eco_env

Depends. If they outright reject the paper, you can't resubmit it to the same journal, but if they tell you to revise and resubmit, you can resubmit it, if you think you can make the changes they ask for, or convince them that they are not needed.

Publishing isn't everything. I know someone who got a postdoc with one publication where he was a middle author, and got an assistant professor position at a liberal arts college with 3 more publications as a first author- he published his grad school work while doing his postdoc. Teaching experience was more important for this position.

Speaking of CVs, how do people get their CVs to look so pretty? Is it just MS Word?

The normal course load varies by program and school. my school is on a quarter system and for us the normal course load is ~2 seminars (just talks that we attend) and 3 courses; different courses have a different number of credits, so there isn't really a fixed number of courses. Regarding the original question, I think it's best to follow the advice of people in the program who have a better idea of how heavy the workload will be.

I'm accepted to grad school, but I still have that problem! I'm applying for the NSF fellowship, and every once in a while I get an idea and get excited, but then I realize that my research plan is unoriginal and my hypotheses have no logical explanation and lose motivation to keep working aimlessly. And i don't know what to put in my personal statement at all- they want both a personal statement and previous research experience statement- it seems like there would be a lot of overlap between the two.

As a recent undergrad (graduated in May), I saved money from my work study job during the academic year and I'm working now until I move for grad school. It helps that I'm living with my parents, though, so I don't need to spend any of my earnings now.

Yes, I wouldn't talk about controversial stuff that isn't related to ecology. Except if people were saying really horrible stuff and i had to respond.

This is probably mostly applicable to science, but I find that review papers generally need to be read in their entirety, while for most research articles I can skip some parts- I usually read the abstract, maybe a little of the intro if I need more context, rarely read the methods (unless if it seems like there are methods I would want to copy), maybe some of the results if I can't understand the figures without that, and the last paragraph of the discussion. All of this varies depending on my objective, though.

You can probably push off the TAing or the NSF for a year while you TA and get paid for that- but you'd have to check with your dept.

what's the subject? If you are studying East Asian literature, it's normal .

how many ATMs can you use for free with a credit union? how often do you have to change banks because you are moving?

I'd be interested to see some failed applications and their rating sheets (particularly in ecology). It looks like successful applicants have international experience to show broader impact and specific hypotheses to show intellectual merit, but I'd need to see what an unsuccessful application looks like to confirm. Anyone have unsuccessful applications to share?

I guess it doesn't apply so much in ecology- I read some of the applications on Rachel Smith's website (mentioned above), and many of the successful applicants were proposing research that was pretty different from what they did in undergrad.

My school, on the quarter system, pays fellowships in late Sept and TA/RA stipends in early Nov. So I think the stranger part is that they want you to arrive in Aug- I'll be moving to the area in early Sept (they recommend arriving by mid Sept). Do they actually need your husband to do any work before mid Sept? if not, even a lousy short term job in retail or something like that can help until either/both of you can get a real paycheck. I'm not moving to my grad school's area until I have to, so I can get free room and board (from my parents) and continue working, so I'll have plenty of money to last until late Sept when I move. But I guess it's too late for you to do something like that...

S/he copies your work without giving you credit as a coauthor? that doesn't sound OK to me.

If they ever sign their emails with their first name ( and no last name) I call them by their first name. Most of the professors that I took more than one class with, or that advised me, even in undergrad, I called by their first name. No it would feel weird to call a professor Prof. Last name. (I never call professors Dr. if they advisor/teacher).

Your right! I didn't notice that option when I was comparing account types- MyAccess checking fees can be avoided by having a monthly direct deposit of at least $250. I hope I can manage that (definitely in months that I get paid, though there might be months that I don't).

It's a little late, but...If you are moving to Boston, start looking early! With so many college students, it can be hard to find an apartment in Aug. (or so i heard).

I got the impression that Citibank doesn't have fees for student banking. I think Bank of America does, which is unfortunate, because BoA is everywhere.

I think it's because it's a small dataset- no one graduated in the particular years where data was collected. Also, the time to graduation probably ignores people who drop out, while they are probably counted in the graduation rate.

I found the withholding calculator mentioned in the other thread useful.

not what I wanted to hear. How narrowly defined is this "area" that I need to stay in? I'm trying to do something different from undergrad in grad school (continuing to work with insects, but otherwise everything else is different), and my advisor works with insects, but her/his areas of research are pretty broad.

How important is it to show that research you've done in the past is similar to the research you are proposing? or that your advisor has done research in this area?

Majored in environmental studies, getting a PhD in ecology (I hope!). I did research that was primarily ecological, took a bunch of biology courses, and took the GRE subject test in biology and got a good score, showing that I knew basic undergrad ecology. I did have a hard time getting an advisor to accept me, though. I think you just need to show you know the background material and can do research in the area of your grad studies.