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1. Meet and Greet

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   Meet other newbies enrolling at the same school you are.

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   • UofT MIE - Fall 2021
   • By KhodrJ, May 31
2. Officially Grads

   Now that you're in, what about relocating, school supplies, housing, Grad Life, etc.

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   • Getting Master's Diploma After Ph.D. Starts
   • By Mazarin, May 18
3. Coursework, Advising, and Exams

   What do I take? What about my grades? What about my *$%^ advisor? What about comps/quals/becoming ABD?

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   • How do I approach a prospective Ph.D. advisor when considering changing advisors after the 1st year of a Ph.D. program?
   • By RandomGuy123, Monday at 10:19 PM
4. Research

   How do I pick a research topic? Organize my notes? Find data? Pick which lab to join? Ask and answer questions about how to do research here.

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   • By electronic_curve, 23 hours ago
5. Teaching

   I have a TA position, now what?

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   • What classroom management techniques do you use in preschool teaching?
   • By Dylan11, June 27
6. Writing, Presenting and Publishing

   This is the place to discuss writing (theses, conference and journal papers, etc.), presenting (powerpoint, LaTeX/Beamer??) and publishing.

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   • Dissertation coaching and writing groups
   • By Ameliaadams, Tuesday at 10:53 AM
7. Jobs

   Whoa. You're about to graduate. What now?!?!

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   • Can I assume that a reference letter will be a good one if a prof agrees to write it?
   • By haltheincandescent, July 22