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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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Can graduate students be forced to leave graduate school under pressure from their advisers?
This is such a loaded question I'm hesitant to answer. While it might seem that a student was "kicked out" of a program for conflicts with an advisor, most departments (including ours!) have a procedu …
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Applying for grad school without undergraduate background
...but I think I'm well aware of my areas of weakness and strength.
I don't dispute that at all. But you'd be in the minority. Most students coming into grad school think that they can handle any …
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Rankings for university departments
To answer your second question, getting accurate data can be tricky. The recent kerfuffle over the NRC rankings of computer science is a good example. The methodology was flawed, the data was old, and …
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Learning/Reviewing New Material Quickly
You didn't really mention WHY you need the material for your research.
One case is when you have this vague feeling that there's a concept from statistics (in your case, hypothesis testing) that you …
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Benefit of a 1-year MSc in Comp Sci in the UK
You didn't mention if you want to do an MS in the UK or the US. If the former, I have no experience of how it works over there.
In general, an MS in CS does improve your chances of getting a decent …
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What percentage of STEM PhD applicants have peer-reviewed publications?
I'm in a CS department at a mid-ranked school in the US, and have reviewed applications for Ph.D programs in CS for the last 6 years. I didn't compile detailed numbers, but my sense is that the number …
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Applying to grad school where I've been on exchange
I know that many universities in the US and an increasing number in
the EU are against taking on their own graduates
I assume you mean for grad-school ? This is the first I've heard of it. We e …
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How much vacation time is typical during a PhD in the United States?
I'm not aware of explicit policies regarding vacation time during a Ph.D in the US. This is likely because in the US, the Ph.D is viewed as educational, and not as a job.
As a student, and now as a …
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While contacting professors should we mention if we have contacted some other faculty in sam...
I'm assuming this is regarding admission to graduate school. I don't see any harm in mentioning this as a courtesy. The odds are high that if the two professors work in related areas they will discove …
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Are undergraduate classes ever used as a means to learning what a PhD candidate needs to lea...
Short answer: sometimes...
Long answer: see below.
(Disclaimer: this describes a STEM-related experience. Not sure how this translates to other disciplines - like philosophy - where instructor inter …
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I believe my advisor doesn't think I am smart. How should I deal with this?
You said:
brilliant new prof
A new professor is under pressure to produce results quickly. It's entirely possible that some of what you're sensing is a consequence of this.
But you also say:
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What is a "graduate school"?
In US universities, a 'graduate school' is usually an administrative entity that manages all aspects of graduate life. At the University of Utah, for example:
The Graduate School fosters excellenc …
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Do professors frown upon students who don't take notes?
Sometimes I wish students would stop taking notes and actually think about what I'm saying. I provide the lecture notes before/after class anyway...
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Switching from one area of graduate study to another?
In general, transferring to a different department requires a fresh application. While many departments will be sympathetic to applications from students alresdy at the university, they will still req …
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Having students scribe lectures
When I'm teaching an advanced graduate class where the source material is drawn primarily from current research papers, there isn't a canonical text per se, and a typical lecture, while loosely struct …
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