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Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

I just use a basic planner from bluesky.com. It has a monthly and weekly view, and I really like that it has tabs and a thicker plastic cover to protect against liquid spills. I had a moleskine, but I like that the bluesky one is wirebound, so it can lay flat in half.

I hope you said to yourself "Well that's the only degree I need from this place!"

In a previous post you say your stats are 158/162 and 3.36 (GRE and GPA) and that you applied for MS admission at some of the best schools in the U.S. and Canada. Honestly, you should be happy that your schools are looking beyond numbers instead getting all high and mighty.

@Midwest_newbie Some awardees have entered their GRE and GPAs on the results page. http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=nsf+grfp

Having the right fit makes all the difference. Glad to hear things are working out so much better in the new lab. It sounds like you're right where you belong.

That isn't passive aggressive behavior. It is bad communication and ineffective teaching.

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Yay! Thank you for the update. I'm glad things worked out! 

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Another update: the lab I joined with plans of leaving May 2017 has now changed to my staying in the phd program. Yay!

Hi,
First thank you, everyone who replied. Your comments were helpful and allowed me to gain some outside perspective on my situation. Also, because I wasn't clear, I am a female. Just wanted to clarify because some of the pronouns got a little confusing while reading the longer replies. 
Anyway, I have joined another lab for the spring semester and the plan is to leave with a non-thesis masters in May. I have not officially switched to the masters program yet, as my new advisor said they wanted to give it 5-6 weeks and reevaluate. New advisor and I work well together and communicate amazingly well. It really is light and day compared with Old Lab and Old Advisor. I am still upset and coming to terms with how things turned out, but at least it was an enlightening experience and I know what to look for once I apply to phd programs elsewhere. 

Of course, I'm still hoping in the back of my mind that I somehow win the NSF GRFP and can, therefore, talk a lab into accepting me for a phd. (There are a few here that I was interested in as a first year but they didn't have funding back then). 

Hi,
First thank you, everyone who replied. Your comments were helpful and allowed me to gain some outside perspective on my situation. Also, because I wasn't clear, I am a female. Just wanted to clarify because some of the pronouns got a little confusing while reading the longer replies. 
Anyway, I have joined another lab for the spring semester and the plan is to leave with a non-thesis masters in May. I have not officially switched to the masters program yet, as my new advisor said they wanted to give it 5-6 weeks and reevaluate. New advisor and I work well together and communicate amazingly well. It really is light and day compared with Old Lab and Old Advisor. I am still upset and coming to terms with how things turned out, but at least it was an enlightening experience and I know what to look for once I apply to phd programs elsewhere. 

Of course, I'm still hoping in the back of my mind that I somehow win the NSF GRFP and can, therefore, talk a lab into accepting me for a phd. (There are a few here that I was interested in as a first year but they didn't have funding back then). 

Hi,
First thank you, everyone who replied. Your comments were helpful and allowed me to gain some outside perspective on my situation. Also, because I wasn't clear, I am a female. Just wanted to clarify because some of the pronouns got a little confusing while reading the longer replies. 
Anyway, I have joined another lab for the spring semester and the plan is to leave with a non-thesis masters in May. I have not officially switched to the masters program yet, as my new advisor said they wanted to give it 5-6 weeks and reevaluate. New advisor and I work well together and communicate amazingly well. It really is light and day compared with Old Lab and Old Advisor. I am still upset and coming to terms with how things turned out, but at least it was an enlightening experience and I know what to look for once I apply to phd programs elsewhere. 

Of course, I'm still hoping in the back of my mind that I somehow win the NSF GRFP and can, therefore, talk a lab into accepting me for a phd. (There are a few here that I was interested in as a first year but they didn't have funding back then). 

Hi,
First thank you, everyone who replied. Your comments were helpful and allowed me to gain some outside perspective on my situation. Also, because I wasn't clear, I am a female. Just wanted to clarify because some of the pronouns got a little confusing while reading the longer replies. 
Anyway, I have joined another lab for the spring semester and the plan is to leave with a non-thesis masters in May. I have not officially switched to the masters program yet, as my new advisor said they wanted to give it 5-6 weeks and reevaluate. New advisor and I work well together and communicate amazingly well. It really is light and day compared with Old Lab and Old Advisor. I am still upset and coming to terms with how things turned out, but at least it was an enlightening experience and I know what to look for once I apply to phd programs elsewhere. 

Of course, I'm still hoping in the back of my mind that I somehow win the NSF GRFP and can, therefore, talk a lab into accepting me for a phd. (There are a few here that I was interested in as a first year but they didn't have funding back then). 

Thanks for all the comments. 
Just to update: I found a lab to rotate in and it is going great!! It's a lot of awesome signaling heavy stuff which is exactly what I wanted!