MrGradStudent

How much do you owe the man?

No post for 15 minutes? Are grad students doing work? Because they aren't sleeping.

Bioangele, I would like to drop the H-bomb on you. Just kidding!! I didn't go to Harvard...I'm just a regular guy who likes science as much as the next phd candidate. I didn't really think too much about the nsf grfp until I started reading this thread. People here are insane and are grfp mongers.

Have you been to MIT? There are definitely plenty of very attractive and intelligent women there. There definitely seems to be a stigma from which your comment was spawned, but really most women in the sciences are really smart and attractive. Sure they may be nerdy and study all the time, but there's nothing wrong with that.

Extreme dryness of the hands is the leading cause for hospitalization in the arctic regions of the world. Hundreds of thousands of men and women alike experience each day with discomfort and unease caused by lack of moisture in the sensory extremity regions of the body. This is a serious field of research that is not to be mocked. Can't you imagine the day when dryness is no longer an issue but rather just a myth passed on through the generations through fables and tall tales?

I feel the need to ask this question because it seems like everyone has been meaning to ask it but just doesn't know how to bring it up without sounding awkward, so here goes: If you're a guy, does winning the nsf grfp impress women? (and similarly if you were a woman). in other words, if there are two equally qualified grad students but only one of them has the nsf award, would women be more attracted to the nsf awardee?

what about cream of the crop a la mode?

Just out of curiosity, does the population of this forum reflect the top tier graduate students or the lower tier graduate students?

If you want even more money, you should find a job in industry and convince the employer to send you to grad school. that way, they will pay you full salary while you in grad school and pay your tuition. That's better than 30k a year, although 50k a year for a grad student with no industrial sourcing is pretty unsual.