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[ "I have become disinterested in pursuing my PhD in computer engineering. Actually, most", "of getting admitted to a new PhD program in bioinformatics? EDIT: Also, I", "but now, I love it and I have much experience at it. Last", "PhD program in the 6th year will appear as a negative point on", "have any chan...
[ "visible. I have worked in biotech labs of both kinds and know that", "an internship at a private research lab, I had to ask them multiple", "than 10 times) to let me use a PCR just once (as I", "have found a similar question before [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/47231/difference-betw...
[ "like to have good recommendation letters. It is becoming difficult to care what", "do? My supervisors and other co-authors appear to choose to remain silent. I", "good terms as possible with everyone, including the difficult co-author. (PS. I would", "good recommendation letters. It is becoming difficult to ...
[ "in the department. I was also notified that if I am still interested", "was notified three weeks ago that the Faculty Search Committee has placed my", "be invited for an interview. However, three weeks have passed, I have not", "was also notified that if I am still interested in this position, I", "and was...
[ "the past. See for example, this [chart of Tuition and Fees and Room", "1980, roughly only 15% of the population had a college degree. It seems", "Adjusting for inflation, (without too much controversy, I expect), it is evident that", "and Room and Board over Time, 1975-76 to 2015-16](http://trends.collegeboa...
[ "I'm starting a Master's degree program next year. I'd like to teach in", "Master's degree program next year. I'd like to teach in a university -", "in a university - is it possible to do so with only a", "I have a Bachelor's degree in journalism, and I'm starting a Master's degree", "have a Bachelor's degr...
[ "just bored, and don't know how to get back to a successful state", "can get exposure to research and skills that are not immediately available in", "at lack of overall opportunities in graduate school (in mathematics, specifically, though this", "bad relationship that messed up a few semesters for me at th...
[ "have a colleague who recommended that I contact his old phd adviser since", "said mentioning him might not achieve anything productive as a result (I suspect", "email this old phd adviser of his with or without mentioning the referral", "Lidar data in a database) in a corporate IT world. I have a", "the wo...
[ "scarce. Or is it still better to tell them what they want to", "in industry be a bad idea, in general? This would be sort of", "working in industry be a bad idea, in general? This would be sort", "I am seeking some general advice from applied mathematicians at American universities. In", "seeking some gene...
[ "Source. He refused. * He wanted to be informed about everything that I", "potential for further research and eventually for an industry product. The idea of", "informed about everything that I would do about the prototype. Especially, he wanted", "you think my behaviour could have negative consequences for m...
[ "In short, would the professionals here corroborate my instinct? Or does personal story", "some time she had away from school (I believe this includes broken time", "unconscious biases are both common. There's a reason employment law (and I believe", "during undergraduate, and it did explain some time she had...
[ "most important areas of the textbook, and while revising I only look at", "it and why is it better than just reading the important parts of", "Taking notes based on the textbook obviously helps to organize and summarize info", "textbook notes (as far as summarizing goes)? Ultimately my question is, for stude...
[ "I submitted my paper one week ago to a journal and I want", "to a journal and I want to cancel my submission. Is it possible?", "week ago to a journal and I want to cancel my submission. Is", "paper one week ago to a journal and I want to cancel my", "one week ago to a journal and I want to cancel my submi...
[ "send your CV, contact me for the research you have done etc. However,", "a good fit for their research group. The responses will be different. For", "receive a general email which most of the times means he/she is not", "some of them, if lucky, they tell you the instruction, e.g. send your", "different. Fo...
[ "to 4). But when I check the webpages of the relevant departments, it", "on mathjobs are named positions (I.e. \"Smith visiting assistant professor\" or something like", "check the webpages of the relevant departments, it seems that they usually have", "are named positions (I.e. \"Smith visiting assistant pro...
[ "I have created a [dataset in 3D microscopy vision](http://selibcv.org/3dsem/), particularly 3D surface reconstruction", "3D surface reconstruction from scanning electron microscope images, and the [work](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340915003133) has been", "microscope images, and the ...
[ "/ daily commute costs (e.g., bus fare) 3. Financial assistance for relocating for", "daily commute costs (e.g., bus fare) 3. Financial assistance for relocating for job", "it advantageous to even negotiate for these requests? Has anyone in the SE", "Specific holidays (e.g., lesser-known religious days) 5. Ke...
[ "on how he/she spends his/her 3 months each summer affect his/her tenure decision?", "completed during the 9-months of the school year, they could do whatever they", "professor chose to do something unrelated to teaching summer courses or doing research.", "his/her tenure decision? Specifically, if the profes...
[ "me new studies made on a specific saved search. I'm looking for a", "a way to exclude research conducted in some countries (or to only include", "on a specific saved search. I'm looking for a way to exclude research", "saved search. I'm looking for a way to exclude research conducted in some", "way to excl...
[ "of \"non-official\" email accounts? 2. Do people find it personally bothersome when colleagues", "find it personally bothersome when colleagues don't use their university account for professional", "personally bothersome when colleagues don't use their university account for professional correspondence? 3.", ...
[ "Students enjoy discounted memberships to many professional/academic societies. However, membership renewals rarely align", "non-student membership? I see two obvious possibilities * When your degree is conferred,", "you are no longer officially a student or * The first renewal notice", "degree date. So when ...
[ "in philosophy. I'm also going to start a new language (I'm Finnish and", "thing, but does knowing Latin help at all when studying mathematics and logic?", "mathematics and logic I'd imagine there isn't that much that can be lost", "a lot of philosophy, it's good to know Latin so that you can", "are Latin a...
[ "for a green card with a self-petition as an academic of Extraordinary Ability", "have received an offer for a position in a company, which should be", "appreciate to receive your advice on this. I moved recently to the US,", "filled by May 2016. The company told me that they may sponsor me", "on this. I mo...
[ "not sure if it looks bad. I am worried about coming across as", "or I am trying for the shotgun effect. Does it look bad to", "am trying for the shotgun effect. Does it look bad to apply for", "apply for a job soon after it was posted? What I mean by", "posted? What I mean by \"soon\" is the day it...
[ "think about what I want to write for my dissertation, but I just", "make something up as it were, or even choose something at random (from", "of course). This being said, I will probably like it and do well.", "already have a Masters. What went wrong there? I basically feel like I", "yet.** I want to k...
[ "I know some websites across the internet that attempt to generally provide this", "internet that attempt to generally provide this information, but many do not cover", "useful if it can be broken down by region, school type, position, and/", "this topic for UK schools. And [here](https://academia.stackexchan...
[ "post [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/15226/is-it-appropriate-to-request-letters-of-recommendation-from-professors-a-second), although in that case the two requests are one year apart", "whether I would be asking for letters from my professors too frequently, especially", "accommodate the na...
[ "mathematics PhDs generally have an advantage over natively educated PhDs (in, say, France", "generally have an advantage over natively educated PhDs (in, say, France or Italy)", "Do American-educated mathematics PhDs generally have an advantage over natively educated PhDs (in,", "PhDs generally have an advan...
[ "little bit academically this semester - not seriously, but enough to be confident", "improving my CV for a year or two and then apply to the", "not seriously, but enough to be confident I wouldn't get into a top", "20 math PhD program. So I wanted to work on improving my CV", "Master's programs). But then ...
[ "each program. My question is, is it appropriate to contact faculty post application", "mid-December to mid-January). I have not contacted any professors prior to applying, as", "purpose, I talked about at least two professors that I thought had interesting", "too. I also do not want to come across as being a...
[ "US and recently I have received an insulting email (for example including \"be", "from a domestic student who is my teammate in a class project. The", "member, but overall he (the student) defended his email. The professor tried to", "careful about what I write), and initial conflict was going to be resolved...
[ "living, housing etc.). If you have such funds I would be happy to", "a foreign university, he replied: > > As a prerequisite you would need", "take care of your own funding to cover the costs of your entire", "cover the costs of your entire PhD project (4 years, cost of living,", "care of your own funding ...
[ "in good venues; will it be of any help? I think the writing", "offer is conditional until the requirement has been met. I have four peer-reviewed", "has been met. I have four peer-reviewed publications in good venues; will it", "7.5. > > > According to Oxford's language requirements, they desire an average",...
[ "fields: * I studied biology as an undergrad; but never pipetted anything since.", "* Teaching in some university with no strong research agenda * Consultancy of", "think of my options for a job outside academia and was hoping to", "I'm no statistician. I can think of: * Data Scientist * Teaching in", "feel...
[ "my numerical results with an experimental test. Do I really need to validate", "the arguments you had to defend yourselves in the thesis examination, if you", "structures with a new configuration. However, my supervisor tells me that I need", "a \"safe\" work, I mean, work with results that I can trust? I", ...
[ "I'm applying to math PhD programs in the US. In my statements of", "to math PhD programs in the US. In my statements of purpose, should", "the US. In my statements of purpose, should I include references to the", "in the US. In my statements of purpose, should I include references to", "purpose, should I i...
[ "is a great tool to do research.I have good expertise on Microsoft office", "I heard that information technology is a great tool to do research.I have", "information technology is a great tool to do research.I have good expertise on", "expertise on Microsoft office (Office,Excel,Access,Power point,Output) and...
[ "Stackexchange. I'm applying for a PhD program in related field. Shall I mention", "top 4% users of Data Science Stackexchange. I'm applying for a PhD program", "ranked as one of top 4% users of Data Science Stackexchange. I'm applying", "related field. Shall I mention my Stackexchange rank in my resume? If y...
[ "a student got 60 for midterm 1 and 80 for midterm 2, then", "the weigh of the two exams become 0% and 30%. I can see", "those who can't take advantage of this policy. Any thoughts would be appreciated.", "and the weight shifts to the second one. For example, if midterm 1", "about unfairness, particularly t...
[ "midterm results). I haven't spoke to anyone professionally, nor any advisor at the", "struggling with most tell-tale signs of depression (no motivation, constantly sleeping, gaining weight,", "this issue. I feel like if I do not email or meet with", "and who is unaware how to move forward. Recently, starting...
[ "asks the speaker questions. Are these questions any different from normal questions you", "either myself. At every talk I've seen, after the speaker finishes his/her presentation", "to give either myself. At every talk I've seen, after the speaker finishes", "it is just assumed you'll pick up on what you nee...
[ "a shot. I'm still relatively new to grad school (6 months), but I've", "students to keep an eye out for potential thesis/dissertation topics. I'd like to", "list of potential ideas for myself - I'm sure some will be solved", "thesis, and others are already solved and I just need to read more.", "too discip...
[ "I think it would be easier for me to pursue the PhD I", "pursue the PhD I want from here. Is it possible to kindly refuse", "easier for me to pursue the PhD I want from here. Is it", "my current position: I think it would be easier for me to pursue", "it possible to kindly refuse the proposal and still hop...
[ "proposed method and also saying the paper is not very much in the", "Elsiver. Despite, all 3 reviewers' comment are very positive and accepted the paper", "first revision of my paper from a journal in Elsiver. Despite, all 3", "paper is not very much in the scope of journal. If so, why", "originality of th...
[ "admissions committee just check his research history and research related accomplishments? And if", "Would they be looking at the students opinion of that professor? Examples of", "professor, therefore I am hoping for a solid recommendation letter. However, I am", "in the professor's research history, how wo...
[ "it (about $1000) to go to the JMM without any in-advanced-scheduled interview invitations?", "it worth it (about $1000) to go to the JMM without any in-advanced-scheduled", "worth it (about $1000) to go to the JMM without any in-advanced-scheduled interview", "Is it worth it (about $1000) to go to the JMM wi...
[ "lab for 10 hours per week. About two weeks later, she increased my", "demos to classrooms, as well as working on my own research paper that", "in the lab 42 hours conducting experiments for her. I only got about", "the break, with deadlines for each one. I realize that the simple solution", "for me to dete...
[ "trend of interest in a particular research field over time? I am particularly", "searches for? [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dE0Ne.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dE0Ne.png) Note: I am specifically interested in technical", "know if there exists a tool to generate the trend of inte...
[ "sick. She destroy my positive side and now she is in the middle", "and other schools. Hence, I told her that I am not working for", "like her way of advising, since she uses negative reinforcement. She was harsh,", "were not able to work together and I did not like her way", "my advisor make me sick. She d...
[ "takes to obtain said money. At an exchange rate of 121 to 1,", "121 to 1, $50 USD could buy me food for 2-3 weeks in", "saying that $50 USD is nothing, but are neglecting the various exchange rates", "about attending. The conferences themselves generate a fairly significant audience from graduate students,",...
[ "the seat through my thigh gap (hopefully it's not to hard to visualize)", "to place it on the desk next to me and leave it there", "one of the TAs asked if I did which I admitted to having", "tend to look down and start to tap the seat through my thigh", "suspicious. The TA caught me around the last 45 min...
[ "it, who checks it, and when do they check it? Do they check", "letter, cv, teaching/research statement, etc.? Do they run a background check, credit score", "when do they check it? Do they check what we write in the", "it? Do they check what we write in the cover letter, cv, teaching/research", "reference ...
[ "working on a paper and I realized I do not have an adequate", "coauthor (and will most certainly do so, unless it is unethical for some", "determine if a proposed technique or algorithm is well-suited to the task outlined", "technology to monitor them perform a simple task for a brief amount of", "experime...
[ "pretty aggressively to me. My guess is that, without my having a PhD,", "him directly, but I would love some general knowledge from this community in", "my question is: is it unheard of to get \"tenured\" without a PhD?", "4-year college, and he has verbally offered me a teaching role. We've gotten", "is p...
[ "has a LaTeX template IEEE Transactions. Does it fully support the format as", "a LaTeX template IEEE Transactions. Does it fully support the format as desired", "Overleaf website has a LaTeX template IEEE Transactions. Does it fully support the", "LaTeX template IEEE Transactions. Does it fully support the f...
[ "the proofreading of my thesis I've used the help of a paid lector.", "lector. My question is, if it's normal practice to include this person into", "my thesis I've used the help of a paid lector. My question is,", "My question is, if it's normal practice to include this person into the", "paid lector. My q...
[ "started an Arxiv submission application first. This means that the rest of us", "that his name went first. How can you force someone to remove their", "a preview of a paper we’ve just gotten accepted to a conference and", "accepted to a conference and of the five of us, one member started", "able to submit...
[ "respond to this mail after 4 days. It has been two weeks since", "well know professor in my field of study regarding a possible PhD position.", "2. Do you think the delay in responding to his mail would have", "a possible PhD position. He responded and asked for references. I was dumb", "days. It has been ...
[ "class look worse for graduate school admissions than an audit, given I'm not", "\"expected\" to have is those plus four (four classes being a typical semester).", "I'm studying abroad and taking five math classes. When I go back to", "class I might get a B in (functional analysis, if you care), do", "admis...
[ "my department. The department is extremely divided on the candidates. As new faculty,", "a job search in my department. The department is extremely divided on the", "The department is extremely divided on the candidates. As new faculty, should I", "There is a job search in my department. The department is ex...
[ "stepping stone into a pathway to academia (or sometimes a resume booster for", "I will be doing an Honours in Commerce next year at a [GO8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_of_Eight_(Australian_universities))", "a pathway to academia (or sometimes a resume booster for getting into industry).", "read artic...
[ "to pass it off as his own work. Looking at the College's plagiarism", "that will happen to the student B is: `Failure in the course in", "assisting more than he should, but otherwise not at any level I would", "was still in the beginning stages. At this point A realizes that he", "in the beginning ...
[ "Currently, I do not know where I should indicate to the details of", "figures are networks with different colored nodes. About these figures, for example, I", "indicates to YY, and Yellow nodes show TT. Currently, I do not know", "nodes show XX, blue nodes indicates to YY, and Yellow nodes show TT.", "are ...
[ "I got grades of \"incomplete\" in all my courses, until I took the", "though. Should I mention this on my graduate school application, or will it", "I ended up doing okay, but I did get a B+ in a", "to travel in order to get treated. This resulted in me missing the", "last two weeks of courses and all my f...
[ "Selected Areas in Communications](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=49). The list of authors is identical on both. The", "well recognized professors that has been published in both IEEE and ACM in", "been published in both IEEE and ACM in two different years. I know", "from the conferen...
[ "study, and discussed the project. I would like to make a formal application:", "and discussed the project. I would like to make a formal application: should", "a professor for PhD study, and discussed the project. I would like to", "project. I would like to make a formal application: should I first ask", "...
[ "fail the student because he missed classes (thus cleaning up the slate for", "of student attendance in classes because the university system didn't become functional until", "attend at all) and not because he didn't do any assignments, and he", "all) and not because he didn't do any assignments, and he argue...
[ "I attend, and that I'm not some crazy person pretending to be getting", "a standard AMS cover sheet (generated by the site) giving my personal address,", "giving my personal address, the address of my department at my university, my", "getting a PhD. But in reality I am not in the habit of", "they call me ...
[ "CFP in journal#2 where my article would be extremely relevant. Their deadline is", "contact with the editor from journal #1 from the start, and was quite", "was quite up-front that I wasn't sure whether or not my article would", "if the review process has not begun. Is this frowned upon? Of course,", "th...
[ "nothing to submit applications to TT jobs, but on the other hand I", "must have experience beyond completing the PhD. In some cases it will say", "say this is preferred, but I have not seen any listings saying it", "exists. If hiring committees are in fact burdened with such a quantity of", "He said I shou...
[ "institution affiliation, what should you use? I was asked for an address and", "should you use? I was asked for an address and all I have", "an article, and you have no institution affiliation, what should you use? I", "information for an article, and you have no institution affiliation, what should you", ...
[ "ads of US schools require a \"statement on diversity\". I am not based", "say in a statement on diversity anyway? Am I supposed to state how", "US schools require a \"statement on diversity\". I am not based in the", "would make a big contribution to your diversity since currently all faculty members", "Af...
[ "up to 10 pages, which amounts to pretty much a full paper. Why", "which amounts to pretty much a full paper. Why is it then called", "it then called \"abstract\"? The conference is in the crossing between computer science,", "A conference I have submitted to asks for an \"extended abstract\" of up", "a ful...
[ "of computer graphics. My goal is to conduct research in this area in", "I'm planning to apply for a Master course in the area of computer", "personal circumstances and I may need to wait a year before I do", "my personal circumstances and I may need to wait a year before I", "do so. Having said that, I wou...
[ "how a Qualifying examination affects things like success in an Academic career, publications,", "have Qualifying examinations in Graduate school. I just would like to know if", "do not have Qualifying examinations in Graduate school. I just would like to", "I just would like to know if there is solid researc...
[ "students in an 8\\_week session. At the end of each session, the students", "and it is in my mind to email it to her and ask", "each session, the students are required to give their opinion about the class", "mind to email it to her and ask for her explanation. I have", "am a teacher in an institute and I ...
[ "and junior grades listed. How do the committee estimate your senior grades when", "the program a year in advance? Basically, when you submit your transcript, you", "transcript, you will only have your freshmen, sophomore, and junior grades listed. How", "of your graduate admission's package, how can the grad...
[ "because almost nothing is written about it. I am dreading completing this degree.", "working on a thesis. I am not getting enough help from my supervisor", "the thesis, and the topic has been very difficult to research because almost", "make it through the degree and succeed despite my poor choice of topic",...
[ "this mistake be? The annoying thing is, I mention specific professors I want", "The annoying thing is, I mention specific professors I want to work with", "can this mistake be? The annoying thing is, I mention specific professors I", "Most unfortunately, I have already submitted the applications for these 2 ...
[ "My question is, how often do professors alter their grading scale such that", "I failed the final exam as well. The first midterm was worth 25%", "scale such that they don't fail someone? My professor did mention that if", "I am absolutely convinced that I failed the final, yet I passed the", "alter their ...
[ "Letter, while the other recommends a normal Physical Review. I would like to", "this case? Is it really hopeless to try to convince the Referee? Will", "result, which in their opinion is in contrast with the existing literature. Also,", "but it seems not suitable for a Letter given the Referee responses. Bas...
[ "in too disclose this information to the professor and did not want the", "may be kicked out of the program. Did I do right? Why did", "on exams, so I informed the professor, and now that person may be", "I informed the professor, and now that person may be kicked out of", "information to the professor and ...
[ "were checking the Scholar page of someone you were thinking of hiring, funding,", "things I've written that I would never bother to link on my own", "an academic does lately, and you were checking the Scholar page of someone", "Google to automatically list discovered works and have their indices full of arti...
[ "would reply that I need to start it early so I can settle", "professor about an offer to join her team. However, this offer was pending", "yet about hiring me, so I made other interviews and already received two", "that I need to start it early so I can settle and finish", "hiring me, so I made other inter...
[ "the Shanghai's ranking, is well known (apparently they employ some very dubious practices).", "University for example is ranked 5th in the world by Shanghai, and is", "opportunities? Of course, ranking is not an exact science. If one ranking claims", "different criteria. But I think this is exactly what make...
[ "and I don't think I'll get a rec. letter from my supervisor. I", "old illness was again knocking the doors and I had to stop the", "quit my PhD. Therefore, and seeing this gap won't help me, I decided", "make a step back in my career, apply for a MSc. in a", "I started a PhD and after 1 year, my old illnes...
[ "suspect gave the positive review the first time, but replace the one I", "After some revisions I submit to journal B, who ask me for a", "authors are not told the identity of the reviewers. But frequently it is", "a suggested list of reviewers. Is it ethical to list the reviewer whom", "usually supposed to...
[ "universities. The third one is for academic staff whose responsibilities are primarily to", "almost anyone to get a professorship that way. In Bristol, in particular, I", "Graduate School of Education having become professors through pathway 3. Is there in", "more senior grades, pedagogic research.* But, i...
[ "the examiners, in due time. How should I list this state in applications", "that my PhD project is formally over and I have a formal promise", "are in different countries and faculties, will it be acceptable to state “viva", "I have recently successfully completed my PhD Viva (oral exam) at a UK", "thesis,...
[ "CV to avoid giving a bad first impression; I have instead highlighted my", "of my undergraduate studies (altogether, I had the diagnoses of severe depression and", "applications, should I state something along the lines > > My performance during", "are interested in hiring me. I have not listed my grades on ...
[ "such a letter without knowing the student for a longer period of time,", "this student's potential (otherwise I wouldn't have hired her!), and have had nothing", "What kind of tangible information might help dissuade a person with this kind", "short amount of time (less than a year)? Obviously the fellowship...
[ "never disagreed with it because it reflected the work (or lack thereof) I", "else): **Can a grade appeal that is not granted affect a person's transcript,", "own academic habits) at a community college, in hopes that after receiving an", "I don't think that I should be getting an 'A' or a 'B,'", "little di...
[ "passion go away in a while, and without a specific plan and deadlines,", "does not seem to work at all, so what I do is just", "find any guidelines on how to plan¹ and conduct a research project. Because", "just “focus on checking a single hypothesis”? Well, because in most cases first", "a specific plan a...
[ "I have been talking to several people regarding my thoughts and I have", "> > unless the postdoc years are immediately relevant to the applied job,", "a post-doc before a potential move to industry, whereas industry contacts say that", "companies want to nurture their own culture and staying in academia for ...
[ "the situation is as follows: * Researchers write papers. * Papers get published", "work immediately available. --- This leaves me with the following facets of what", "imposed by publishers, * what do authors gain from agreeing to transfer exclusive", "later signs a conflicting copyright transfer agreement: >...
[ "Chair and Diap (both whom I highly regard) have no more information than", "some consolation points. 3. Stick with the 0 for this question. 4. Grade", "are due. What to do? --- UPDATE The Department Chair recommends removing this", "ASAP. 2. Give them some consolation points. 3. Stick with the 0 for", "(he...
[ "My original manuscript contained only 12 pages but the proof (final version), which", "print charges are doubled. Now I want to withdraw this paper. Is it", "manuscript contained only 12 pages but the proof (final version), which was sent", "expected. My original manuscript contained only 12 pages but the pr...
[ "the RSA cryptosystem was first discovered UK intelligence agency GCHQ)? I am most", "often academic inventions have already been in private companies (or public but secretive", "discovered UK intelligence agency GCHQ)? I am most interested in the field of", "research/study/survey that looked at how often aca...
[ "have submitted a paper and received a letter of acceptence with a bill.", "with a bill. The editor said that I have to pay print charges", "a bill**. The editor said that I have to pay print charges in", "pay print charges in order to publish my paper. What should I do?", "journal. I have submitted...
[ "if repeating too many courses for GPA (two in this case) would reflect", "So, I previously repeated an undergraduate course and I am graduating next semester", "undergraduate course and I am graduating next semester with only two courses left", "I wonder if repeating too many courses for GPA (two in this cas...