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Is it possible to be admitted to CS PhD programs (in the US) with scholarship at age 18?
Awarded Nov 1 '19 at 12:35
Is it acceptable to write a reference letter for yourself?
Awarded Jul 10 '19 at 15:30
Copied Letter of Recommendation?
Awarded Apr 24 '19 at 10:55
Writing a letter of recommendation for a faculty colleague I cannot highly recommend
Awarded Oct 22 '18 at 15:20
Can a university revoke my degree for not attending classes?
Awarded Sep 16 '18 at 2:45
Can a department renege on a student's “guaranteed funding”?
Awarded Aug 9 '18 at 12:30
What are the 'right questions' to ask professors at a visit day for prospective graduate students?
Awarded Jun 29 '18 at 17:54
I am a student of high potential but not great on paper, how should I go about transferring to a university more at my level?
Awarded Jan 11 '18 at 21:49
How does it affect the treatment of a mathematician's results, if that mathematician was a Nazi?
Awarded Jul 24 '17 at 16:47
Is it bad practice to study or reference the work of an academic who has fallen from grace?
Awarded Mar 17 '17 at 13:57
How to politely decline a postdoc job offer after signing the offer letter?
Awarded Feb 28 '17 at 6:57
Submitting paper proving “X” soon after paper proving “X-epsilon”
Awarded Jan 3 '17 at 3:40
How do I become motivated after unfairness in research?
Awarded Jan 2 '17 at 3:52
A published paper stole my unpublished results from a science fair
Awarded Dec 22 '16 at 13:41
Resubmitting elsewhere without any key change when a paper is rejected
Awarded Dec 14 '16 at 20:50
Is it fair to offer students a last-minute extension to finish a test?
Awarded Nov 19 '16 at 18:14
Should I write that a student is a feminist in my recommendation letter?
Awarded Sep 26 '16 at 12:50
Is having a “too good to be true” recommendation bad?
Awarded Sep 2 '16 at 20:26
What should you do if you spotted a non-trivial error in a highly cited paper?
Awarded Jul 14 '16 at 10:12
How can I avoid the embarrassment associated with needing a sabbatical for alcoholism and mental health treatment?
Awarded Jun 19 '16 at 13:03
Any ethical problems with dating a former student?
Awarded May 23 '16 at 21:04
What's the point of maintaining a CV after tenure?
Awarded May 4 '16 at 4:27
Can I somehow leverage my willingness to work for a lower salary in job applications?
Awarded Jan 26 '16 at 4:17
Just missed grad school application deadline..what can I do?
Awarded Dec 3 '15 at 2:59
How should I handle students who ask questions that are “beyond the scope of the course” as a TA
Awarded Nov 17 '15 at 6:38
Math paper with no “Conclusions”
Awarded Aug 30 '15 at 1:09
How can I tell if an honor society is legitimate?
Awarded Apr 1 '15 at 11:52
Can I thank websites that host illegal book downloads in the acknowledgements section of my thesis?
Awarded Mar 26 '15 at 14:04
Is it inappropriate to explain why I really want to live where the university is located in my job talk?
Awarded Dec 17 '14 at 14:30
How can I keep my ideas of a new theorem safe?
Awarded Nov 19 '14 at 18:03
Discovered a serious error in a reviewed paper after submitting the review, what to do?
Awarded Nov 2 '14 at 14:16
How to react to a reviewer’s comment when he is completely right, but you do not like the consequences?
Awarded Sep 18 '14 at 1:46
Should professors intervene if a student is wearing offensive clothing in their classroom?
Awarded May 15 '14 at 18:26
I believe I have solved a famous open problem. How do I convince people in the field that I am not a crank?
Awarded Mar 25 '14 at 21:03
Is doing two PhDs a good path?
Awarded Feb 21 '14 at 16:49

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