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On schools that award advanced academic degrees, such as master's and doctoral degrees. This tag is mainly for questions about the structure and organization of a graduate school or the fundamental experience of being a graduate student. Do not use this tag for questions about research in graduate school (use [research] instead), coursework in graduate school (use [coursework]), gaining admissions to graduate school (use [graduate-admissions]), etc.
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Does Pop-Science involvement hurt one's reputation?
I think the answer is, if its done in balance, no. I've had experience as a graduate student with two projects that could be considered "popular science", and they've done...interesting things, career …
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In what circumstances do departments permit graduate students to complete their program off ...
This is really something that will differ depending on where you are, what field, and even who your advisor is.
For example, at my previous institution, the rule was that you couldn't work on your di …
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Should I take courses that are not directly part of my research topic?
As with David Ketcheson, I don't think a definitive answer is possible, but here are my thoughts:
It depends on the attitude of your program. Are they trying to ramrod you through your coursework as …
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Any reason not to apply for funding as a grad student?
Beyond @mankoff's answer of it not being worth it (I've chosen not to apply for fellowships with a poor reward:effort ratio), you might not be allowed to. For example, many fellowships, NIH training g …
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Is it possible to work on extra activities (start-up project) during PhD?
Honestly, my instinct is "no".
Both startups and PhD advance in the same way - the massive influx of effort. And that effort is often unpredictable. Both settings have "crunch time" wherein for the n …
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When does a PhD end?
Generally speaking, there are well established "mile stones" for the completion of a PhD. This typically comes in the form of writing a dissertation - either in book form or a series of papers - and t …
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Recommendation Letters for MS CS programs
I would not necessarily assert that professors asking for you to write your letter for them are 'unprofessional'. It's quite possible, and even common for professors to request this for a number of re …
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Should I prepare for the GRE if my gpa isn't yet high enough for Epidemiology graduate school?
I went through graduate school in Epidemiology at a major school of Public Health, and am now the epidemiologist on a number of multidisciplinary admission committees.
Improve Your GPA First
There's …
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Doing a PhD with significant external time obligations (e.g., marriage)
The people who I've seen with considerable external commitments who have still gotten through in a reasonable amount of time all boil down to one thing: They treat grad-school like a job. From 9 to 5 …
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Advisor isn't advising
In addition to the department chair, is there a head of graduate studies or the like (e.g., an ombudsman)? You may want to consider talking to them.
Generally speaking though, unless it will severely …
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to completing a Masters program before applying to...
This is speaking only from my experience in Public Health and Epidemiology, so its slightly more general, but hopefully it will be helpful. Some of these have already been mentioned by other posters.
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How to proceed when PhD advisor leaves academia or moves to a new university midway?
I generally agree with @AnonymousMathematician that the easiest thing to do may simply be to visit the New University while staying an enrolled student at Old University. It may require checking with …
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Why do some professors have M.D. as well as/instead of a PhD?
I've worked with a fair number of either researcher MDs or MD/PhDs, and myself have only a PhD, so I'll try to give my perspective:
Do You Need One: Probably not, if you're only interested in the sci …
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Potential advisor asking which other programs I got into, but I haven't gotten into any others?
You haven't been not accepted, you haven't heard. There's a difference.
"I'm still waiting to hear back from a couple other places." Should be a sufficient answer. If you want, a light quip about her …
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Poor academic performance - should/can I apply to a PhD program?
There is a rule I have for these things: "If you don't apply, the answer is automatically 'No'"
To address some of your concerns:
Transcripts from all institutions attended (*** - insanely diffic …
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