gradstudents

undergrads in graduate classes

the_pesh_mode wrote in gradstudents Nov 16, 2013 17:52

First year graduate student wondering how people feel about undergraduates taking multiple graduate courses. I'm not thrilled by it. I can understand one class, but taking multiple classes doesn't seem right to me. Especially, since they are paying for undergrad tuition. Thoughts?

So, academia.edu...

tisiphone wrote in gradstudents Nov 03, 2013 19:52

To upload or not to upload? I've already got an account, for one reason or another. I was considering uploading my dissertation (once I've got an official score) and perhaps one or two of the papers I wrote this year that were more interesting. None have been published yet, and may or may not be, but building up a bit of a profile online might be ( Read more... )

Grad students strike back

coendou wrote in gradstudents Jun 13, 2013 22:28

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conference volunteering?

tisiphone wrote in gradstudents Jan 29, 2013 18:28

This is such a n00b question, but is volunteering for academic conferences worthwhile?(I mean as staff, rather than submitting work for it.) I can see positives (chance to network and learn some new stuff) and negatives (unpaid labour yay) - is there a specific answer to whether it's a good plan or a bad plan? The particular conference I'm thinking ( Read more... )

sample writing

the_pesh_mode wrote in gradstudents Jan 09, 2013 10:36

I am applying to grad. school in California. CSU Chico, Humboldt, and other places. I have already talked to their graduate coordinators. They told me not to send something too long, but not too short? They never really gave me a concrete number. How long was your sample? Thanks.

applying, writing, applications

Is this cheating or not?

cainam_cisum wrote in gradstudents Dec 13, 2012 23:17

I am a TA but actually teach my own course. In the beginning of the semester one of the students gave me a letter from the Center of Disabilities that she needs special conditions because of her disease. Later this semester she emailed that she couldn't make to the midterm exam as she was not feeling good and asked to come at a different time. I ( Read more... )

Care and Feeding of a Committee

kethryvis wrote in gradstudents Oct 01, 2012 14:59

MA candidate, THISCLOSE to finishing my thesis, so close i could almost shout... but still with a decent amount of work to do ( Read more... )

committee, ma thesis, ma, thesis

Email for publication?

narfenugen wrote in gradstudents Jul 19, 2012 12:09

I have upcoming article related to my graduate work. I'm currently using my university email as the author contact. But I finished my degree since the article was first submitted and it looks like my that email will expire a couple of months after printing. So, I need to change the email listed on the proof pages before returning them ( Read more... )

publication, publishing

My new Science blog

galicola wrote in gradstudents May 17, 2012 14:42

Dear all,
I would like to invite anyone who is interested in fluorescent microscopy to my new blog:
green fluorescent blog (http://greenfluorescentblog.wordpress.com/).

technology, hi

Mendeley vs EndNote

cheez_ball wrote in gradstudents May 10, 2012 15:33

I'm in the process of writing my dissertation and manuscript for peer review. I just started inserting references and noticed that -ack!- Mendeley isn't reading my references correctly. First author, journal title, etc are all messed up. It's early enough in the process that I can scrap Mendeley and use EndNote for everyone (my campus has EndNote ( Read more... )

dissertation, software, technology, writing