UNLOCKING SUCCESS: Insights from Incoming Stanford PhD Student
Vložit
- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- Hi! Every cent from ads in this video will go to children in Sri Lanka who cannot afford the medicine they need to fight gastrointestinal autoimmune disorders. Thank you so much for watching this sit-down interview with one of the brightest stars entering his PhD in in engineering. Please subscribe for more content like this! :)
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - How did you decide on PhD in Civil & Env. Engineering?
04:06 - What was the application process like?
10:33 - Can you speak on your unconventional journey?
17:11 - What parts of your application stood out to Stanford?
24:13 - How did you decide what research you want do?
26:45 - How important was research to your application?
30:33 - If you had to do it again, what would you change?
34:43 - Imposter Syndrome
35:50 - Daily Habits
36:47 - SOCIETY NEEDS YOU! :)
38:36 - Bonus Content
Hi guys! I have a question on "mastering out". Could you please tell us about this process? Can I just leave with my master`s or should I convince the people (faculty advisor or whoever is) for this decision? I couldn`t find any clear explanation about this so your help would be appreciated.
Thanks for the question! So from I understand, you really can't go in to a PhD program and convey that your intent is to Master out. I've heard opinions from professors ranging from basically it's looked down upon to another professor saying it's a perfectly fine thing to do. One of my colleagues said "It's like a decision you can come to with your program/advisor if something about the program isn't working out. This isn't a process that's advertised because it's like never the goal, but generally programs might have course-based or thesis-based masters that students can earn and leave with if things don't work out 2-3 years in." So I guess what I would say is to maybe convince yourself that you are truly maybe going to see this PhD thing through, and then if you don't really feel like this is the path for you, then take the Master's and dip. Something like that. Hope that helps!
I almost studied civil and trees
We are glad to have you in the Stats Cool Guys Group now Cam