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gjiz1j | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Human: If any professor is reading this: please do not praise students keeping their presentations much longer than you said it should be because it covers more. It is unfair and an obvious sign of obliviousness. It is nonsense. Please. If you tell your students to keep their presentations at a certain length, do not p... | fqlczr1 | fqlldif | 1,589,454,386 | 1,589,460,984 | 17 | 5 | And when your teacher doesn't listen or pay attention to your presentation even you do not go over time limit? I did experienced that a week ago with my group and I still feel frustrated. We were the only group that he didn't pay attention at all. We put so much effort in that presentation! I felt very useless and depr... | I'm pretty strict on time, to the point where I'll cut off the presentation if it goes over the alloted time (typically, I'll also give them a warning when they're halfway through their time and another when a minute is left). Getting your point accross concisely is a valuable skill and important to master in a busines... | 0 | 6,598 | 3.4 | 98 |
gjiz1j | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Human: If any professor is reading this: please do not praise students keeping their presentations much longer than you said it should be because it covers more. It is unfair and an obvious sign of obliviousness. It is nonsense. Please. If you tell your students to keep their presentations at a certain length, do not p... | fqm6w3j | fqlwmce | 1,589,472,521 | 1,589,467,418 | 7 | 2 | I did a poster presentation where the time limer was 5 mins, including questions. I presented within the time limits, but no one else in my group did. The « winner » was a student that went 5 minutes over time. It sucked because I could have done a lot better with that 5 extra minutes too... | I feel really lucky that I didn't experience this in my program. It was geared towards practitioners so the time limit on presentations was a hard limit. If a policy maker wouldn't sit through it because it was too long the faculty member would cut it off. | 1 | 5,103 | 3.5 | 66 |
gjiz1j | askacademia_train | 0.95 | Human: If any professor is reading this: please do not praise students keeping their presentations much longer than you said it should be because it covers more. It is unfair and an obvious sign of obliviousness. It is nonsense. Please. If you tell your students to keep their presentations at a certain length, do not p... | fqm64ya | fqm6w3j | 1,589,472,155 | 1,589,472,521 | 7 | 2 | Absolutely, meeting a time limit is a skill that need to be practiced. I am in math and my supervisor is fond of quoting (well, paraphrasing) Pascal saying "I have made this letter longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter". | I did a poster presentation where the time limer was 5 mins, including questions. I presented within the time limits, but no one else in my group did. The « winner » was a student that went 5 minutes over time. It sucked because I could have done a lot better with that 5 extra minutes too... | 0 | 366 | 3.5 | 66 |
g3wn4t | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: After receiving an email from a sketchy journal soliciting submissions, a professor sent in a joke paper titled "What's the Deal With Birds?", which got published. Here's a small excerpt from the paper: > *Abstract:* Many people wonder: what’s the deal with birds? This is a common query. Birds are pretty weird.... | fnu3gvg | fnu7wp6 | 1,587,253,799 | 1,587,256,379 | 209 | 50 | Those acknowledgements though😂😂😂 | Using WTF as a keyword surelly sets an impact factor over 9000 | 0 | 2,580 | 4.18 | 14 |
g3wn4t | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: After receiving an email from a sketchy journal soliciting submissions, a professor sent in a joke paper titled "What's the Deal With Birds?", which got published. Here's a small excerpt from the paper: > *Abstract:* Many people wonder: what’s the deal with birds? This is a common query. Birds are pretty weird.... | fnu7wp6 | fnu32lo | 1,587,256,379 | 1,587,253,588 | 209 | 8 | Using WTF as a keyword surelly sets an impact factor over 9000 | Lmao I am dead | 1 | 2,791 | 26.125 | 14 |
g3wn4t | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: After receiving an email from a sketchy journal soliciting submissions, a professor sent in a joke paper titled "What's the Deal With Birds?", which got published. Here's a small excerpt from the paper: > *Abstract:* Many people wonder: what’s the deal with birds? This is a common query. Birds are pretty weird.... | fnudecm | fnuf6qh | 1,587,259,630 | 1,587,260,685 | 68 | 14 | Don’t these journals ask for a hefty fee? Did the professor actually pay money to get this published? | “More research is warranted” has always been the biggest cop out. | 0 | 1,055 | 4.857143 | 23 |
g3wn4t | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: After receiving an email from a sketchy journal soliciting submissions, a professor sent in a joke paper titled "What's the Deal With Birds?", which got published. Here's a small excerpt from the paper: > *Abstract:* Many people wonder: what’s the deal with birds? This is a common query. Birds are pretty weird.... | fnu32lo | fnuf6qh | 1,587,253,588 | 1,587,260,685 | 68 | 8 | Lmao I am dead | “More research is warranted” has always been the biggest cop out. | 0 | 7,097 | 8.5 | 16 |
g3wn4t | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: After receiving an email from a sketchy journal soliciting submissions, a professor sent in a joke paper titled "What's the Deal With Birds?", which got published. Here's a small excerpt from the paper: > *Abstract:* Many people wonder: what’s the deal with birds? This is a common query. Birds are pretty weird.... | fnuf6qh | fnubl6z | 1,587,260,685 | 1,587,258,568 | 68 | 2 | “More research is warranted” has always been the biggest cop out. | This is great, love it! Thank you for sharing. | 1 | 2,117 | 34 | 16 |
ifg59u | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: How about we stop working for free? Just this month I was invited to review five new submissions from three different journals. I understand that we have an important role in improving the quality of science being published (specially during COVID times), but isn’t it unfair that we do all the work and these com... | g2nf3na | g2nkfp3 | 1,598,234,898 | 1,598,238,046 | 269 | 105 | I have three tenure reviews due soon. While I consider it part of my service, especially as I have a fairly rare specialty, it adds up. | I'm getting pretty sick of writing papers for free. For my PhD and postdoc I've worked on other people's big projects. Every time they strategically keep me in the lab for the entire duration of the fellowship with no time to write, knowing full well that I have to write papers to get a job, and that I'll do it for fre... | 0 | 3,148 | 2.561905 | 83 |
ifg59u | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: How about we stop working for free? Just this month I was invited to review five new submissions from three different journals. I understand that we have an important role in improving the quality of science being published (specially during COVID times), but isn’t it unfair that we do all the work and these com... | g2nkfp3 | g2nibtk | 1,598,238,046 | 1,598,236,775 | 269 | 56 | I'm getting pretty sick of writing papers for free. For my PhD and postdoc I've worked on other people's big projects. Every time they strategically keep me in the lab for the entire duration of the fellowship with no time to write, knowing full well that I have to write papers to get a job, and that I'll do it for fre... | I could probably write more if not reviewing 3+ papers per each published. I had no idea it was that many until I looked up my reviewer stats. | 1 | 1,271 | 4.803571 | 83 |
ifg59u | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: How about we stop working for free? Just this month I was invited to review five new submissions from three different journals. I understand that we have an important role in improving the quality of science being published (specially during COVID times), but isn’t it unfair that we do all the work and these com... | g2ng4jr | g2nkfp3 | 1,598,235,492 | 1,598,238,046 | 269 | 29 | One way I'd think about it is if you're not planning to submit your own papers to journals in the future, then you don't need to review for them. If you do, and aren't expecting to pay others to review your paper for you, then you're kind of being a hypocrite. | I'm getting pretty sick of writing papers for free. For my PhD and postdoc I've worked on other people's big projects. Every time they strategically keep me in the lab for the entire duration of the fellowship with no time to write, knowing full well that I have to write papers to get a job, and that I'll do it for fre... | 0 | 2,554 | 9.275862 | 83 |
ifg59u | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: How about we stop working for free? Just this month I was invited to review five new submissions from three different journals. I understand that we have an important role in improving the quality of science being published (specially during COVID times), but isn’t it unfair that we do all the work and these com... | g2o4i54 | g2nmtxj | 1,598,253,519 | 1,598,239,553 | 82 | 33 | This “publication-review-journals” is one of the most fucked up systems there is. We work like crazy to have publications ready (lab/field/writting) for ZERO money, plus many times we loose even our rights to our own papers. It is absolutely insane and abusive. People assuming OP is being malicious for pointing that ... | I think it's fine to say no sometimes. But if you say no all the time, you better not be submitting any work to peer reviewed journals or else you're just a dick. Also, if we do ask for compensation you know they're just going to up the publication fees. And we don't want the quality of the reviews to decline becaus... | 1 | 13,966 | 2.484848 | 270 |
ifg59u | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: How about we stop working for free? Just this month I was invited to review five new submissions from three different journals. I understand that we have an important role in improving the quality of science being published (specially during COVID times), but isn’t it unfair that we do all the work and these com... | g2o4i54 | g2ng4jr | 1,598,253,519 | 1,598,235,492 | 82 | 29 | This “publication-review-journals” is one of the most fucked up systems there is. We work like crazy to have publications ready (lab/field/writting) for ZERO money, plus many times we loose even our rights to our own papers. It is absolutely insane and abusive. People assuming OP is being malicious for pointing that ... | One way I'd think about it is if you're not planning to submit your own papers to journals in the future, then you don't need to review for them. If you do, and aren't expecting to pay others to review your paper for you, then you're kind of being a hypocrite. | 1 | 18,027 | 2.827586 | 270 |
f9a58a | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: I flunked someone for plagiarism. I just discovered they hired a PI to investigate me. Does anyone have experience with this? I’m in a tenure track position in the social sciences at a school in the Midwest. Last semester, I flunked a student for plagiarizing part of a paper (it was a clear case of copy and past... | fiq8c31 | fiqaavx | 1,582,638,046 | 1,582,639,541 | 72 | 27 | Go to the police. Jesus. | This will sound harsh and unpopular, but grow some backbone and stand for your way of life. If this is frowned upon by a place you spend over 8 hours each weekday, you're in the wrong spot and you're supporting a system that undermines something you value a lot. It's difficult to do this, given you might have to provid... | 0 | 1,495 | 2.666667 | 103 |
f9a58a | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: I flunked someone for plagiarism. I just discovered they hired a PI to investigate me. Does anyone have experience with this? I’m in a tenure track position in the social sciences at a school in the Midwest. Last semester, I flunked a student for plagiarizing part of a paper (it was a clear case of copy and past... | fiq83zz | fiqaavx | 1,582,637,866 | 1,582,639,541 | 72 | 20 | Is being in an open relationship against the terms of your contract? Regardless of whether it's right or wrong...if it's in your contract, it's in your contract. All-else considered, the school should protect you from this. You were literally doing your job. However, it sounds like this student comes from a fairly ... | This will sound harsh and unpopular, but grow some backbone and stand for your way of life. If this is frowned upon by a place you spend over 8 hours each weekday, you're in the wrong spot and you're supporting a system that undermines something you value a lot. It's difficult to do this, given you might have to provid... | 0 | 1,675 | 3.6 | 126 |
f9a58a | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: I flunked someone for plagiarism. I just discovered they hired a PI to investigate me. Does anyone have experience with this? I’m in a tenure track position in the social sciences at a school in the Midwest. Last semester, I flunked a student for plagiarizing part of a paper (it was a clear case of copy and past... | fiqaznv | fiq83zz | 1,582,640,049 | 1,582,637,866 | 49 | 20 | I would go to a lawyer first. I'd ask the lawyer if I could file both criminal and civil charges and sue the student into next week. They'll probably say no which is disappointing because I'd want to nail that little shit to the wall. One thing you may find the lawyer actually doing for you is filing a restraining o... | Is being in an open relationship against the terms of your contract? Regardless of whether it's right or wrong...if it's in your contract, it's in your contract. All-else considered, the school should protect you from this. You were literally doing your job. However, it sounds like this student comes from a fairly ... | 1 | 2,183 | 2.45 | 221 |
f9a58a | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: I flunked someone for plagiarism. I just discovered they hired a PI to investigate me. Does anyone have experience with this? I’m in a tenure track position in the social sciences at a school in the Midwest. Last semester, I flunked a student for plagiarizing part of a paper (it was a clear case of copy and past... | fiqhk3y | fiq83zz | 1,582,644,461 | 1,582,637,866 | 42 | 20 | No advice beyond that given, but just want to express solidarity. Who are these supposed academics who don't understand that your university doesn't need to fire you - they just need to quietly deny you tenure for a plausible reason, which at your university may be the code of conduct. I don't think there's anything wr... | Is being in an open relationship against the terms of your contract? Regardless of whether it's right or wrong...if it's in your contract, it's in your contract. All-else considered, the school should protect you from this. You were literally doing your job. However, it sounds like this student comes from a fairly ... | 1 | 6,595 | 2.1 | 126 |
h8t4fk | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Do you also happen to get sad because you simply will never have enough time to get the knowledge you want to? I was wondering if other people also get kind of sad because it is simply impossible to have enough time to learn everything you actually wanted to learn by a certain age/stage in life. Like idk, comple... | fusooc4 | fusory0 | 1,592,139,256 | 1,592,139,332 | 180 | 47 | I have nothing other to say than: Yes, I know that feeling. | I never thought about it but now that you mentioned it... Yess!!! Its kind of like when you read a review paper and they cite many other original research papers, and you wanna get through all of them but you dont have the time to do so. When you do attempt to get through them, you find yourself going down a rabbit ... | 0 | 76 | 3.829787 | 168 |
h8t4fk | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Do you also happen to get sad because you simply will never have enough time to get the knowledge you want to? I was wondering if other people also get kind of sad because it is simply impossible to have enough time to learn everything you actually wanted to learn by a certain age/stage in life. Like idk, comple... | fusr6w0 | fusrvi3 | 1,592,141,110 | 1,592,141,586 | 48 | 10 | I'm more sad that I can't have chips every day without getting spherical. | I had this feeling when I was in grad school. Now, it's more that I'll never have time in this life to create all the things I want to: books, games, etc., that will never see the light of day. OTOH, that means I'll never be bored. I'll never run out of things to learn, do, and try. I try to keep my focus on that side... | 0 | 476 | 4.8 | 87 |
h8t4fk | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Do you also happen to get sad because you simply will never have enough time to get the knowledge you want to? I was wondering if other people also get kind of sad because it is simply impossible to have enough time to learn everything you actually wanted to learn by a certain age/stage in life. Like idk, comple... | fusq3qd | fusrvi3 | 1,592,140,328 | 1,592,141,586 | 48 | 8 | I used to feel that way until corona hit and I had to scrub my research project. Three months into quarantine and I’m still sitting here trying to work up the will power to get better at coding. | I had this feeling when I was in grad school. Now, it's more that I'll never have time in this life to create all the things I want to: books, games, etc., that will never see the light of day. OTOH, that means I'll never be bored. I'll never run out of things to learn, do, and try. I try to keep my focus on that side... | 0 | 1,258 | 6 | 87 |
h8t4fk | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Do you also happen to get sad because you simply will never have enough time to get the knowledge you want to? I was wondering if other people also get kind of sad because it is simply impossible to have enough time to learn everything you actually wanted to learn by a certain age/stage in life. Like idk, comple... | fusr6w0 | fustnz5 | 1,592,141,110 | 1,592,142,842 | 41 | 10 | I'm more sad that I can't have chips every day without getting spherical. | Chaucer had the same feeling: “The lyf so short the craft so longe to lerne.“ one of the quotes I most strongly identify with | 0 | 1,732 | 4.1 | 36 |
h8t4fk | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Do you also happen to get sad because you simply will never have enough time to get the knowledge you want to? I was wondering if other people also get kind of sad because it is simply impossible to have enough time to learn everything you actually wanted to learn by a certain age/stage in life. Like idk, comple... | fustnz5 | fusq3qd | 1,592,142,842 | 1,592,140,328 | 41 | 8 | Chaucer had the same feeling: “The lyf so short the craft so longe to lerne.“ one of the quotes I most strongly identify with | I used to feel that way until corona hit and I had to scrub my research project. Three months into quarantine and I’m still sitting here trying to work up the will power to get better at coding. | 1 | 2,514 | 5.125 | 44 |
lcrq4z | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Why did I pursue a PhD if it has not led to any opportunities? I’m feeling pretty down at the moment. I’ve been applying to TT jobs for a few years and have gotten no luck. I received my PhD from an average state school in 2015 and have had two relatively fruitful postdocs the last 5 years. I’ve published 10 pap... | gm1owlw | gm1rr1w | 1,612,478,569 | 1,612,479,840 | 332 | 160 | I can relate. I found a decent position, but I've always kept my eye an the market and applied to the more "dream" schools since I've graduated. I only had one finalist interview at a "fancy" school. As usual, someone better connected than me with more pubs got the position. It's really rough out there. I can really ... | Sorry to hear this. As someone who nope-d out of academia pretty much after defending, I have mixed feelings about this, but they're mostly positive. There's a part of me that wishes that academia was what I dreamt it was, and a part of me that wishes I had succeeded, despite it being not what I had hoped. But I don'... | 0 | 1,271 | 2.075 | 238 |
lcrq4z | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Why did I pursue a PhD if it has not led to any opportunities? I’m feeling pretty down at the moment. I’ve been applying to TT jobs for a few years and have gotten no luck. I received my PhD from an average state school in 2015 and have had two relatively fruitful postdocs the last 5 years. I’ve published 10 pap... | gm1rr1w | gm1nitv | 1,612,479,840 | 1,612,477,961 | 332 | 21 | Sorry to hear this. As someone who nope-d out of academia pretty much after defending, I have mixed feelings about this, but they're mostly positive. There's a part of me that wishes that academia was what I dreamt it was, and a part of me that wishes I had succeeded, despite it being not what I had hoped. But I don'... | What is it in? Can you go into industry? | 1 | 1,879 | 15.809524 | 238 |
lcrq4z | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Why did I pursue a PhD if it has not led to any opportunities? I’m feeling pretty down at the moment. I’ve been applying to TT jobs for a few years and have gotten no luck. I received my PhD from an average state school in 2015 and have had two relatively fruitful postdocs the last 5 years. I’ve published 10 pap... | gm1rr1w | gm1r4t5 | 1,612,479,840 | 1,612,479,561 | 332 | 21 | Sorry to hear this. As someone who nope-d out of academia pretty much after defending, I have mixed feelings about this, but they're mostly positive. There's a part of me that wishes that academia was what I dreamt it was, and a part of me that wishes I had succeeded, despite it being not what I had hoped. But I don'... | I do. I did have some good things happen but I am quite disappointed. It's not you, it's the system. You have to be at the right place on the right time. If you feel like staying in academia, take the admin route. Working in admin is more secure, gets you on track and later on you can move to the research side. Thee is... | 1 | 279 | 15.809524 | 238 |
lcrq4z | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Why did I pursue a PhD if it has not led to any opportunities? I’m feeling pretty down at the moment. I’ve been applying to TT jobs for a few years and have gotten no luck. I received my PhD from an average state school in 2015 and have had two relatively fruitful postdocs the last 5 years. I’ve published 10 pap... | gm1owlw | gm1nitv | 1,612,478,569 | 1,612,477,961 | 160 | 21 | I can relate. I found a decent position, but I've always kept my eye an the market and applied to the more "dream" schools since I've graduated. I only had one finalist interview at a "fancy" school. As usual, someone better connected than me with more pubs got the position. It's really rough out there. I can really ... | What is it in? Can you go into industry? | 1 | 608 | 7.619048 | 223 |
lcrq4z | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Why did I pursue a PhD if it has not led to any opportunities? I’m feeling pretty down at the moment. I’ve been applying to TT jobs for a few years and have gotten no luck. I received my PhD from an average state school in 2015 and have had two relatively fruitful postdocs the last 5 years. I’ve published 10 pap... | gm1tdil | gm1yyts | 1,612,480,577 | 1,612,483,159 | 82 | 36 | This question is for OP and anybody who has completed a PhD program. What did/does your program do in regards to helping with job placement, making connections, etc.? I'm asking because several of the programs I'm looking at boast about high job placement, particularly in academia, post-PhD program. ... If it matters I... | 1. Go apply for industry jobs 2. Get an entry level job 3. Be happy when you see your first pay check that's double the money for less work | 0 | 2,582 | 2.277778 | 81 |
hhgmpm | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: My prediction for the Fall semester 2020. Might play out like this: https://imgur.com/IVt9EiJ
Assistant: | fwafeii | fwa2sdi | 1,593,369,464 | 1,593,362,911 | 191 | 7 | I currently teach high school... We plan to be open face to face, once a kid gets COVID we're out for a week and anyone who was in class with that kid is out an additional week for quarantine... In a school with almost 2k students. Yeah, ok... | My uni is gonna be all remote at least | 1 | 6,553 | 27.285714 | 58 |
hhgmpm | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: My prediction for the Fall semester 2020. Might play out like this: https://imgur.com/IVt9EiJ
Assistant: | fwafch4 | fwafeii | 1,593,369,434 | 1,593,369,464 | 191 | 8 | This is the correct take. | I currently teach high school... We plan to be open face to face, once a kid gets COVID we're out for a week and anyone who was in class with that kid is out an additional week for quarantine... In a school with almost 2k students. Yeah, ok... | 0 | 30 | 23.875 | 58 |
hhgmpm | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: My prediction for the Fall semester 2020. Might play out like this: https://imgur.com/IVt9EiJ
Assistant: | fwa2sdi | fway0p7 | 1,593,362,911 | 1,593,379,239 | 30 | 7 | My uni is gonna be all remote at least | In all honesty; it's not going to happen. They *intend* to open, and they'd vastly prefer to open from a revenue perspective, but at the same time they're all quietly planning for the possibility (or, rather, probability) of online-only instruction. Eventually, they'll start acknowledging it. | 0 | 16,328 | 4.285714 | 65 |
hhgmpm | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: My prediction for the Fall semester 2020. Might play out like this: https://imgur.com/IVt9EiJ
Assistant: | fwafch4 | fway0p7 | 1,593,369,434 | 1,593,379,239 | 30 | 8 | This is the correct take. | In all honesty; it's not going to happen. They *intend* to open, and they'd vastly prefer to open from a revenue perspective, but at the same time they're all quietly planning for the possibility (or, rather, probability) of online-only instruction. Eventually, they'll start acknowledging it. | 0 | 9,805 | 3.75 | 65 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the progra... | hfaed99 | hfagx52 | 1,633,303,949 | 1,633,305,220 | 587 | 247 | I expect a lot of people to disagree with this but: really give her a piece of your mind. That is an unbelievably shitty thing to do to someone, and especially lie through your teeth about it. If she thought those things, she should have told you to your face or at the very least declined to write the letter. What sh... | I serve on an admissions committee. I can tell you that whenever we see a negative letter in an application, the first judgement is on the advisor. As others have said, any competent letter writer in the US academic system understands that a letter should be positive, or not written at all. That's why it's called a let... | 0 | 1,271 | 2.376518 | 175 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the progra... | hfagx52 | hfaetny | 1,633,305,220 | 1,633,304,174 | 587 | 243 | I serve on an admissions committee. I can tell you that whenever we see a negative letter in an application, the first judgement is on the advisor. As others have said, any competent letter writer in the US academic system understands that a letter should be positive, or not written at all. That's why it's called a let... | Don't use that letter. But honestly I'd burn all sorts of bridges out of spite over something like that. I'd go to her school and tell them this, ideally with a copy of the letter, and ask them why their professor is doing this to students who ask her for recommendations in good faith. It's universally accepted that i... | 1 | 1,046 | 2.415638 | 172 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the progra... | hfa6xut | hfagx52 | 1,633,300,532 | 1,633,305,220 | 587 | 47 | You can try to talk to her to see what the problem was. And stop putting her name for recommendations. | I serve on an admissions committee. I can tell you that whenever we see a negative letter in an application, the first judgement is on the advisor. As others have said, any competent letter writer in the US academic system understands that a letter should be positive, or not written at all. That's why it's called a let... | 0 | 4,688 | 12.489362 | 172 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the progra... | hfagx52 | hfadt1l | 1,633,305,220 | 1,633,303,683 | 587 | 16 | I serve on an admissions committee. I can tell you that whenever we see a negative letter in an application, the first judgement is on the advisor. As others have said, any competent letter writer in the US academic system understands that a letter should be positive, or not written at all. That's why it's called a let... | What others say and warn future students about her. Also, I don't know if it was a "send directly from the advisor" thing, but I always make sure to check their rec letters before submission. | 1 | 1,537 | 36.6875 | 172 |
q0s215 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: What to do about a situation where my professor wrote a negative letter of rec for grad school? I am in the US, and applying to graduate school. I was a research assistant for this particular professor and ran a club that she was the advisor to. I did not struggle in her class or other class revolving the progra... | hfaed99 | hfa6xut | 1,633,303,949 | 1,633,300,532 | 247 | 47 | I expect a lot of people to disagree with this but: really give her a piece of your mind. That is an unbelievably shitty thing to do to someone, and especially lie through your teeth about it. If she thought those things, she should have told you to your face or at the very least declined to write the letter. What sh... | You can try to talk to her to see what the problem was. And stop putting her name for recommendations. | 1 | 3,417 | 5.255319 | 175 |
ris5lq | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Your name was mentioned in a paper recently found by Academia! Dear Academia.edu, no one is mentioning my name in any papers. Please stop.
Assistant: | hp0p3vf | hp17so2 | 1,639,807,058 | 1,639,822,090 | 7 | 3 | Supposedly there are over 3,000 mentions of my name in papers. My name is quite uncommon. | In contrast, when Research Gate says you have a citation, it's true. It's even better than Google Scholar. Citations for my unpublished PhD dissertation appear on Research Gate but not on Google Scholar. | 0 | 15,032 | 2.333333 | 41 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad!
Assistant: | f7x50kr | f7wxra9 | 1,574,046,436 | 1,574,040,921 | 69 | 25 | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | Congratulations! This will be a huge help for you moving forward in your life no matter what path you choose to take. | 1 | 5,515 | 2.76 | 24 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad!
Assistant: | f7wmc4v | f7x50kr | 1,574,034,891 | 1,574,046,436 | 69 | 16 | Congratulations! That's wonderful! | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | 0 | 11,545 | 4.3125 | 19 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad!
Assistant: | f7wo43k | f7x50kr | 1,574,035,514 | 1,574,046,436 | 69 | 7 | Gratz!!! | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | 0 | 10,922 | 9.857143 | 19 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad!
Assistant: | f7x50kr | f7wu2xm | 1,574,046,436 | 1,574,038,088 | 69 | 3 | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | Congratulations! | 1 | 8,348 | 23 | 19 |
dxuvrq | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: MY FIRST PAPER WAS ACCEPTED!! The good news keep on coming! My sole-author paper was accepted. I will be published as an undergrad!
Assistant: | f7wynby | f7x50kr | 1,574,041,596 | 1,574,046,436 | 69 | 3 | That's huge! Especially as an undergrad! gg, my friend | Published as an undergrad in a non-undergrad publication? That's pretty nuts congrats! | 0 | 4,840 | 23 | 19 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | Human: When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put... | gais3tp | gais9mr | 1,603,997,971 | 1,603,998,033 | 233 | 110 | Ewwwww you kiss your spouse? | My spouse and I are both academics teaching fully online. What does "come home" even mean? | 0 | 62 | 2.118182 | 20 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | Human: When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put... | gair9cx | gais9mr | 1,603,997,642 | 1,603,998,033 | 233 | 14 | The struggle is real. | My spouse and I are both academics teaching fully online. What does "come home" even mean? | 0 | 391 | 16.642857 | 20 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | Human: When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put... | gair9cx | gais3tp | 1,603,997,642 | 1,603,997,971 | 110 | 14 | The struggle is real. | Ewwwww you kiss your spouse? | 0 | 329 | 7.857143 | 8 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | Human: When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put... | gair9cx | gaj0b4b | 1,603,997,642 | 1,604,001,607 | 41 | 14 | The struggle is real. | I do not understand how the hell I put up with it. You wanna hire a hard working nanotechnologist? I would like to see my family a little, and afford a better house than this tiny apartment... \*sigh\* | 0 | 3,965 | 2.928571 | 55 |
jkfcfu | askacademia_train | 0.93 | Human: When you get home today, don't forget to kiss your spouse and say thank you. I see this particularly in STEM researchers; it's a thing for you apparently. I'm a spouse working in the private sector. We, along with your children, get a bit tired of not seeing you much. And I cannot understand how the hell you put... | gaisb6b | gaj0b4b | 1,603,998,050 | 1,604,001,607 | 41 | 5 | Architecture school too! Once the architecture school term starts, I’m like a widow :/ | I do not understand how the hell I put up with it. You wanna hire a hard working nanotechnologist? I would like to see my family a little, and afford a better house than this tiny apartment... \*sigh\* | 0 | 3,557 | 8.2 | 55 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions int... | gr8djvb | gr8dadm | 1,615,986,030 | 1,615,985,875 | 267 | 89 | YES!! It’s now at the point in my field that if you don’t have a science or nature paper AND a prestigious post doc, you’re basically SOL for any faculty positions. I have worked on meta analyses and publication bias favouring positive outcomes is completely skewing our ability to synthesis and understand actual pat... | I've added failed experiments/negative data into papers. You unfortunately generally need some positive/interesting result as the basis for the paper, but if things failed along the way and are relevant to the main topic of the paper, you can briefly mention the negative results and add it as a supplemental figure. I ... | 1 | 155 | 3 | 107 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions int... | gr8c2rf | gr8djvb | 1,615,985,134 | 1,615,986,030 | 267 | 21 | Agree 100% on publishing failed experiments! | YES!! It’s now at the point in my field that if you don’t have a science or nature paper AND a prestigious post doc, you’re basically SOL for any faculty positions. I have worked on meta analyses and publication bias favouring positive outcomes is completely skewing our ability to synthesis and understand actual pat... | 0 | 896 | 12.714286 | 107 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions int... | gr8fzpv | gr8gbq0 | 1,615,987,422 | 1,615,987,604 | 96 | 28 | Agreed! It’s partly why I left academia: the “game” of publishing/grants. And I was good at the game! So many papers add epsilon to delta...very little meat. And the redundancy is ridiculous. Soooo many papers that don’t properly cite & document what has come before, despite it being easier than ever to check (Goo... | It’s one of the things ruining academia. It stems from administrators wanting a way to quantify and rank researchers’ productivity. This may not even be possible, but assuming it is “number of papers” is a terrible metric. It doesn’t measure what administrators think it does and it creates perverse incentives that actu... | 0 | 182 | 3.428571 | 153 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions int... | gr8gbq0 | gr8c2rf | 1,615,987,604 | 1,615,985,134 | 96 | 21 | It’s one of the things ruining academia. It stems from administrators wanting a way to quantify and rank researchers’ productivity. This may not even be possible, but assuming it is “number of papers” is a terrible metric. It doesn’t measure what administrators think it does and it creates perverse incentives that actu... | Agree 100% on publishing failed experiments! | 1 | 2,470 | 4.571429 | 153 |
m6z9m4 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anybody feel like academic publication pressure is becoming unsustainable? I am becoming very frustrated with the publication culture in my field. Becoming an expert takes a long time and so is making a valuable contribution to the literature. However, publication pressure is turning many contributions int... | gr8c2rf | gr8dadm | 1,615,985,134 | 1,615,985,875 | 89 | 21 | Agree 100% on publishing failed experiments! | I've added failed experiments/negative data into papers. You unfortunately generally need some positive/interesting result as the basis for the paper, but if things failed along the way and are relevant to the main topic of the paper, you can briefly mention the negative results and add it as a supplemental figure. I ... | 0 | 741 | 4.238095 | 85 |
gk10as | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Have you been getting these emails from your ever-supportive senior administrators? Dear loyal workers of Flailing University, First off, let me start by making a distracting comment about how odd the situation feels and sharing what I think are some uncanny observations about “these times.” Next, I want to wr... | fqohpsx | fqolkg2 | 1,589,515,492 | 1,589,518,128 | 50 | 12 | Thankfully we're only getting everything above hard truths at my institution. But we've formed committees to look at all the options | >As for fortunate few staff allowed to remain (I bet you'd like to know if you're in this category, but let's keep the mystery), their \[paid\] hours will be reduced to a minimum. LOL. Sincerely, A staff member whose mandatory \[unpaid\] furlough days will result in $3,000 less this year | 0 | 2,636 | 4.166667 | 78 |
gk10as | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Have you been getting these emails from your ever-supportive senior administrators? Dear loyal workers of Flailing University, First off, let me start by making a distracting comment about how odd the situation feels and sharing what I think are some uncanny observations about “these times.” Next, I want to wr... | fqowe30 | fqp1539 | 1,589,526,904 | 1,589,531,319 | 41 | 13 | I was surprised to get a newsletter announcing some pay increases for staff https://www.ukrant.nl/a-bonus-and-a-3-percent-pay-increase/?lang=en | Don’t forget to forget mentioning athletics! No need to cut them! | 0 | 4,415 | 3.153846 | 43 |
gk10as | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Have you been getting these emails from your ever-supportive senior administrators? Dear loyal workers of Flailing University, First off, let me start by making a distracting comment about how odd the situation feels and sharing what I think are some uncanny observations about “these times.” Next, I want to wr... | fqohpsx | fqp1539 | 1,589,515,492 | 1,589,531,319 | 41 | 12 | Thankfully we're only getting everything above hard truths at my institution. But we've formed committees to look at all the options | Don’t forget to forget mentioning athletics! No need to cut them! | 0 | 15,827 | 3.416667 | 24 |
gk10as | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Have you been getting these emails from your ever-supportive senior administrators? Dear loyal workers of Flailing University, First off, let me start by making a distracting comment about how odd the situation feels and sharing what I think are some uncanny observations about “these times.” Next, I want to wr... | fqomm3t | fqp1539 | 1,589,518,882 | 1,589,531,319 | 41 | 7 | uncanny | Don’t forget to forget mentioning athletics! No need to cut them! | 0 | 12,437 | 5.857143 | 16 |
gk10as | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Have you been getting these emails from your ever-supportive senior administrators? Dear loyal workers of Flailing University, First off, let me start by making a distracting comment about how odd the situation feels and sharing what I think are some uncanny observations about “these times.” Next, I want to wr... | fqontgo | fqohpsx | 1,589,519,798 | 1,589,515,492 | 34 | 12 | Ours are taking a 10% paycut and one extremely noble individual is going up to 20%. | Thankfully we're only getting everything above hard truths at my institution. But we've formed committees to look at all the options | 1 | 4,306 | 2.833333 | 24 |
lo1vtp | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: So much effort about encouraging young people to do science, what about creating more jobs in academia? I am watching this increasing trend of scientists encouraging youngsters to become scientists for the last couple of years. However, whenever I visit the r/AskAcademia subreddit, I find some posts about the po... | go3op1f | go400hz | 1,613,809,266 | 1,613,820,441 | 171 | 32 | >Now, my question do academics reach out to the authorities to fund/ create more academic jobs or not? If yes, do you know about the details of this effort? If no, why don't academics do more to really promote science? Yeah we complain about this all the time. The funding agencies (primarily NSF, NIH, but also DOE, D... | I think you will find that a lot of industry is really resting on a academic foundation. The erosion of that academic foundation is a huge problem. Every paper and technique we used in the drug company and in many biotech companies were academic. Maybe you took those 100 papers and that federally funded training and... | 0 | 11,175 | 5.34375 | 210 |
lo1vtp | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: So much effort about encouraging young people to do science, what about creating more jobs in academia? I am watching this increasing trend of scientists encouraging youngsters to become scientists for the last couple of years. However, whenever I visit the r/AskAcademia subreddit, I find some posts about the po... | go487xt | go41sn3 | 1,613,827,462 | 1,613,822,168 | 131 | 40 | I don't think that pushing people to become scientists is the same as pushing people to become professors. That said, I do think the way that we promote science to our society is problematic. From a careers perspective, there's this myth that getting a STEM degree means that you're guaranteed a good job, when most S ... | Can people please stop spreading the idea that academia is the only path for scientists? It's utterly ridiculous and also why education is one of the slowest when it comes to innovating as we're stucl in an almost century old method of cultivating scientists. | 1 | 5,294 | 3.275 | 103 |
lo1vtp | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: So much effort about encouraging young people to do science, what about creating more jobs in academia? I am watching this increasing trend of scientists encouraging youngsters to become scientists for the last couple of years. However, whenever I visit the r/AskAcademia subreddit, I find some posts about the po... | go3op1f | go487xt | 1,613,809,266 | 1,613,827,462 | 131 | 32 | >Now, my question do academics reach out to the authorities to fund/ create more academic jobs or not? If yes, do you know about the details of this effort? If no, why don't academics do more to really promote science? Yeah we complain about this all the time. The funding agencies (primarily NSF, NIH, but also DOE, D... | I don't think that pushing people to become scientists is the same as pushing people to become professors. That said, I do think the way that we promote science to our society is problematic. From a careers perspective, there's this myth that getting a STEM degree means that you're guaranteed a good job, when most S ... | 0 | 18,196 | 4.09375 | 210 |
lo1vtp | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: So much effort about encouraging young people to do science, what about creating more jobs in academia? I am watching this increasing trend of scientists encouraging youngsters to become scientists for the last couple of years. However, whenever I visit the r/AskAcademia subreddit, I find some posts about the po... | go4cbtl | go4jtl7 | 1,613,830,253 | 1,613,834,635 | 12 | 5 | We have to be careful as this is a slippery slope. Industry R&D positions are also saturated similar to academia, and this is beginning to spill into other career paths. Soon even biotech sales or PM positions will also require PhD at the entry level. But agreed, academia should do more to retain and employ students. ... | All I can say is that I studied biology instead of English in college because of the « study stem! You’ll have a job! » push, and when I graduated it was nearly impossible to get a job as a biologist. People that have a BA in STEM and don’t want to be a computer scientist can get a job as a teacher pretty easily. But... | 0 | 4,382 | 2.4 | 164 |
lo1vtp | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: So much effort about encouraging young people to do science, what about creating more jobs in academia? I am watching this increasing trend of scientists encouraging youngsters to become scientists for the last couple of years. However, whenever I visit the r/AskAcademia subreddit, I find some posts about the po... | go4ft8t | go4jtl7 | 1,613,832,351 | 1,613,834,635 | 12 | 3 | The US government notice a deficit in supply of STEM graduates that will work in industry, not a deficit in supply of STEM PhDs | All I can say is that I studied biology instead of English in college because of the « study stem! You’ll have a job! » push, and when I graduated it was nearly impossible to get a job as a biologist. People that have a BA in STEM and don’t want to be a computer scientist can get a job as a teacher pretty easily. But... | 0 | 2,284 | 4 | 164 |
kd0cc1 | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: Is misogyny the only problem with the WSJ op-ed on asking Jill Biden to not use 'Dr.'? Edit: I do not often post. And looking at the options for flairs, I have a feeling this might not be the right subreddit for this. I apologize if that's the case. So recently there has been a furore over the op-ed by Joseph E... | gftt0ou | gftqyut | 1,607,965,478 | 1,607,964,503 | 407 | 109 | Beyond the misogyny and everything else commented here, the op-ed belittles her dissertation, "Student Retention at the Community College Level: Meeting Students' Needs", calling it "unpromising" based on its title. (1) Fuck you. Community college is an incredibly important dimension of US Higher Education, serving o... | > I do not know whether the author chose to disparage PhDs only to help his misogynistic agenda with regards to the next first lady, or that he felt envious of people with higher degrees while he worked in academia. I mean, why not both? Real people are complicated and this guy is a piece of work. The reason it is co... | 1 | 975 | 3.733945 | 155 |
kd0cc1 | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: Is misogyny the only problem with the WSJ op-ed on asking Jill Biden to not use 'Dr.'? Edit: I do not often post. And looking at the options for flairs, I have a feeling this might not be the right subreddit for this. I apologize if that's the case. So recently there has been a furore over the op-ed by Joseph E... | gftrwu3 | gftt0ou | 1,607,964,959 | 1,607,965,478 | 407 | 66 | I think the thesis here is that the WSJ is a trash publication that exists for risky clicks. I don't get why it's "fraudulent" for a person who has a PhD to call themselves Dr, so I feel like his whole argument is moot. | Beyond the misogyny and everything else commented here, the op-ed belittles her dissertation, "Student Retention at the Community College Level: Meeting Students' Needs", calling it "unpromising" based on its title. (1) Fuck you. Community college is an incredibly important dimension of US Higher Education, serving o... | 0 | 519 | 6.166667 | 135 |
kd0cc1 | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: Is misogyny the only problem with the WSJ op-ed on asking Jill Biden to not use 'Dr.'? Edit: I do not often post. And looking at the options for flairs, I have a feeling this might not be the right subreddit for this. I apologize if that's the case. So recently there has been a furore over the op-ed by Joseph E... | gftrzvm | gftt0ou | 1,607,964,999 | 1,607,965,478 | 407 | 26 | I am always hesitant and sometimes feel odd about using “Dr” because of the confusion. I don’t work in academia ( but it is a setting with a good deal of MD’s) and everyone uses first names except in the most formal of meetings with those outside our organization. | Beyond the misogyny and everything else commented here, the op-ed belittles her dissertation, "Student Retention at the Community College Level: Meeting Students' Needs", calling it "unpromising" based on its title. (1) Fuck you. Community college is an incredibly important dimension of US Higher Education, serving o... | 0 | 479 | 15.653846 | 135 |
kd0cc1 | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: Is misogyny the only problem with the WSJ op-ed on asking Jill Biden to not use 'Dr.'? Edit: I do not often post. And looking at the options for flairs, I have a feeling this might not be the right subreddit for this. I apologize if that's the case. So recently there has been a furore over the op-ed by Joseph E... | gftw4z0 | gftuvu6 | 1,607,966,970 | 1,607,966,375 | 132 | 31 | I stopped reading the article after “kiddo” | Doctor meant teacher and well-educated a lot longer than it meant medical professional. You've earned the title, you use it when you want. | 1 | 595 | 4.258065 | 34 |
kd0cc1 | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: Is misogyny the only problem with the WSJ op-ed on asking Jill Biden to not use 'Dr.'? Edit: I do not often post. And looking at the options for flairs, I have a feeling this might not be the right subreddit for this. I apologize if that's the case. So recently there has been a furore over the op-ed by Joseph E... | gftw4z0 | gftrzvm | 1,607,966,970 | 1,607,964,999 | 132 | 26 | I stopped reading the article after “kiddo” | I am always hesitant and sometimes feel odd about using “Dr” because of the confusion. I don’t work in academia ( but it is a setting with a good deal of MD’s) and everyone uses first names except in the most formal of meetings with those outside our organization. | 1 | 1,971 | 5.076923 | 62 |
fypuv6 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: My fiancée passed away on the 1st and she was going to come to my PhD program with me. Is deferment bad? I'm at a loss and I don't know what I should do anymore. I got into my dream PhD program in January and my fiancée and I were making our plans to move there soon. However, my fiancée passed away unexpectedly ... | fn1awco | fn1anp9 | 1,586,558,267 | 1,586,558,129 | 109 | 10 | Take your time and grieve your loss. You've done the right thing and reached out to your undergrad and grad programs and gotten extensions and deferment. This is why these options are there, when the unexpected happens. Don't listen to your parents and take your time to get to a point you are okay. Mental health is... | I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. There's no shame at all in taking time off to process your emotions. Trying to push on may only hurt you in the end if you don't take the time to deal with this. | 1 | 138 | 10.9 | 224 |
fypuv6 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: My fiancée passed away on the 1st and she was going to come to my PhD program with me. Is deferment bad? I'm at a loss and I don't know what I should do anymore. I got into my dream PhD program in January and my fiancée and I were making our plans to move there soon. However, my fiancée passed away unexpectedly ... | fn1anp9 | fn1ouyi | 1,586,558,129 | 1,586,566,697 | 37 | 10 | I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. There's no shame at all in taking time off to process your emotions. Trying to push on may only hurt you in the end if you don't take the time to deal with this. | Sorry for your loss OP. This is unimaginable. I would absolutely defer if you have any means of supporting yourself over the next year. Fall 2020 is going to be a real mess on campuses everywhere, and I can't imagine starting a Ph.D. program in the midst of that. You'd be better off almost anywhere else IMO, for both p... | 0 | 8,568 | 3.7 | 163 |
fypuv6 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: My fiancée passed away on the 1st and she was going to come to my PhD program with me. Is deferment bad? I'm at a loss and I don't know what I should do anymore. I got into my dream PhD program in January and my fiancée and I were making our plans to move there soon. However, my fiancée passed away unexpectedly ... | fn1ouyi | fn1grr5 | 1,586,566,697 | 1,586,561,685 | 37 | 9 | Sorry for your loss OP. This is unimaginable. I would absolutely defer if you have any means of supporting yourself over the next year. Fall 2020 is going to be a real mess on campuses everywhere, and I can't imagine starting a Ph.D. program in the midst of that. You'd be better off almost anywhere else IMO, for both p... | I am so, so sorry. Grief is a heavy thing and it can’t be gotten over. You will learn to live with it, but you need support. I think you should defer, take some time, and care for your own health first. I am so, so sorry. I can’t even imagine. I do know that when you’re experiencing grief you should avoid making huge d... | 1 | 5,012 | 4.111111 | 176 |
fypuv6 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: My fiancée passed away on the 1st and she was going to come to my PhD program with me. Is deferment bad? I'm at a loss and I don't know what I should do anymore. I got into my dream PhD program in January and my fiancée and I were making our plans to move there soon. However, my fiancée passed away unexpectedly ... | fn1bz6n | fn1ouyi | 1,586,558,879 | 1,586,566,697 | 37 | 6 | I’m sorry for your loss. I know it’s not the same, but my roommate took his life while we were living together. My biggest regret wasn’t taking time away from to school to process the event. | Sorry for your loss OP. This is unimaginable. I would absolutely defer if you have any means of supporting yourself over the next year. Fall 2020 is going to be a real mess on campuses everywhere, and I can't imagine starting a Ph.D. program in the midst of that. You'd be better off almost anywhere else IMO, for both p... | 0 | 7,818 | 6.166667 | 163 |
fypuv6 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: My fiancée passed away on the 1st and she was going to come to my PhD program with me. Is deferment bad? I'm at a loss and I don't know what I should do anymore. I got into my dream PhD program in January and my fiancée and I were making our plans to move there soon. However, my fiancée passed away unexpectedly ... | fn1anp9 | fn1vw7s | 1,586,558,129 | 1,586,571,373 | 30 | 10 | I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. There's no shame at all in taking time off to process your emotions. Trying to push on may only hurt you in the end if you don't take the time to deal with this. | OK - first, my wife died over a decade ago. I understand your pain. It is immense. It's not going away soon. In some ways you will actually do things that others will see as "crazy." There will be times that you cannot function. That's all normal. It took me about 6 months to feel at all consistently functional. But t... | 0 | 13,244 | 3 | 309 |
w6faz7 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Successfully defended PhD yesterday. COVID-positive today. So much to do to submit this paper, but I feel like death. Any advice?
Assistant: | ihe0k3x | ihdyzgo | 1,658,622,635 | 1,658,621,882 | 166 | 39 | PhD's cause Covid, n=1 | Take a few days. Other than a graduation filing deadline there are few true emergencies in academia. However, be entirely prepared for the graduate school to tell you to pound sand if you are up against one. | 1 | 753 | 4.25641 | 43 |
w6faz7 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Successfully defended PhD yesterday. COVID-positive today. So much to do to submit this paper, but I feel like death. Any advice?
Assistant: | ihe0k3x | ihdpy6q | 1,658,622,635 | 1,658,617,566 | 166 | 24 | PhD's cause Covid, n=1 | Congratulations! Hope for a speedy recovery Dr ! | 1 | 5,069 | 6.916667 | 10 |
w6faz7 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Successfully defended PhD yesterday. COVID-positive today. So much to do to submit this paper, but I feel like death. Any advice?
Assistant: | ihe0k3x | ihdv0z5 | 1,658,622,635 | 1,658,619,966 | 166 | 16 | PhD's cause Covid, n=1 | First, congrats! Second, I was incredibly ill when I defended. I forced myself to look over ten pages a day after that (I had almost five weeks and only 300 pages to look over). Most days were easy with few revisions. Some days required a little more effort. Pareling out the work made it easier to get through. I hope y... | 1 | 2,669 | 10.375 | 77 |
w6faz7 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Successfully defended PhD yesterday. COVID-positive today. So much to do to submit this paper, but I feel like death. Any advice?
Assistant: | ihdvx8a | ihe0k3x | 1,658,620,401 | 1,658,622,635 | 166 | 2 | Congrats it’s big thing to celebrate!! Drink a lot of water and rest up. Find some good books or movies to relax as you recover. It’s a lot (really a lot) of physical pain so I’d totally say find some distraction would be nicer. Defended Feb 13, 2017 but got super ill soon after Christmas. Major symptoms relieved w... | PhD's cause Covid, n=1 | 0 | 2,234 | 83 | 109 |
w6faz7 | askacademia_train | 0.98 | Human: Successfully defended PhD yesterday. COVID-positive today. So much to do to submit this paper, but I feel like death. Any advice?
Assistant: | ihdwrci | ihdpy6q | 1,658,620,810 | 1,658,617,566 | 116 | 24 | Inform your adviser? That's the first thing I'd personally do. So they'd know I won't be able to submit any revisions or further requirements as quickly as I can under normal circumstances. Anyway, congrats op! I hope your case is mild and it goes away fast. Take your vitamins and other over the counter medicine for s... | Congratulations! Hope for a speedy recovery Dr ! | 1 | 3,244 | 4.833333 | 72 |
fm2bxb | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Successful defense! Today I defended my PhD dissertation, and it was accepted by committee with revisions. I'm so relieved I could cry. I'm so glad this stage is over. To be honest, I had been worried the pandemic was going to affect my defense process negatively, and I'm so relieved it's done with.
Assistant: | fl20s4d | fl1wwes | 1,584,740,390 | 1,584,738,000 | 53 | 7 | Congrats, Dr! I guess no one is showing you the secret handshake, what with social distancing and all. | Congrats! Stay healthy | 1 | 2,390 | 7.571429 | 24 |
fm2bxb | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Successful defense! Today I defended my PhD dissertation, and it was accepted by committee with revisions. I'm so relieved I could cry. I'm so glad this stage is over. To be honest, I had been worried the pandemic was going to affect my defense process negatively, and I'm so relieved it's done with.
Assistant: | fl20s4d | fl1xv55 | 1,584,740,390 | 1,584,738,590 | 53 | 7 | Congrats, Dr! I guess no one is showing you the secret handshake, what with social distancing and all. | Congratulations! Mine is two weeks from today (via video)! | 1 | 1,800 | 7.571429 | 24 |
fm2bxb | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Successful defense! Today I defended my PhD dissertation, and it was accepted by committee with revisions. I'm so relieved I could cry. I'm so glad this stage is over. To be honest, I had been worried the pandemic was going to affect my defense process negatively, and I'm so relieved it's done with.
Assistant: | fl20s4d | fl1zq0x | 1,584,740,390 | 1,584,739,735 | 53 | 5 | Congrats, Dr! I guess no one is showing you the secret handshake, what with social distancing and all. | Congratulations! Savor it. | 1 | 655 | 10.6 | 24 |
fm2bxb | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Successful defense! Today I defended my PhD dissertation, and it was accepted by committee with revisions. I'm so relieved I could cry. I'm so glad this stage is over. To be honest, I had been worried the pandemic was going to affect my defense process negatively, and I'm so relieved it's done with.
Assistant: | fl20s4d | fl1wybx | 1,584,740,390 | 1,584,738,031 | 53 | 3 | Congrats, Dr! I guess no one is showing you the secret handshake, what with social distancing and all. | Congratulations! | 1 | 2,359 | 17.666667 | 24 |
fm2bxb | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Successful defense! Today I defended my PhD dissertation, and it was accepted by committee with revisions. I'm so relieved I could cry. I'm so glad this stage is over. To be honest, I had been worried the pandemic was going to affect my defense process negatively, and I'm so relieved it's done with.
Assistant: | fl1zdze | fl20s4d | 1,584,739,526 | 1,584,740,390 | 53 | 3 | Congrats!!! | Congrats, Dr! I guess no one is showing you the secret handshake, what with social distancing and all. | 0 | 864 | 17.666667 | 24 |
bc8528 | askacademia_train | 0.94 | Human: I just passed my Qualifying Exam. I’m officially a Ph.D Candidate!! As many of us, I’ve had imposter syndrome since I started grad school. Until my exam, I honestly thought I would fail my QE as I really didn’t belong and didn’t think I knew enough. I thought they would hate my proposal and rip it apart in front... | ekoream | ekopjf8 | 1,555,041,155 | 1,555,039,397 | 6 | 2 | Congratulations! This marks (in theory) the point where your committee is on your side: supportive rather than antagonistic. Excellent work! I wrote up my experience while it was still fresh in my mind; maybe you'll consider doing the same to dispel some of the common fears that new grad students face regarding the qu... | For me, the qualifying exam was great because I felt like my committee was on my team. I wasn’t defending myself to them as much as it was a conversation among colleagues. Congrats! | 1 | 1,758 | 3 | 66 |
jpcfrn | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anyone else get really sleepy about 20 minutes into any Zoom call? I find it's impossible for me to stay alert during colloquiums or presentations, and sometimes even for more dynamic conversations where I'm actually participating, for more than about 20 minutes into a video call. I feel like my brain gets ... | gbeic6m | gbeqzmv | 1,604,707,365 | 1,604,712,261 | 56 | 27 | You can make it for 20 whole minutes!?! | Yes.I’m the professor so it’s a problem. | 0 | 4,896 | 2.074074 | 16 |
jpcfrn | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anyone else get really sleepy about 20 minutes into any Zoom call? I find it's impossible for me to stay alert during colloquiums or presentations, and sometimes even for more dynamic conversations where I'm actually participating, for more than about 20 minutes into a video call. I feel like my brain gets ... | gbemysz | gbeqzmv | 1,604,709,950 | 1,604,712,261 | 56 | 8 | All the time. Writing notes during the call definitely helps me stay focused. | Yes.I’m the professor so it’s a problem. | 0 | 2,311 | 7 | 16 |
jpcfrn | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anyone else get really sleepy about 20 minutes into any Zoom call? I find it's impossible for me to stay alert during colloquiums or presentations, and sometimes even for more dynamic conversations where I'm actually participating, for more than about 20 minutes into a video call. I feel like my brain gets ... | gbeqzmv | gbeqcq5 | 1,604,712,261 | 1,604,711,896 | 56 | 4 | Yes.I’m the professor so it’s a problem. | yeah :/ it’s rly hard for me to go to talks and symposiums now, especially when they’re webinar format and i cant even discuss things or see others’ responses | 1 | 365 | 14 | 43 |
jpcfrn | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anyone else get really sleepy about 20 minutes into any Zoom call? I find it's impossible for me to stay alert during colloquiums or presentations, and sometimes even for more dynamic conversations where I'm actually participating, for more than about 20 minutes into a video call. I feel like my brain gets ... | gbf8v51 | gbg3s9a | 1,604,722,907 | 1,604,751,779 | 15 | 7 | For me, Vitamin D deficiency was the culprit. | Absolutely... and the NY Times had a great article on this about 6 months ago as to why. It turns out that, when we engage with people in real life, our brains are absorbing a *massive* amount of almost-imperceptible information (small gestures, posture, foot-shuffling, smells, pheromones, etc.), most of it sublimin... | 0 | 28,872 | 2.142857 | 352 |
jpcfrn | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: Does anyone else get really sleepy about 20 minutes into any Zoom call? I find it's impossible for me to stay alert during colloquiums or presentations, and sometimes even for more dynamic conversations where I'm actually participating, for more than about 20 minutes into a video call. I feel like my brain gets ... | gbfbp9n | gbg3s9a | 1,604,724,835 | 1,604,751,779 | 15 | 7 | Yes - I started shortening my own lectures into smaller chunks when I realized that listening to anyone on Zoom for more than 20 minutes straight is mentally exhausting. I don’t have a short attention span, either, so I don’t know why I find it so draining. | Absolutely... and the NY Times had a great article on this about 6 months ago as to why. It turns out that, when we engage with people in real life, our brains are absorbing a *massive* amount of almost-imperceptible information (small gestures, posture, foot-shuffling, smells, pheromones, etc.), most of it sublimin... | 0 | 26,944 | 2.142857 | 352 |
nt8nxt | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: People who write scientific research papers quickly, what’s your secret? For academic research papers, what are your best tips and tricks for being both efficient and doing high quality work? What order do you write the paper in, and how do you keep from going off on too many tangents? How do you deal efficientl... | h0qteyq | h0qpff6 | 1,622,939,664 | 1,622,937,448 | 82 | 25 | Start writing whatever you have. No matter how insignificant your contributions are up to that point. If you don’t have any idea what you are proposing, download a journal template and write down your name and probable tittle. Start writing what you want to do? Chapter headings References You will have some new idea... | Confidence | 1 | 2,216 | 3.28 | 198 |
nt8nxt | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: People who write scientific research papers quickly, what’s your secret? For academic research papers, what are your best tips and tricks for being both efficient and doing high quality work? What order do you write the paper in, and how do you keep from going off on too many tangents? How do you deal efficientl... | h0qpff6 | h0qyj1l | 1,622,937,448 | 1,622,942,545 | 75 | 25 | Confidence | I write while I do the research. Even if things change, there is still a draft of the Related Work, Methods and Results that I can go to immediately when finished and continue writing. I write all over the place on the paper because of this strategy. | 0 | 5,097 | 3 | 52 |
nt8nxt | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: People who write scientific research papers quickly, what’s your secret? For academic research papers, what are your best tips and tricks for being both efficient and doing high quality work? What order do you write the paper in, and how do you keep from going off on too many tangents? How do you deal efficientl... | h0qyj1l | h0qusnz | 1,622,942,545 | 1,622,940,430 | 75 | 9 | I write while I do the research. Even if things change, there is still a draft of the Related Work, Methods and Results that I can go to immediately when finished and continue writing. I write all over the place on the paper because of this strategy. | I try to write really good notes as I work on the project. Why we decided to do it (incl relevant papers it's building on), what our goal/question is, all the details about the method & analysis, etc. The first draft is just making that into full sentences and then you're just editing. | 1 | 2,115 | 8.333333 | 65 |
nt8nxt | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: People who write scientific research papers quickly, what’s your secret? For academic research papers, what are your best tips and tricks for being both efficient and doing high quality work? What order do you write the paper in, and how do you keep from going off on too many tangents? How do you deal efficientl... | h0qyj1l | h0qtn8w | 1,622,942,545 | 1,622,939,786 | 75 | 9 | I write while I do the research. Even if things change, there is still a draft of the Related Work, Methods and Results that I can go to immediately when finished and continue writing. I write all over the place on the paper because of this strategy. | A solid formula for the structure | 1 | 2,759 | 8.333333 | 52 |
nt8nxt | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: People who write scientific research papers quickly, what’s your secret? For academic research papers, what are your best tips and tricks for being both efficient and doing high quality work? What order do you write the paper in, and how do you keep from going off on too many tangents? How do you deal efficientl... | h0rg0yc | h0r3d4k | 1,622,953,415 | 1,622,945,326 | 47 | 11 | This may not work for everyone, but I have a big love for presenting. So I’ll make my figures and get them all nailed down, write my methods like normal, and basically set up a presentation outline. Then, I’ll stream-of-consciousness word vomit on to the page as if I were talking to an audience. I take a day or more aw... | I start with the research questions/hypothesis then literature review to show the gaps that highlight my research questions. Then I move to the methodology and results, making sure the research questions are addressed well in those sections. From my experience writing and reviewing papers, these are what will drive the... | 1 | 8,089 | 4.272727 | 158 |
o4s2eo | askacademia_train | 0.97 | Human: If I have 6 hours of Zoom meetings everyday, can I really be expected to get anything else done? Postdoc in STEM completely overburdened with meetings at the moment. I'm (co-)supervising 15 student projects, spanning the bachelor to PhD level with students in 4 different countries, on top of which I have all of ... | h2j4ra1 | h2j6mgk | 1,624,279,528 | 1,624,280,685 | 33 | 15 | I only read the title. ABSOLUTELY NO is the answer... Meetings are a plague on productivity... edit: typo | Cut the meeting times in half, move others to email or slide updates and meeting every other week, have a conversation with your PI about overburdening, and start blocking time on your calendar for your priorities. | 0 | 1,157 | 2.2 | 43 |
o4s2eo | askacademia_train | 0.97 | Human: If I have 6 hours of Zoom meetings everyday, can I really be expected to get anything else done? Postdoc in STEM completely overburdened with meetings at the moment. I'm (co-)supervising 15 student projects, spanning the bachelor to PhD level with students in 4 different countries, on top of which I have all of ... | h2ixd7g | h2j6mgk | 1,624,274,159 | 1,624,280,685 | 33 | 3 | No. :) | Cut the meeting times in half, move others to email or slide updates and meeting every other week, have a conversation with your PI about overburdening, and start blocking time on your calendar for your priorities. | 0 | 6,526 | 11 | 43 |
o4s2eo | askacademia_train | 0.97 | Human: If I have 6 hours of Zoom meetings everyday, can I really be expected to get anything else done? Postdoc in STEM completely overburdened with meetings at the moment. I'm (co-)supervising 15 student projects, spanning the bachelor to PhD level with students in 4 different countries, on top of which I have all of ... | h2ixd7g | h2jd1jg | 1,624,274,159 | 1,624,284,112 | 22 | 3 | No. :) | Also how could you possibly mentor 15 students well? This sounds like a bad situation for everyone involved. | 0 | 9,953 | 7.333333 | 20 |
o4s2eo | askacademia_train | 0.97 | Human: If I have 6 hours of Zoom meetings everyday, can I really be expected to get anything else done? Postdoc in STEM completely overburdened with meetings at the moment. I'm (co-)supervising 15 student projects, spanning the bachelor to PhD level with students in 4 different countries, on top of which I have all of ... | h2j5nte | h2ixd7g | 1,624,280,099 | 1,624,274,159 | 21 | 3 | Solution: You need to start saying no to a lot of things. | No. :) | 1 | 5,940 | 7 | 14 |
o4s2eo | askacademia_train | 0.97 | Human: If I have 6 hours of Zoom meetings everyday, can I really be expected to get anything else done? Postdoc in STEM completely overburdened with meetings at the moment. I'm (co-)supervising 15 student projects, spanning the bachelor to PhD level with students in 4 different countries, on top of which I have all of ... | h2ixd7g | h2j4ra1 | 1,624,274,159 | 1,624,279,528 | 15 | 3 | No. :) | I only read the title. ABSOLUTELY NO is the answer... Meetings are a plague on productivity... edit: typo | 0 | 5,369 | 5 | 28 |
hzi3x1 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: For us average people in academia: When in your academic career did you realize that you weren't going to be a star and what prompted it? Now, if you are a star in your field or are on track to be one, congratulations! But this question isn't for you. I've spent my entire academic career at "highly-ranked" R1s,... | fzjrk9x | fzjat1q | 1,595,967,535 | 1,595,959,517 | 158 | 71 | When I worked with a real star. I saw what it really took. It wasn't putting in a lot of hours or being ruthless or looking out for oneself. It was a real core type of competency and mastery over the field that few have. He was my mentor during one of my postdocs and he was by far the most successful scientist I had e... | When I heard how he was thinking about a grant idea when his wife was going through labor of their first born Also when I realized I’m significantly younger than him but I have less curiosity and sense of wonderment | 1 | 8,018 | 2.225352 | 446 |
hzi3x1 | askacademia_train | 0.99 | Human: For us average people in academia: When in your academic career did you realize that you weren't going to be a star and what prompted it? Now, if you are a star in your field or are on track to be one, congratulations! But this question isn't for you. I've spent my entire academic career at "highly-ranked" R1s,... | fzjrk9x | fzjfxpg | 1,595,967,535 | 1,595,961,968 | 158 | 61 | When I worked with a real star. I saw what it really took. It wasn't putting in a lot of hours or being ruthless or looking out for oneself. It was a real core type of competency and mastery over the field that few have. He was my mentor during one of my postdocs and he was by far the most successful scientist I had e... | When I realized I didn't talk over other people to try to sound important in graduate seminars. I digested information thoughtfully, and then I would respond. The people who were invested in by the faculty were the ones who seemed to shout the loudest parroting what they said. They're not superstars either, btw. But ... | 1 | 5,567 | 2.590164 | 446 |
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