Coursework, Advising, and Exams

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1. Scheduling with night classes in a full time PhD

   By apc68, March 14, 2018   

   • phd
   • chemistry
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     • chemistry
     • night classes
     • schedule
     • time management
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   • St Andrews Lynx
   • March 23, 2018

2. Crying in front of professor

   By Dalmatian, December 5, 2017
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   • Adelaide9216
   • March 17, 2018

3. Class enrollment restrictions

   By Blabla005, March 11, 2018   

   • requirements
   • classes
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   • fuzzylogician
   • March 11, 2018

4. Molecular approaches to research

   By cancergirl, February 21, 2018   

   • biology
   • biomedical
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     • biomedical
     • vector
     • proteins
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   • Eigen
   • February 22, 2018

5. Very sick with two important classes today

   By SarahBethSortino, October 25, 2017
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   • Mel Gonzalez
   • February 19, 2018

6. Struggling with time management

   By strugglebot, November 7, 2017
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   • Mel Gonzalez
   • February 19, 2018

7. Your Reading Strategy for Quals/Comps

   By HistoryProf0289, April 2, 2016   

   • quals
   • comps
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     • doctoral
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   • dr. t
   • February 1, 2018

8. Writing LOR for Past Instructor Up For Promo

   By grayworm, January 24, 2018
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   • grayworm
   • January 25, 2018

9. office hours

   By plugandsocket, January 24, 2018
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   • plugandsocket
   • January 25, 2018

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

    By zhtmahtm, November 6, 2016
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    • Dalmatian
    • January 13, 2018

11. Program Dilemma

    By MatildaWormwood, December 9, 2017
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    • rising_star
    • January 4, 2018

12. Qualitative and Quantitative Jack of All Trades ???

    By GlobalInformatician, August 31, 2017
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    • GlobalInformatician
    • December 31, 2017

13. Advice to read papers well

    By Logic, December 12, 2017   

    • papers
    • publishing
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    • ClassicsCandidate
    • December 27, 2017

14. UofT MIE MEng Winter 2018

    By Ali Qureshi, December 27, 2017
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    • Ali Qureshi
    • December 27, 2017

15. Which faculty is more willing to supervise PhDs

    By dreamerr33, December 20, 2017
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    • juilletmercredi
    • December 23, 2017

16. Finals Week Getting the Best of Me

    By MaytheSchwartzBeWithYou, December 14, 2017
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    • khigh
    • December 14, 2017

17. Senior grad students/mentoring

    By Dalmatian, December 12, 2017
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    • TakeruK
    • December 12, 2017

18. Feel Trapped-Really need advice

    By Nick8007, December 11, 2017
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    • Hope.for.the.best
    • December 12, 2017

19. Switching tracks in marketing PhD

    By deep007, April 15, 2017   

    • marketing
    • phd
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      • phd
      • behavioral track
      • qualifiers
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    • 3 replies
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    • BelAndSeb
    • December 4, 2017

20. Scare of an academic meeting

    By Hope.for.the.best, October 28, 2017
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    • Hope.for.the.best
    • November 24, 2017

21. Threatening my letter of recommendation

    By Rachel88, November 21, 2017   

    • threatening
    • bullying
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    • TakeruK
    • November 22, 2017

22. Is my advisor sexist?

    By losttime, November 19, 2017
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    • Sigaba
    • November 20, 2017

23. Doubt about specialization in Biomedical Engineering

    By Ajith, November 19, 2017   

    • biomedical
    • biomedical engineering
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      • biomedical engineering
      • graduate program
      • graduate
      • bioinstrumentation
      • biomechanics
      • biomedical imaging
      • professors
      • university of oklahoma
      • mit
      • medical engineering
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    • Ajith
    • November 19, 2017

24. favoritism in seminar

    By Sapphire120, November 7, 2017
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    • hats
    • November 17, 2017

25. The easy way out

    By brendanhoward, November 12, 2017   

    • pressure
    • distinction
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      • success
      • high grades
      • gpa
    • 1 reply
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    • fuzzylogician
    • November 12, 2017