Coursework, Advising, and Exams

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1. Getting off to a good start

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   By NeurosciMRI, April 20, 2014
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   • beigeflower71
   • May 5

3. What to do when you find your advisor's style difficult?

   By hats, 10 hours ago
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   • Hope.for.the.best
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4. 4 years of coursework

   By Physicalimp, May 9
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   • rising_star
   • May 13

5. Low Grade

   By caffefreddo, May 10
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   • TheWalkingGrad
   • May 10

6. Ethics question - professor expects me to work for his client for free

   By geologyninja13, May 3
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   • AP
   • May 4

7. Do I need to retake courses? Suggestion needed!

   By MegicLF, April 13   

   • graduate school
   • gpa
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   • MegicLF
   • April 26

8. Picking a Thesis Advisor and Second Reader

   By istudy, April 19   

   • thesis
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   • fuzzylogician
   • April 19

9. talking about grades without sounding like an undergrad

   By serenade, November 13, 2015
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   • TMP
   • April 15

10. How To Finish PhD with an Unsupportive Advisor

    By Steven Brown, April 6   

    • dissertation
    • defense
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    • MrsPhD
    • April 8

11. Almost failed prelims (in a humanities field)

    By janaca, March 25
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    • maxhgns
    • April 2

12. Worcester State University Speech-Language Pathology MS Class of 2020

    By toniann, March 20   

    • worcester
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    • toniann
    • March 29

13. Current student funk

    By Sleam, March 25   

    • creative writing
    • mfa
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    • telkanuru
    • March 27

14. Scheduling with night classes in a full time PhD

    By apc68, March 14   

    • phd
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    • St Andrews Lynx
    • March 23

15. Crying in front of professor

    By Dalmatian, December 5, 2017
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    • Adelaide9216
    • March 17

16. Class enrollment restrictions

    By Blabla005, March 11   

    • requirements
    • classes
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    • fuzzylogician
    • March 11

17. "Academic productivity"

    By orange turtle, February 4   

    • academia
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      • benchmark
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    • Thomas Cobb
    • February 27

18. Lifehacks & Study Tools

    By Stacy Sullivan, February 23   

    • study
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    • Hope.for.the.best
    • February 24

19. Molecular approaches to research

    By cancergirl, February 21   

    • biology
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    • Eigen
    • February 22

20. Very sick with two important classes today

    By SarahBethSortino, October 25, 2017
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    • Mel Gonzalez
    • February 19

21. Struggling with time management

    By strugglebot, November 7, 2017
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    • Mel Gonzalez
    • February 19

22. What is a good GPA for a graduate student?

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    By Sealove00, January 31, 2013
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    • lemma
    • February 13

23. Your Reading Strategy for Quals/Comps

    By HistoryProf0289, April 2, 2016   

    • quals
    • comps
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    • telkanuru
    • February 1

24. Writing LOR for Past Instructor Up For Promo

    By grayworm, January 24
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    • grayworm
    • January 25

25. office hours

    By plugandsocket, January 24
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    • plugandsocket
    • January 25

26. need to stop comparing myself to my friend...

    By zhtmahtm, November 6, 2016
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    • Dalmatian
    • January 11