LawnMary

Zabius, The reason the other grad students left were unrelated to the PI. One didnt pass the english exam and the other wanted to swich from the life sciences to math.

I am a second semester PhD student. Next year will be my PI's 3rd year at the university and he will be going through the tenure process. I am seriously thinking about switching to the MS track but I am worried that this will hurt his chances of getting tenure. Usually I don't think this would be a problem but he has already had 2 PhD students quit within their first year and I am the only one left. I am very concerned about my PI's career because we have been friends for a long time. Any advice on how my decision might impact my PI's career would be great.