professor in a ...
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PhD program but no funding?
Just started my second year in my PhD program, STEM degree. Before I entered the program the professor I had found had told me that there is some funding (albeit not a lot) he could give me on the ...
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Paper authorship conflict: Advisor wants his name on a research paper he didn't contribute to
In my university it is typically the case that advisors are first authors but this comes with having them do the first author responsibilities such as making significant (original) and insightful ...
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Applied Mathematics to Neuroscience Transition?
I am currently studying Applied Mathematics in a university in Bangladesh. I have always been deeply interested in psychology and neuroscience. I want to complete my degree in Applied Mathematics and ...
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Discussing religion in diversity statements for graduate school
A sample prompt for a US graduate school diversity statement is:
Describe how your character and experiences have formed you into someone who will contribute positively and effectively to not only ...
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Mediocre/Poor letter of rec from well-known professor vs great letter from not as well-known professor?
I'm planning to apply to graduate school next year after working a year in industry (software engineering) but have received advice to get my letters of recommendation and other application parts ...
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How can I pursue a career in bioinformatics with limited financial resources and a weak educational background? [closed]
I recently graduated from the Faculty of Computers and Information, Computing and Bioinformatics Program at Menoufia University in Egypt. Unfortunately, I feel that my university education was not ...
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professor not supporting in anyways [duplicate]
I recently graduated with a degree in engineering, and my advisor encouraged me to start my PhD, promising to provide funding for my studies. However, I’m now in my second semester, and my professor ...
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How do I make sure I can actually finish my thesis? [closed]
I am in my second year of my master's degree and am one month into the new term. Currently, I have drafted my entire thesis proposal at length, set up most of my experiment, obtained ethics approval ...
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What do the bulk of the pre-calculus questions in the mathematics (subject) GRE look like?
I am planning to take the mathematics subject test this year and have decent foundations in pre-calculus. However, I would like to study it thoroughly again but I don't want to spend too much time on ...
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