How to know if you are Grad School material.
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
- In this video, I share with you how you can work out if you are grad school material. I share the study which may help you pick the most important characteristics.
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0:00 - no one knows until they dry
1:22 - you want more
2:30 - common characteristics
5:50 - you don't want the alternative
6:51 - resilience
9:17 - wrapping up
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My experience -- if a student can get admitted to the grad program, they can complete the Ph.D. It may not be revolutionary research - or even publishable research - but the grad school will generally march you through the process to the degree. Our school only had one guy that just couldn't make it through (he took a Masters and left).
COVID destroyed my PhD (wet lab, uni closed). I am very resentful about that.
:'(
Sars-cov-2 did the same thing on my degree
Same with my AA. Took an extra year but I got it done
Resentful at the virus or the closures?
Man im about to get into a PhD program and I love your videos. Never stop making them. Let us know when you going to USYD for a coffee to talk to your subs
Will do!
One of the MOST important things when you study for a phd and to a lesser extent for a masters is to Select the RIGHT advisor. Thesis option.
No2 first secure the masters and then go for the phd.
No3, make sure if you have Research assistant ship that your research for your thesis is the same with the assistanship provided from your advisor.
No 4, high GPA does not necessarily means you are capable for research.
ASU eng. grad, 1995
Thanks
Then, there's me who wants to work and go to grad school at the same time. I want to progress more in my field, and get a job with much higher pay and more responsibilities.
great advice!
Much of the feedback I received from my undergraduate was that I needed to stick to facts from journals and restrict my opinions. It was deeply frustrating and I felt like I was not allowed to apply thought. That frustration was evident in my grades; a pass that seemed almost grudging. I wanted more than that and completed a Masters during which I flourished. Why? Suddenly my thoughts were important and it felt like I was regarded as an equal rather than a kid who needs to be distracted away from the "adults".
Thank you.
Watching this as I'm about to start my 2nd to last exam session before finishing my bachelor's degree. I'm honestly motivated primarily by grades, + with mental health being meh AF I'm really unsure whether to go for the masters. On the other end, in my country most people study for free, me included, and each (finished) year in academia leads to (on average) a 7% higher salary. So maybe I'll just try and tough out two more years.
As a once graduate school person, I approve these videos equivalent to works of art.
I think dropping out of high school at the age of 14 definitely helps me. I had to build my intellectual curiosity myself, I had to prepare myself for tests, I had to be self directed and without deadlines and exams, I didn't have to worry about anything. I was able to go down rabbit holes and learn anything I wanted! I was able to befriend actual researchers and academics in the fields I was interested in. Eventually, I did get into uni and am doing pretty well though I dislike the structure. Compared to me, other undergrads are very shy and full of self doubt and fear.
I'm not saying this is the right move for everyone, but for me, school was just about stomping out my curiousity and controlling my behaviour. Even undergrad feels too much like it is holding my hand and trying to get me to pass exams. I did not flourish there whatsoever. Luckily, in UG I'm surrounded by amazing academics and I make sure to harass them as much as I can about their juicy juicy knowledge.
Another drop-out here. BA in 40s, MA in 50s. Thinking about PhD. Now you can't throw me out of a uni library. You just have to find that fire to learn.
@@richardgale4827 I know PhD students of all ages. If you love what you do, go for it.
Man our experiences were similar. Happy to know I'm not alone in this
I’m not a high school dropout, but I was a college dropout who eventually obtained a bachelor’s degree in my late 20’s. I share your feelings about the younger students and about the structure of undergraduate education. My experience with formal education in my life has been bad more often than good, although I did learn a lot during the last phase of being an undergrad. I only recently learned how being a grad student would be much different and much better for me than being an undergrad or a high school student ever was. So, I’m now in my mid-30’s and about to apply to grad schools. I know that I have what it takes, emotionally and intellectually, to earn a PhD. Getting admitted will depend on whether the people making those decisions consider information about me beyond my low GPA.
Sometimes it sounds very unfair when people just to motivates students with low GPA kinda unknowingly insult students with good GPA. It doesn't seems right to demotivate one group just to motivate the other group. People need to realise students put effort in getting good GPA. Now if later on they don't succeed there can be number of different reasons and one of them is the failure of educational model....
I disagree. Some students are much more motivated by learning than by grades. There are many cases of students with GPA’s less than 3.0 who learned more than students with GPA’s greater than 3.5.
@pak8208 @30803080308030803081 I think you both have a point. The people who have high GPAs work hard and deserve them. Both people with high and low GPAs can miss the whole point of school and not learn what they need for their careers. Also, there are excellent students who have low GPAs because of they do not have support.
I am not resilient AT ALL. I am on my final PhD year.
Me neither. Somehow I've been in academia for 10 years. Kill me
@@ShinYaguchiSama Noooo 😭😭😭😭
@@ShinYaguchiSama Your reviewers aren't? killing you?
Andy, I'm waiting to start my PhD programme next year, maybe July. What do people like me usually get up to in the meantime? I've been rejected by many jobs and frankly don't have expertise in other fields other than theoretical physics. This is Malaysian job market. Banks, etc don't bother with you if you're not doing finance, etc. So I decided to take up coding bootcamps. What do you think?
Bro, how you maintain your beard?
cool video, that wanting more is spot on. But grad school isnt for everyone. think i may just get a job at the library and read for the rest of my life.
👏🏻👏🏻
Considering that I was told me gpa was a "train wreck" and STILL applied for a ph d...
Did you get admitted anywhere? I have a train-wreck GPA, too. Many graduate programs supposedly have a 3.0 minimum undergraduate GPA for admission. But, I’ll apply anyway.
@30803080308030803081 not yet! I have been rejected from 2/3 and I am just waiting on the last school for a response. :) I wish you the BEST of luck. I hope you got in somewhere this cycle.
Bruh I wanna know how do you maintain your beard
that gonna be bearded rocket science
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This is a strange video to watch comming from Denmark, noone studies just a bachelors its more or less useless on its own.
How long are your bachelors degrees? Maybe what you call a bachelors is closer to what we call an associates?
@@aidanwarren4980 3 years masters is 2, no idea what an associates degree is?
@@popisfornoobs In America, we have a degree called an associates degree which is earned in 2 years. Those are pretty useless outside of technical degrees, things like becoming an X-ray or ultrasound technician, or a dentist assistant. Our Bachelors is a 4 year degree and it’s what most college graduates have. A Masters takes an additional year or two after a Bachelors.
@@aidanwarren4980 ah we have those too for teaching, nursing or other other more practical and technical education, 3,5 years mainly.
Don’t worry Bachelors are equally useless in Australia too unless it’s an actual requirement for professional work like teaching or nursing. I do Psych and have a bachelor in Psych gets you nothing. You need a masters minimum