Questions tagged [undergraduate]
On providing academic services (such as teaching, advising, and research mentorship) specifically to undergraduates. Questions about undergraduate-specific issues that could not apply to graduate or post-graduate academicians are off-topic here and will be closed and deleted. Questions about coursework, etiquette, and other academic issues that apply to both undergraduate and post-graduate students should not be tagged [undergraduate].
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What opportunities are there for me if I hold an undergraduate degree in translation?
I'm finishing an undergraduate degree in translation this year. Actually, the focus was on learning business English and I took more classes related to linguistics, the literature and history of Eng ...
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How do you decide whether to let a student asking for a (professor-level) advisor to be apart of their senior/junior undergraduate thesis? [closed]
What are your expectations for a student asking for an advisor for a senior/junior undergraduate thesis and what do students need to have to write a approvable junior/senior thesis?
Is there some ...
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"Undergraduate graduation research assistant"?
I have a question regarding on how to list this specific activity in undergraduate school.
I have helped many students (for free) in my undergraduate school with their graduation research by guiding ...
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Does telling people that I (undergrad) want to stay in academia come across as naive and/or big-headed?
I am an undergrad planning to apply to MA-PhD cognitive neuroscience programs either this year or next. I've decided to try to approach grad school in a way that will maximize my chances of getting a ...
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Practice more math
tl;dr I would like to practice problems to develop a better understanding of topics in mathematics graduate-classes, but I don’t get time off my homework (which only covers a few problems), so I need ...
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I think my thesis analysis sucks and I don't know how make it work
I'm writing an undergraduate thesis in linguistics. My topic is about comparing politeness in English to the honorific system in Korean. No one in my school speaks Korean, neither my supervisor, but I ...
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Germany undergraduate : Is it possible to switch major from physics to medicine?
My niece is currently studying undergraduate at a German university majoring in physics. Can she switch to medicine? Does she need to take FSP to switch to medicine?
Her high school diploma is not ...
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How can I deal with being overwhelmed with large/not very concrete tasks and little support as an undergraduate?
I'm an undergraduate doing research and I have some friends in a similar field who also started in a close timeframe. While my friends have very detailed and concrete tasks (e.g. watch X lecture, do X ...
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Correct and wrong mindsets for problem solving [closed]
Is there one right answer in a math or physics problem?How does one approach a problem?With what mindsets? Is it necessary to have a mindset that you should find the correct combination of elements, ...
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PI asked me (undergraduate research assistant) to be involved in hiring other undergraduate/graduate student workers
I am an undergraduate student research assistant in the US and have been working with my PI for less than a year. Recently my PI asked me to help her in hiring other student research assistants. Not ...
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My class got fewer days than the other class to study for a test. Is there anything I can do?
I am in a class that has 2 sections. My class is now 2 days behind in material compared to the other section due to class cancellations. We have a test coming up and there is a stark difference in the ...
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How do you get to research about theoretical high energy physics as an undergraduate?
I am an junior undergraduate in the U.S, and Interested in HEP "Theoretical High Energy" in Physics. I have had some exposure in research (i.e. Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity), ...
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What would my appropriate title be?
I'm a first year Biomedical Science student, who's currently taking a gap year. Lucky for me, I got the opportunity to help out a PhD student with her research. What would be my appropriate title? I'...
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How do I interpret rubrics with general/vague language? [closed]
I'm an undergraduate student and I've found that for many assignments, rubrics are not very specific and describe adjacent grade bands with almost identical wording. For instance:
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30-39%
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How to view undergraduate studies in maths?
I am a undergraduate studying maths at the moment and I have been enrolled for 3 years almost. As I have not fully finished with the degree, I still have time and courses to take and there is this ...
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My supervisor worked so hard to get a research opportunity for me, but now I want to quit. How to handle this situation?
It is about my friend (an undergraduate student in Australia), but I used first person pronoun "I" for convenience. My friend needs advice, and I tried my best to describe the situation. The ...
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Possible Grading Discrimination [closed]
I took a course, with 2 term exams (20% each) and a final (30%). I achieved close to the highest score on the first term exam, the highest score on the second term exam, and the highest score on the ...
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How can I overcome bad/low GPA to graduate adimissions?
First: I want to do grad school, and I'm a undergraduate student.
Now, I have a really bad GPA. My probable final GPA value will be 2.0, and I'm an international student. Still, I have two papers ...
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How do academic minors work? [closed]
How much in practice would someone minoring in a subject end up knowing about the subject as opposed to somebody majoring in it? How much extra work does it take to get a minor?
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My professor has barely taught my class so I've only passed by a hair. Is there anything I can do? Someone higher up I could contact? [closed]
This quarter, I took my first General Chem course. I'm a pre-med Biology major, and I really enjoyed Chemistry in high school. I also really enjoyed the Chem lab this quarter (separate from the ...
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Computer Science: How are undergrads from liberal arts colleges viewed by PhD admissions?
I am a graduate from a top 30 liberal arts college (according to usnews.com at least) and I've applied to several PhD in Computer Science programs. How do the departments of the, say, top 15-20 ...
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How can I get relevant experience during undergrad if professors at my school don't study what I'm interested in
I'm interested in pursuing a PhD in clinical psychology, but there aren't any professors doing clinical psych research where I'm going to school. I'm at a top university, and I'd like to get into a ...
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Can I still apply for a masters degree if I was suspended during my first year in undergrad for plagiarism?
I plead guilty and was suspended for plagiarism (for a lab exercise) during my first year in undergrad. I felt extremely bad and apologized to my professor on the spot without even thinking of ...
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What makes a university prestigious in the United States?
What makes a university prestigious?
Is it that they are harder and more rigorous? My intuition would tell me that the more prestigious a university is, the harder should be the curriculum and the ...
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How are courses scheduled for undergraduate students at US universities? Is there a pre-set schedule by major? [closed]
Can you explain how course schedules are structured in the United States? Is there a pre-set timetable? Do people generally attend classes with the same people? Do most people graduate on time?
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Can a review paper have the same title to another review paper
I am a first year college student and this is my first time making a review paper. I am working in a group and I was assigned to do the introduction. I noticed that our title is copied from another ...
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Why do American universities have so many general education courses?
Americans spend 12 years in school which is more than in many places, yet, when they come to university, they continue to study a general education program that may be unrelated to their major.
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Why do American universities cost so much?
Being from Russia, the idea of paying 5-6 digit sums for a university education sounds ludicrous. I understand that prices in the US are different but surely there have to be cheaper options. Besides, ...
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Who to contact when my undergraduate thesis advisor doesn't return my e-mails?
I am an undergraduate working on my thesis. It is a difficult situation because my thesis advisor took a new job and has left the university, and I also work part-time. My advisor goes months without ...
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Choice of undergraduate courses impact in Computer Science PhD application [closed]
I’m currently a junior majoring in Computer Science with a Mathematics minor on a t20 school. Since sophomore year, I have been active in a ML research group and I’m considering in applying to grad ...
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Start a research project with a student in my class
I am a postdoc. One of the students in the class I am teaching has reached out about getting involved in research. I would be happy to work with them on a project. Are any ethical issues with this ...
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Is it more probable to get into a college for master/bachelor, if we previously studied in that country for lower level?
Suppose I am an international student living in country Y and I apply to university Z in a european country/developed asian country Q. Would my chance for admission into Z, if applied, depend ...
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Handling unprepared students as a Teaching Assistant
I am a Grad student and this is my first time as a TA, in a first-year undergraduate course.
My concern is students that come to office hours completely unprepared, asking things that have already ...
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can anyone else submit my thesis behalf of me
I did an undergraduate thesis with my partner. It don't have any missed, wrong or theft information. I was ill and long away from my dorm that time. So I told my partner to print and submit it. He had ...
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How to help a successful high schooler who is failing in college?
I've received an email from a student [name changed for privacy] that goes like this:
My name is John Hershey and I am in your Biology 101 class. I am here at this college on a soccer scholarship. I ...
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What are considered as appropriate mean/median grades for college-level calculus and linear algebra in United States (out of 100 or out of 4.0)? [closed]
What are considered appropriate mean/median grades for college-level calculus and linear algebra classes in United States (say out of 100 or out of 4.0)?
Please don't just say "it is different ...
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How to network with professors when not attending a univeristy
My story is a long one to tell, so I will just say my current situation and leave out how I got here. I am interested in studying mathematics but I do not have the opportunity to attend a university ...
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Who reviews undergrad applications?
I am just curious - who reviews undergrad admissions at a university (say in the US, to make the question more concrete)? Are people in departments involved at all? Or is it university wide? How are ...
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Undergraduate Research going in a different direction than anticipated
For the last few months I have been working on an undergraduate research project with a professor. This was the first project I was given to work on. I want to pursue a phd after undergrad so I took ...
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How to present research ideas to professor
I am a college freshman interested in doing neuroscientific research. After asking a professor for a collaboration, I've been told to email him my idea for a research project for him to look over. How ...
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Should I accept an invitation to review a research paper as an undergraduate?
I recently received an invitation to review a paper at a conference in China. This is the first time I am being invited to review. I do feel qualified to do it since I have worked on the topic for ...
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How to respond to uncertainties of students in the following context
Suppose I am the only instructor for the Algorithms and data structures course in my institute. Before the start of the course, say during the first lecture, I provide the students with the textbooks ...
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Research experience not matching what I want to study in the future. Problem?
My research experiences have been in Information Theory and Computational Number Theory.
However, in my PhD in Computer Science, I want to do research with professors working with computer algorithms, ...
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Should I escalate concerns about the format of an unfair assessment?
I have an upcoming assessment worth 45% of our final grade which I do not think is fair.
We have been allocated into groups of twelve, which is further split in half. Each sub-group is to prepare a ...
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How can one gauge the popularity of a subject to be taken as a college major?
Essentially the title, if I am to say a statement like "Physics is more sought after as a major than Mathematics", what statistics could I use to justify or falsify it?
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How to be productive as an independent student without any libraries, friends and classroom?
I've started to track my everyday in paper to keep myself more productive. The reason is I'm staying from home in a country without any public libraries. I'm out from college so I've no friends at all ...
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How often have advanced degrees been revoked due to misbehavior as an undergrad?
Has anyone ever lost their PH.D. or MA from something they did when they were an undergrad?
I'm going to use an example of a college buddy who has an MA in history but bullshitted a project once as a ...
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Should I accept an unpaid TA position?
I am a fourth-year undergraduate math major. I come from a not-so-big school, where the mathematics department is not funded that well. Recently, a professor asked if I would be interested in becoming ...
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The best way to prepare an undergraduate student before entering scientific research
I am a student in the second year of a university majoring in mathematics. I am trying to publish scientific research. Of course I know that it will be very difficult to do it at this level of study. ...
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Funding for an Undergraduate Conference [closed]
I'm currently an undergraduate international summer research student in Canada and I'm interested in attending a five-day long undergraduate (math) conference, which is being held at a location that ...
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