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  1. I got my Master's this past May. I have a job interview coming up soon, to work in a lab. I really want this job and having been trying for a while to get an interview for something in my field. However, I did not have a good relationship with my faculty advisor. I asked her in the past if she would mind being a reference, and she said that while she would give me a reference, it would not be a great one. I'm stuck as far as what to do because I feel that it would be a red flag to my interviewer if I do not include my advisor. Any advice anyone?
  2. Sorry for the late response, but thank you so much everyone for the help! I really appreciate that I can come here for advice and vent, and receive kind words and helpful advice in return
  3. Hello, I was wondering if someone may help me with this email I need to send to a professor from another department. He is helping me with a favor, by making a map for me that I need for my thesis. I havent heard from him in two weeks, and realize that he must be busy, but I need the map as soon as possible. I've composed an email below, can someone help me by saying whether it is good to send, is it respectful and polite, but still getting the message across? Thank you! I have not talked much with this professor, and I live 150 miles away from the campus currently. Dear Dr. ______, Hello, I was wondering if you got a chance to look at the attachment I sent you on March 25th? I really do not want to be a burden, as I know you are busy. I am just finalizing my thesis and checking up on parts that I still need to do. Again, thank you so much for the help.
  4. I have had enough! I have three professors in my graduate committee. This is supposed to be my last semester for my MS and I am sending my thesis back and forth for edits. Today, I sent off my updated thesis with updated stats in hopes to receive more edits back, or a "this looks good!" (Wishful thinking...) I haven't communicated as much with my committee as they wanted me to, since I have been working 70+ hour weeks. I'm tired and depressed but I know that isn't supposed to be an excuse. So today, after sending my thesis off, I received a rude email back from one of my advisors, basically saying my work is crap. I have been unhappy for a really long time being in this program. I do not want to do it anymore. I can't handle how I get shot down everytime from one of my advisors. I am always scared to talk to them and am scared to open my email, in case they have more nasty things to say to me. If anyone has advice, please help me. I don't have a specific question but I am really upset and do not know what to do. I feel I can't stand up for myself and that I get treated poorly.
  5. Thanks for the replies everyone. Eigen, the other student is also an MS student. Also, I'm not sure about the specifics of revealing my information to be against the law, but I had previously spoken with the school Dean and she explained to me that my advisor cannot reveal specifics about me as a student to another student. I guess I shouldn't be so angry about her playing favorites -- It is something out of my control.
  6. I'm a Masters student and was supposed to graduate this past December. The past 2 years, I had a good relationship with my advisor where she was helpful, and I feel she actually wanted me to succeed. That all changed at the start of the Fall 2012 semester, and got progressively worse from there. I had begun writing my thesis, and when I submitted parts to her to edit, she would take weeks to get back to me, saying that she didn't have time to look at it. However, she was always there to help her "favorite", another grad student, with their grant writing. The day of my thesis defense, she and my committee argued over my statistics that I was using, saying they weren't happy with the methods they had originally told me to use. I had to change all my methods and stats about 30 mins before my defense seminar. Two weeks later, I met with my committee again. This was two weeks before" graduation", and my committee told me (this was the first time ever hearing this) that they weren't going to sign off on my thesis. They wanted me to add another section to it. They wanted me to take an approved stats course. Since there was no mention about not graduating before, I had signed over my lease on my apartment. I did nothing but hard work, and I put in all of my life into this grad program! I agreed to take a course at another college, since I was moving. Around Christmas time, I learned that she gave a Christmas gift to her other graduate student. They also went out for drinks all the time, and that student even stayed at her house for a week. I also learned that my advisor had shared the details of why I wasn't graduating on time to the other student, which is against the law. She constantly insulted me behind my back, but I let it go, knowing that eventually I would have my degree. The final straw was today, when I emailed my advisor and asked if I could use her as a reference for a position I was applying to. She emailed back, saying "No.", and throwing insults all over me. I have had it with this advisor. I have had it with this program. My anxiety is through the roof and my blood pressure is dangerously high. I completely broke down earlier and have no hope anymore. She literally does not want me to succeed! I would quit if I hadn't invested so much money into this program. I do not know what to do. Please help, does anyone have any advice?
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