MidwesternAloha
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I have previous employment experience at an animal medical facility, and IACUC ensures none of them are treated inhumanely. Some animals used in tumor studies made me sad, initially, but we were educated on tumor placement so it wouldn't interfere with the animal's range of motion. Those animals were treated better than most pets, let me tell you! I can't speak for all animal medical research but that's just my experience.
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When I'm feeling down, I'm going to read your post there. That was so motivating! Congrats again!
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Honesty appeared to be the best policy. After a long, uncomfortable conversation, they were obviously frustrated (rightfully so) and did their best to accommodate my situation. Thank you to all who responded.
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I never thought I would be the one writing this but.....
I GOT OFF THE WAITLIST!!!!
I am still in shock, all systems are currently down...
Heck yeah!! Congratulations, you earned it!! Now go celebrate!
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This is bad advice. Not the least because graduate students need the good will of the Powers That Be and not the other way around. Misleading professors is not a good way to gain favor or access.
Even if policy allows for a graduate student to have outside employment, I recommend that one get the blessings of one's professors and the DGS. If one gets a whiff of push back, think long and hard before taking a job.
It's bad advice to get a job to make ends meet? You must have been born with a silver spoon in your mouth. An adult can get a job if they want one. There is no legal consequence to getting a job on grad school, especially if you need one.
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Nope it's good to show diversity and that you performed well in courses outside your main discipline. It's very supplementary/complementary
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This site here: http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/hp-spectre-x360-13t
compares both HP Spectre x360 and the Lenovo Yoga 3 with Macbook Air and Dell XPS (as well as category average). Further below the charts is a detailed explanation of these rankings.
A cursory reading suggests that the Spectre > Yoga 3 due to longer battery life, more powerful processor, and ease of use. Try looking around for deals, but definitely don't pay >$1000 for either one.
Thank you!! I was playing around with both at Best Buy and all the computer verbiage confuses me. I am going to wait til "back to school" sales hit this summer and hopefully combine that with a cashback site when ordering.
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Anyone have opinions on the HP Spectre x360 or Lenovo Yoga 3?
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You could ask for a deferment, if your life circumstances are temporary.
Unfortunately, permanent.
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Yes, I understand the consequences.
No, I did not hold on to/accept an offer "just in case"
Yes, I fully committed to a program with an April 15th deadline
My life situation has changed and I need to withdraw from a program. Is there a right way to do it? What do you say and who do you speak to? Any help would be appreciated.
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I think you need to walk away with your winnings before you gamble it all away. You're feeling validated by your success and it's natural to want more. If you like the program, why not give it a year and if you really want to switch, you can do that later and not have wasted time. You also may realize how fortunate you are to be in that program at all, and that switching solely for the purpose of prestige may make you wind up a loser because the fit may not be as good. You will get out of your education exactly what you put into it, anywhere.
- MathCat, SeanDDavies, med latte and 1 other
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In my case, no, it's called a matriculation fee. But my other acceptance required nothing more than a signed piece of paper and a high-five (jk on that last part). Seriously, though. I wonder why some schools require it and others don't.
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$400 seems steep for a fully funded program!
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I got off a waitlist today and they gave me until the 20th.
Congrats, btw!
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I have been admitted to a Neuroscience PhD program and must decide by the end of today whether to accept or not. I am not sure it is what I want to do, and would ideally be able to take another year doing research and reapply. However, if I wouldn't be able to get any type of research position, I would be better off entering the PhD program to see if I like it. What are the chances of getting a PostBac position within the next few months? I have 3 summers of research experience, 3 years in another lab, and 3.7 GPA. Any input would be helpful!
Can you defer enrollment to next year? I wouldn't start a PhD program if you're not 100% committed.
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Yes true. I keep forgetting the time zone difference. Some people will probably wait until the very end and perhaps there are even those who don't inform schools at all.
Does anyone know if that is a common problem? That people do not bother to decline offers and just let them expire?
It's extraordinarily common. Also, keep in mind that acceptances can/will be issued after April 15th at the discretion of schools that have gaps to fill after offers expire today.
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From what I have been told here, it is possible to receive a decision days AFTER the deadline as well. So just in case we thought our suffering was at an end, nope..... it isn't.
Good luck to you!! I really hope you are one of the lucky ones.
That is so true! I was just informed of this today. Will it ever end?! Better yet, will it end POSITIVELY?!
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It depends on how well you interview, but when falling on bad luck, a business man I worked for used to say, "you'll get 10 no's before you get a yes" when people complained about not getting a job.
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I get you. I know someone else mentioned that having kids could be somewhat immoral, considering the earth's rapidly increasing population. I agree to an extent... I don't think it's a good choice to have a ton of kids. I'm not quite ready to call it immoral, but I don't think it's very... responsible.
At the same time, I think it's important for the educated and financially well-off to have children. I've never seen Idiocracy, but I think I know what it's about. I recall reading that educated people tend to put off children until their 30's, resulting in fewer children, while the uneducated have them earlier and have more. This only applies to the U.S., although it could apply to other countries as well. Being uneducated doesn't mean you're going to be a bad parent or that your children will grow up uneducated, but I'm pretty sure there is a correlation between the education levels of parents and their children. We want more educated people in the world who are going to make intelligent and informed decisions. So I feel like not having children might be bad for society.
I've heard this phenomenon called "high investment parenting" referring to the older (not only, per se, just older than the counterparts) population who waits to stay a family til they have accomplished and established themselves a little more.
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Fit is the only thing that matters, at this point.
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seriously? you all got into your "dream school" yet you still drag it out your decision until april 15? so unneccesarily cruel to other applicants.
It's a big decision, one that affects the rest of your life. They have earned the right to not take their decision lightly and their deadline is April 15th.
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Definitely something I've thought about- don't have to worry about the bearing children bit, but unsure whether it'd be 'appropriate' to ask my fiancee about the prospects of children while I'm attending graduate school. Certainly want kids at some point though. One of the faculty at my institution had a child after she gained tenure, both her and her husband are late 30's/early 40's tenured faculty an the move makes sense to me but thats a long wait an then there's thinking about having kids into your older age (50's - 60's).
Perhaps this is wrong, but I almost feel like I have a moral obligation to have children. Discouraging to see many of my former f***-up high school classmates with multiple children. Irrational fear that the movie Idiocracy (2006) is predicting the future.
You should be able to talk to your fiancee about the best way to have children. It's a major life event they need to be a part of, after all!
I've talked to my boyfriend about it seriously. We haven't talked about timing, other than I want to have children mainly after graduate school. I'm okay with the idea of waiting to have kids until I'm early-mid thirties. We might re-visit the idea if the PhD program is less intensive than I imagine, but I don't want to saddle him with the bulk of the work. I'd rather be able to support the child as well.
I'm lucky where his work is as an artist, so he's okay with having an at-home studio. That way we can have one stay at home parent, but he'll still have a career.
I actually based my grad school decision on which place had the best (and wound up being the ONLY) maternity leave policy. I am not running off tomorrow, but my husband and I aren't going to wait til I finish a PhD to start a family.
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