#Gradschool

We are going to be running a series of anon questions that revolve around applying for grad school! If you are applying & have questions, or struggled with something when

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On why it isn't acceptable to ask disabled trainees in wet labs if they'd considered switching labs to do computational work, and why it REALLY isn't ok to ask us

Undergrad In The Lab

Thank you to *everyone* for an extraordinary #GradRecruitWeek. Undergrads—thank you for trusting us with your Qs & letting us share them with others. And for putting yourself out there by

Seeing a lot of advice being tweeted to new grad students, so instead I'll give chirp away to those 12 months their #PhD projects (newbies, pay attention too, this could

$4253 to apply to 12 programs $895 = application fees$802 = taking/sending GRE & subject test$2424 = travel for interviews$132 = sending transcriptsI'm sharing b/c the cost is prohibitive to

Undergrad In The Lab

Q: ’I’d like to know what people think about applying to grad school this cycle given that your interview weekends are going to be virtual- is it worth it to

Smiti Nathan PhD

@KarenMardock, @NadineBGoldberg, and I have been working hard for months to launch the first-ever @JohnsHopkins Grad Camp. Here is aon why this program is going to be EPIC:https://twitter.com/ldlhomewood/status/1387754010636128265 1. It

APPLYING TO GRAD SCHOOL, POST #1: You decided to apply to grad school; now what?Knowing how/where to start was the hardest thing for me. The process varies for each person;

Vidhika Damani 👩‍🔬

1/ Let's do the math of the cost of applying to graduate school in the US: A THREAD.Graduate school applications usually involve:1. Application Fee2. Taking the GRE3. Taking the TOEFL4.

Great list of questions to ask potential grad advisors. When making your decisions about #gradschool -- picking your advisor should be one of your top priorities. The location, program, and

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On expecting things to get "better" for students with disabilities elsewhere and handing them off, a thread (PLZ RT-and please read. Listen. Learn.):This one is important. This is actually one

ScientificRuvvy

Happy April 1st! The US continues into a month-long shutdown. This time certainly hasn't been easy. I'd like to invite you all to join me in a 500-words/day challenge! To

Kensha Marie Clark

I am not sure if I should be writing this, but I’ve been thinking about it a lot over the past few days. There is a lot of talk about

This year, I won the #OntarioGraduateScholarship for my MSc work. Sounds great, right? Well actually, winning this grant has COST me and has caused pretty substantial financial crisis. Thread

Prof. Priya Narasimhan

TIP: Grad-school essay in 4 actsI review dozens of grad-school essays every year. If you’re writing one, talk about:1. What motivates you2. What has prepared you3. What you hope to

I feel the need to share my experience with the F31 Diversity NRSA, not only to point out a #DEI problem in the application process but also to warn some