Continuing the search of a lab home

[Tall Chai Latte]

Continuing the search since Tuesday. I have had a couple conversations with the boss man and program director, apparently I got caught by a sudden change of policy. It saddens me to hear the boss man saying "you are a solid student" but "you should go to places where talents are needed", given the expectation, the workload, the funding status, my grades aren't particularly good, this and that... He offered me a spot but now retracting...

I thought things are finally getting serious and fun. Now this. So tempting to say "I hate all of this".

[beanbagchairs]

Sorry to hear that. Go find other labs that can offer you a rotation! I think it is a bit unprofessional to retract an offered that has been put on the table. Hopefully your next POI is better. Seek help from DGS to provide you with a list of available rotation projects. Alternatively, you should approach other POIs individually to see if they have interesting projects that are ongoing.

I have a question, I thought grades dont matter in grad school as long as you are above a certain threshold. Are you saying that they *do* look at grades when deliberating to accept you in their lab?

[Tall Chai Latte]

It's true that grades don't matter as long as you are above a certain threshold. I did get a C before in a course, but my rotation grade neutralized the damage so I still am above the minimum requirement. But in my case, because of this sudden policy change and other crap going on in the background (that has nothing to do with me), the transition becomes very rough. The program director even said my freshman year calculus is also a reason they think I can't be successful in the program (didn't do well before). If they want me here, they will say yes....