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The advisory shuffle
Friday, October 13, was my adviser’s last day. He remains as an adjunct professor, but as such he cannot directly advise or supervise graduate students. Thus, just a few weeks into my official life as a PhD student I find myself adrift. While I started adrift, over the past 10 months I stopped drifting and began […]
“So why are you doing this?”
One of the questions that I’m often asked is “why would you want to get a PhD?” or “why do you want to do research?” Everyone that even considers pursuing a PhD will no doubt be asked this question at some point. I’ve been asked it a number of times recently, no doubt due to the various […]
PhD offers
So I’ve now been offered admission to two of the three PhD programs to which I have applied. The third I knew was unlikely as they require a thesis Master’s degree, but I don’t have a thesis. I was hoping that the fact I’ve co-authored two books might count for something (because frankly, writing a […]
Letters of Recommendation
Once again, I find myself in the position of asking people to write letters of recommendation. My usual MO for this is to first ask if they are willing to do so. I make it clear that I will provide them with a template letter which they can then modify as they see fit – […]
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