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38 Questions

What is the point of being the head of the department?

I feel like my mathematical competence is fading

What is the point in publishing a paper in a journal rather than arXiv?

I hate taking lectures, can I still survive in academia?

Why should a P.I be motivated to write a strong LOR even if that means losing a undergraduate from his/her lab?

What is the "power" a PhD advisor has over their advisees?

How can anyone assess their own Phd application prior to actually applying to determine its weaknesses and figure out what to do next?

Do reviewers go over the calculations (i.e do the calculations themselves) when reviewing?

How to network as a new graduate student in a new country

Should a scholarship be acknowledged in the paper if it is not given for the work that is being published?

Is it common in academia to not have any written "contract" when you get a scholarship?

Lack of motivation for self-study during the semesters

When applying to a Phd in Physics or Math , do grades in unrelated courses I took have any effect on my admission?

Why are we not teaching university student how to learn/study? [closed]

Side tracks that come up during research

Is not being paid in an internship common in academia?

A new PI or the brilliant current PI [closed]

Is it common / advisable to add my personal web site to my curriculum vitae?

Should students who copy homework answers from somewhere else state how they obtained the answer? [duplicate]

What would go wrong if we were to implement the following education system in universities? [closed]

Is dropping one of my major considered "bad" if I were to study related to that field?

How common is it to get an academic position in a different country after getting a PhD in the US?

How can I make self-studied course in undergraduate official when applying to graduate school?

What are the financial offer or opportunities for international PhD students in US and UK?

Is it OK to use fonts, i.e bold, italic, in an email to a professor or to any other academic?

Referencing a material that wasn't referenced inside the text

"Write your future plans with less than 51 words": what is the purpose of this question?

What is the most logical course of action if your P.I does not write you a letter of recommendation in time even though s/he said that s/he would?

Where to get help when we can't understand something done in a paper?

Pros and cons of doing PhD in a research group with a high number of post-docs?