#Undergrad

To any undergrads that need to hear this: 1) you do not have to go to grad school immediately after undergrad, 2) you do not have to have a publication
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I just read my last undergrad paper from 10(!) years ago. I'm glad I didn't know how bad I was at everything, otherwise I would have despaired of pursuing further
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PSA: Take a BREAK between undergrad and graduate school. Trust me, you'll need it. I didn't take a break. I dove right into a Masters from undergrad and then I
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I was thinking about some of the comments I received on my F32 NIH postdoctoral fellowship application from 6-7 years ago. It’s surprising how frustrated I still get when I
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(1/n) I spoke to yet another advanced CS+English double major at a DH-y uni who was thrilled but SHOCKED to hear that humanities data science (HDS) is a thing.Anecdotally, CS+HUMA
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Let’s talk about being a non-binary actor when you’re trying to earn your degree.My first role in undergrad was a zombie. But they made sure to make it clear that
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Prospective grad students, let’s talk about the gap year! Time off between undergrad and grad school (aka “gap year”) can be beneficial for some people, but it’s not required to
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Time for a rant: grant reviewers, why are we penalizing applicants for not publishing peer-reviewed papers as undergraduates?! Publishing as an undergrad, when most work is part-time, means that whether
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Been having lots of convos this weekend with incoming graduate students in my department! Realized all my advice for choosing a lab boils down to one sentence: The lab *environment*,
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If I am required to pay undergrad RAs $15/ hour, I will definitely hire fewer of them. Silver lining: less paperwork for me. Ok enough pot-stirring for now; I'm muting
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There's a really particular frustration about being a medical historian right now, as so many people say "well history will tell us who was right and who was wrong" when
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Long read so bookmark it if you don't have time right now. Devastating and wide ranging discussion about debt (primarily education debt) and how it's all a mirage.https://twitter.com/victorerikray/status/1336669869979398146 I paid
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Can’t believe I’m already a 2nd year PhD student. I realized how relevant my Washington post article about Katherine Johnson is for me right now. It’s already time for me
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I saw a tweet from an undergrad saying that university should be free of it is going to be remote. It reminded me of a conversation I had with an
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There was a Tweet asking which was your most influential class in college. I really had a hard time thinking of one class. As a #firstgen student, the opportunity to
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there’s this thing going around about RG uni’s and ‘lower ranking’ uni’s. I went to @leedsbeckett for my undergrad (I chose this uni for its astonishing creative writing course) and
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