ANDS!
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I've taken notes on a laptop before; it does help to keep things nice and tidy. But this was only for classes were that made any real sense. Quantitative courses, where equations and what not are being tossed at you, don't really facilitate their use very well. I think the internet issue is less a problem (or should be) for graduate students; but I suppose it probably depends on the overall maturity of the student (I've seen folks on their cell phone Angry Birding'ing it up in grad courses).
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Yikes. I would come right out and ask your advisor: "What is the gameplan here? Can we talk about a plan of action that ends with me making some definitive progress towards obtaining my degree?"
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If the OP can make some justification that his social circle is somehow representative of some population of interest, might be good to go (I highly doubt this is the case though). Realistically, even the second posters suggestion suffers from survey bias: your experimental units are not independent as it were. Sometimes a convenience sample is all that you can go off of though; it can - at least - offer some direction into what a larger scale, less biased survey might reflect.
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Madison's PhD program in statistics
ANDS! replied to danthechub's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Looking at the Alumni page, where the person is not doing a post-doc or teaching they are predominantly in bio/public health. That doesn't mean you wont get solid instruction (or they wouldn't be ranked as well as they are) but it's obvious what their focus, and where they direct graduates to is. -
They work very well; the paper you have to use though I think sucks, but people have made their own. I used a persons pen and was surprised at how effective it was.
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If you have such a relationship with the grad director, can you not just ask him directly what is the story?
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You'd be better suited hooking up with someone at your alma. I've sat on a few IRB's and the reasons they'll send things back seems a bit arbitrary (even though I know it isn't). Something tells me it would just be all around easier to seek out a former instructor for GUIDANCE.
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They'll be using that text at my alma the next time our graduate stats sequence runs. LA comes up in the various modeling courses one might take; for the masters he may well be able to get out of there without taking one depending on the focus of the program; if he is going the analysis track really no way around that. As for knowledge beyond Calc II - I suppose that surprises me. Again it all depends on the instructor and I suppose one could get through a graduate course in Prob/Stat Inf. without some advanced calculus - I just don't see how.
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You never know; overseas is a huge commitment, especially to someone from the states. If you are waiting for ONE dropout I wouldn't hold my breath. Not false hope just being realistic - unless of course they have on average 90% or above acceptance rates (which I doubt; hell not even Harvard is that good).
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I forget where I read this, but I think you can - for 5/gb bucks a year (?) - upgrade your storage space.
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I've only ever used Thinkpads. I haven't had a chance to use their Ultrabook, but the U300s have been getting great reviews. Might want to wait for the more affordable refresh that is coming out though.
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Send everything through Gmail (unless you don't trust them) or Google Documents.
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I dunno. . .if this is a graduate course, that is an undergrad textbook.
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I'd probably take the job now; it seems you're just not mentally ready to commit to further school, even though as someone mentioned it is another year. Another year and you're better placed for a better job. As to whether you NEED the MS - what exactly do you want to do. I mean I saw "analysis" and "data" in there, but what are you looking to do career wise? And finally, what kind, what is the LA book you are using?
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Well they COULD have 20 serious candidates. . .but that shouldn't worry you. They may make 8 initial offers, but they know they aren't going to get 8 acceptances. Probably in good shape.
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I would take the English LOR in a heartbeat; who better to speak about your critical thinking skills and capability as a writer? One of my LOR I only worked with them for 6 weeks; week 2 they said "Absolutely I will write a LOR for you". We've obviously kept in touch since then, but there's nothing that says a LOR has to know you intimately or a substantive amount of time - only that this person can speak to a particular ability (or abilities) with unqualified vigor.
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What did you put in your SOP?
ANDS! replied to CarlieE's topic in Statement of Purpose, Personal History, Diversity
There were like, two lines in my SOP (at the end) about what I'd like to research and even those two lines were vague bordering on abstract. I wasn't going to shine anyone on about these great ideas I had for research projects and what not, simply because I didn't know. So my advice to those writing their SOP's - if you don't know, that's ok. Just say you don't know, and look forward to working with faculty in focusing on an area of study. That then left more than enough room to detail personal journey to my current graduate interest, that was peppered with brief discussions about the nature of research/internships that helped inform my decision. I left the CV (that they all ask for) for filling in details of research/publications/etc. -
You still have to file. It is unlikely you'll owe anything (more than likely to receive a refund).
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I had an instructor tell us about a peer of his in his graduate program who committed suicide - he was the star student in the program and one day just decided to end it all. A lot of instructors have little nuggets like that about their experience in grad school. . .they still write great LOR's. You'll be fine so long as you ask if she can write a strong LOR; if she likes you she knows she has to do what she can, to help you succeed (even if she thinks you're making a mistake).
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"At least 3.0/4.0 for final 60 semester hours" what is this exactly mean?
ANDS! replied to jjj01's topic in GRE/GMAT/etc
It's meant that only your junior and senior years hold much weight in the application, as that's when most people generally take the upper division courses related to their majors. When I did my application, I simply started from 4 semesters (two years) back from the date of my application, regardless of whether it was 60 hours or not. You should be fine; so long as your calculated GPA isn't like a half a point more different than what their actual calculation will be it wont matter much. -
. . .times 4600! I've half a mind to crib my campus's logo and have it tossed on a garment of my choosing; 100 bucks for a polo (granted it is a Ralph Lauren polo) - madness.
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The above is in HCI; I'm guessing the courses that are being given to graduate students, are probably courses were there's a ton of "automation" (as most of the computer science courses I took were; they could've been taught by anyone). If this were a theory course, then yes I would be a bit wary.
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I'm sure it occurs, but generally departments aren't in the business of giving funding packages that put students below survivability line. Many students before them have made it work, so - as a grad advisor - I would sit back and ask "Why isn't this student able to make this funding package work?"
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Sign the petition to make graduate stipends tax-exempt again!
ANDS! replied to juilletmercredi's topic in The Lobby
I'd have to dig through my Google History but I read fellowships (not a general funding package) from this campus not being subject to income tax filing. It was a nice chart and everything.
