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Just started my Ph.D. unsurprisingly theres a lot of reading. Looking for advice Hey guys, so I just started my Ph.D. and there is SO much reading. I knew this would be the case but not this much and some of the readings are somewhat dense (AKA: they take longer to get through). Many of my readings are not just papers but excerpts from text books, articles, special sections of a journal etc. It's been very time consuming to say the least. Are there any strategies you guys use to get through readings faster? For example I have a bunch of reading due by Wendsday which we will discuss in class. I've been reading and highlighitng etc to try to understand the texts (30-40 pages?). ​ Thank you | dc2f4e55dba0d26822324f8e11bb5731440212634fbaa0f4b74dbff91d30b421 | [
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"content": "Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book is pretty helpful. Your library will have a copy. Just read the chapters that look helpful (it covers science books, humanities books, poetry vs. novels, textbooks vs articles, etc.). Whenever it comes to texts you're going to write on, aim for 10 pp / hour. PhDs are expected to know their fields thoroughly.",
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"content": "I had to move during my PhD and suddenly my daily commute to campus tripled in length, taking around 45 minutes to an hour each way. I used this time to read and before I knew it I had several hundred journal articles to cite and a far better understanding of my research than the rest of the lab including my PI.",
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Just started my Ph.D. unsurprisingly theres a lot of reading. Looking for advice Hey guys, so I just started my Ph.D. and there is SO much reading. I knew this would be the case but not this much and some of the readings are somewhat dense (AKA: they take longer to get through). Many of my readings are not just papers but excerpts from text books, articles, special sections of a journal etc. It's been very time consuming to say the least. Are there any strategies you guys use to get through readings faster? For example I have a bunch of reading due by Wendsday which we will discuss in class. I've been reading and highlighitng etc to try to understand the texts (30-40 pages?). ​ Thank you | dc2f4e55dba0d26822324f8e11bb5731440212634fbaa0f4b74dbff91d30b421 | [
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"content": "I read through the middle of paragraphs. Grab the gist and move on.",
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"content": "Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book is pretty helpful. Your library will have a copy. Just read the chapters that look helpful (it covers science books, humanities books, poetry vs. novels, textbooks vs articles, etc.). Whenever it comes to texts you're going to write on, aim for 10 pp / hour. PhDs are expected to know their fields thoroughly.",
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"content": "Find the PDFs Add them to a bibliography service like zotero Make accurate tags Organize readings from the start :)",
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"content": "some great advice about taking notes in this thread. there isn't a magical solution. In grad school reading is a full time job. You'll acclimate in a few weeks. Yes it takes time, but it's time incredibly well spent.",
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"content": "I’m seeing a lot of “there are no shortcuts,” but as a fifth year, I have to disagree, at least for reading research papers. *When you are short on time,* read the intro, read the discussion, and if you’re curious or have time, read the results, then methods. I know this comment will make a lot of people want to tear their hair out, but there will be weeks when you just don’t have time to read it all, so some is better than nothing in my opinion! And reading in this order allows you to get the main takeaways when you’re pressed for time.",
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"content": "So there's a lot of good advice here, and a lot of people are making it clear that there are no shortcuts for reading. If you've only got 30-40 pages per seminar, that's completely doable and you will find a schedule and a rhythm for how to accomplish that. However, I will say this. Some of my cohort took seminars with a professor who assigned 1000 pages or more per week. With two or three other seminars, there is absolutely no possible way to read every single page across all seminars and retain all that information. It can't be done. In that case, you will have to work on your skimming skills, which includes paying attention to certain parts of articles or books that communicate the main ideas. I'm also surprised no one mentioned working with your seminar classmates to spread out the readings. By that, I mean that while you should all at least try to get the gist of each reading, you can all make an arrangement that one student spends much more time on reading A, another on reading B, another on C, and so on. This way, while you're all at least looking at ALL the readings, when it comes to seminar, each reading is understood in depth by at least one student. That student can lead discussion, and the rest can take a lot of information from that while contributing where they can. You'll also avoid the awkward moment in seminars where the professor asks you a question about a reading that, by coincidence, no one was able to get to.",
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"content": "Not really an answer to your question. But in general (not for spesific courses or assignments - here just read what is required but try to read fast to get an overview) focus on identifying knowledge gaps in your field. Search for literature and systematic reviews as a start. Try to figure out who/what books is most sited and what kind of theories are most commonly used. Reflect upon strengths and weaknesses that these ways of thinking/working have on your field. Dont take peers too seriously. They are just people like you and in a while you will know more about your data than they do. It will help you in discussions with them to have some overview on research within your field. Have fun. Stress is useless and cant help you. Grit is gold. Knowledge is accessible. Discussions should be constructive but be prepared for them not to be.",
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"content": "I had to move during my PhD and suddenly my daily commute to campus tripled in length, taking around 45 minutes to an hour each way. I used this time to read and before I knew it I had several hundred journal articles to cite and a far better understanding of my research than the rest of the lab including my PI.",
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"content": "I’m seeing a lot of “there are no shortcuts,” but as a fifth year, I have to disagree, at least for reading research papers. *When you are short on time,* read the intro, read the discussion, and if you’re curious or have time, read the results, then methods. I know this comment will make a lot of people want to tear their hair out, but there will be weeks when you just don’t have time to read it all, so some is better than nothing in my opinion! And reading in this order allows you to get the main takeaways when you’re pressed for time.",
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"content": "I’m seeing a lot of “there are no shortcuts,” but as a fifth year, I have to disagree, at least for reading research papers. *When you are short on time,* read the intro, read the discussion, and if you’re curious or have time, read the results, then methods. I know this comment will make a lot of people want to tear their hair out, but there will be weeks when you just don’t have time to read it all, so some is better than nothing in my opinion! And reading in this order allows you to get the main takeaways when you’re pressed for time.",
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"content": "Just started my Ph.D. unsurprisingly theres a lot of reading. Looking for advice Hey guys, so I just started my Ph.D. and there is SO much reading. I knew this would be the case but not this much and some of the readings are somewhat dense (AKA: they take longer to get through). Many of my readings are not just papers but excerpts from text books, articles, special sections of a journal etc. It's been very time consuming to say the least. Are there any strategies you guys use to get through readings faster? For example I have a bunch of reading due by Wendsday which we will discuss in class. I've been reading and highlighitng etc to try to understand the texts (30-40 pages?). ​ Thank you",
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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"content": "I’m seeing a lot of “there are no shortcuts,” but as a fifth year, I have to disagree, at least for reading research papers. *When you are short on time,* read the intro, read the discussion, and if you’re curious or have time, read the results, then methods. I know this comment will make a lot of people want to tear their hair out, but there will be weeks when you just don’t have time to read it all, so some is better than nothing in my opinion! And reading in this order allows you to get the main takeaways when you’re pressed for time.",
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"content": "Just started my Ph.D. unsurprisingly theres a lot of reading. Looking for advice Hey guys, so I just started my Ph.D. and there is SO much reading. I knew this would be the case but not this much and some of the readings are somewhat dense (AKA: they take longer to get through). Many of my readings are not just papers but excerpts from text books, articles, special sections of a journal etc. It's been very time consuming to say the least. Are there any strategies you guys use to get through readings faster? For example I have a bunch of reading due by Wendsday which we will discuss in class. I've been reading and highlighitng etc to try to understand the texts (30-40 pages?). ​ Thank you",
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"content": "I read through the middle of paragraphs. Grab the gist and move on.",
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"content": "I’m seeing a lot of “there are no shortcuts,” but as a fifth year, I have to disagree, at least for reading research papers. *When you are short on time,* read the intro, read the discussion, and if you’re curious or have time, read the results, then methods. I know this comment will make a lot of people want to tear their hair out, but there will be weeks when you just don’t have time to read it all, so some is better than nothing in my opinion! And reading in this order allows you to get the main takeaways when you’re pressed for time.",
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"content": "Find the PDFs Add them to a bibliography service like zotero Make accurate tags Organize readings from the start :)",
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"content": "I’m seeing a lot of “there are no shortcuts,” but as a fifth year, I have to disagree, at least for reading research papers. *When you are short on time,* read the intro, read the discussion, and if you’re curious or have time, read the results, then methods. I know this comment will make a lot of people want to tear their hair out, but there will be weeks when you just don’t have time to read it all, so some is better than nothing in my opinion! And reading in this order allows you to get the main takeaways when you’re pressed for time.",
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"content": "Just started my Ph.D. unsurprisingly theres a lot of reading. Looking for advice Hey guys, so I just started my Ph.D. and there is SO much reading. I knew this would be the case but not this much and some of the readings are somewhat dense (AKA: they take longer to get through). Many of my readings are not just papers but excerpts from text books, articles, special sections of a journal etc. It's been very time consuming to say the least. Are there any strategies you guys use to get through readings faster? For example I have a bunch of reading due by Wendsday which we will discuss in class. I've been reading and highlighitng etc to try to understand the texts (30-40 pages?). ​ Thank you",
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"content": "some great advice about taking notes in this thread. there isn't a magical solution. In grad school reading is a full time job. You'll acclimate in a few weeks. Yes it takes time, but it's time incredibly well spent.",
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"content": "I’m seeing a lot of “there are no shortcuts,” but as a fifth year, I have to disagree, at least for reading research papers. *When you are short on time,* read the intro, read the discussion, and if you’re curious or have time, read the results, then methods. I know this comment will make a lot of people want to tear their hair out, but there will be weeks when you just don’t have time to read it all, so some is better than nothing in my opinion! And reading in this order allows you to get the main takeaways when you’re pressed for time.",
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"content": "Just started my Ph.D. unsurprisingly theres a lot of reading. Looking for advice Hey guys, so I just started my Ph.D. and there is SO much reading. I knew this would be the case but not this much and some of the readings are somewhat dense (AKA: they take longer to get through). Many of my readings are not just papers but excerpts from text books, articles, special sections of a journal etc. It's been very time consuming to say the least. Are there any strategies you guys use to get through readings faster? For example I have a bunch of reading due by Wendsday which we will discuss in class. I've been reading and highlighitng etc to try to understand the texts (30-40 pages?). ​ Thank you",
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"content": "Take a couple of hours and read *How to Read a Book* by Mortimer Adler (get the c.1972 revised edition with Charles Van Doren). It's worth the investment. I used to teach a \"how to read in academia\" course for undergrads and I used that book for years. If you haven't already learned basic active reading strategies it will provide good techniques that can be applied in any field, whether you're reading monographs (as in my field) or journal articles.",
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"content": "I’m seeing a lot of “there are no shortcuts,” but as a fifth year, I have to disagree, at least for reading research papers. *When you are short on time,* read the intro, read the discussion, and if you’re curious or have time, read the results, then methods. I know this comment will make a lot of people want to tear their hair out, but there will be weeks when you just don’t have time to read it all, so some is better than nothing in my opinion! And reading in this order allows you to get the main takeaways when you’re pressed for time.",
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"content": "Just started my Ph.D. unsurprisingly theres a lot of reading. Looking for advice Hey guys, so I just started my Ph.D. and there is SO much reading. I knew this would be the case but not this much and some of the readings are somewhat dense (AKA: they take longer to get through). Many of my readings are not just papers but excerpts from text books, articles, special sections of a journal etc. It's been very time consuming to say the least. Are there any strategies you guys use to get through readings faster? For example I have a bunch of reading due by Wendsday which we will discuss in class. I've been reading and highlighitng etc to try to understand the texts (30-40 pages?). ​ Thank you",
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"content": "You might want to read this very well written article on how to read papers. https://medium.com/researcher-app/how-to-read-a-research-paper-1022fbe904ab Seems elementary information to many probably but very useful since it’s not really a thing actively taught in most places.",
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"content": "I’m seeing a lot of “there are no shortcuts,” but as a fifth year, I have to disagree, at least for reading research papers. *When you are short on time,* read the intro, read the discussion, and if you’re curious or have time, read the results, then methods. I know this comment will make a lot of people want to tear their hair out, but there will be weeks when you just don’t have time to read it all, so some is better than nothing in my opinion! And reading in this order allows you to get the main takeaways when you’re pressed for time.",
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"content": "So there's a lot of good advice here, and a lot of people are making it clear that there are no shortcuts for reading. If you've only got 30-40 pages per seminar, that's completely doable and you will find a schedule and a rhythm for how to accomplish that. However, I will say this. Some of my cohort took seminars with a professor who assigned 1000 pages or more per week. With two or three other seminars, there is absolutely no possible way to read every single page across all seminars and retain all that information. It can't be done. In that case, you will have to work on your skimming skills, which includes paying attention to certain parts of articles or books that communicate the main ideas. I'm also surprised no one mentioned working with your seminar classmates to spread out the readings. By that, I mean that while you should all at least try to get the gist of each reading, you can all make an arrangement that one student spends much more time on reading A, another on reading B, another on C, and so on. This way, while you're all at least looking at ALL the readings, when it comes to seminar, each reading is understood in depth by at least one student. That student can lead discussion, and the rest can take a lot of information from that while contributing where they can. You'll also avoid the awkward moment in seminars where the professor asks you a question about a reading that, by coincidence, no one was able to get to.",
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"content": "Not really an answer to your question. But in general (not for spesific courses or assignments - here just read what is required but try to read fast to get an overview) focus on identifying knowledge gaps in your field. Search for literature and systematic reviews as a start. Try to figure out who/what books is most sited and what kind of theories are most commonly used. Reflect upon strengths and weaknesses that these ways of thinking/working have on your field. Dont take peers too seriously. They are just people like you and in a while you will know more about your data than they do. It will help you in discussions with them to have some overview on research within your field. Have fun. Stress is useless and cant help you. Grit is gold. Knowledge is accessible. Discussions should be constructive but be prepared for them not to be.",
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"content": "So there's a lot of good advice here, and a lot of people are making it clear that there are no shortcuts for reading. If you've only got 30-40 pages per seminar, that's completely doable and you will find a schedule and a rhythm for how to accomplish that. However, I will say this. Some of my cohort took seminars with a professor who assigned 1000 pages or more per week. With two or three other seminars, there is absolutely no possible way to read every single page across all seminars and retain all that information. It can't be done. In that case, you will have to work on your skimming skills, which includes paying attention to certain parts of articles or books that communicate the main ideas. I'm also surprised no one mentioned working with your seminar classmates to spread out the readings. By that, I mean that while you should all at least try to get the gist of each reading, you can all make an arrangement that one student spends much more time on reading A, another on reading B, another on C, and so on. This way, while you're all at least looking at ALL the readings, when it comes to seminar, each reading is understood in depth by at least one student. That student can lead discussion, and the rest can take a lot of information from that while contributing where they can. You'll also avoid the awkward moment in seminars where the professor asks you a question about a reading that, by coincidence, no one was able to get to.",
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"content": "I had to move during my PhD and suddenly my daily commute to campus tripled in length, taking around 45 minutes to an hour each way. I used this time to read and before I knew it I had several hundred journal articles to cite and a far better understanding of my research than the rest of the lab including my PI.",
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"content": "I read through the middle of paragraphs. Grab the gist and move on.",
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"content": "Find the PDFs Add them to a bibliography service like zotero Make accurate tags Organize readings from the start :)",
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"content": "some great advice about taking notes in this thread. there isn't a magical solution. In grad school reading is a full time job. You'll acclimate in a few weeks. Yes it takes time, but it's time incredibly well spent.",
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"content": "So there's a lot of good advice here, and a lot of people are making it clear that there are no shortcuts for reading. If you've only got 30-40 pages per seminar, that's completely doable and you will find a schedule and a rhythm for how to accomplish that. However, I will say this. Some of my cohort took seminars with a professor who assigned 1000 pages or more per week. With two or three other seminars, there is absolutely no possible way to read every single page across all seminars and retain all that information. It can't be done. In that case, you will have to work on your skimming skills, which includes paying attention to certain parts of articles or books that communicate the main ideas. I'm also surprised no one mentioned working with your seminar classmates to spread out the readings. By that, I mean that while you should all at least try to get the gist of each reading, you can all make an arrangement that one student spends much more time on reading A, another on reading B, another on C, and so on. This way, while you're all at least looking at ALL the readings, when it comes to seminar, each reading is understood in depth by at least one student. That student can lead discussion, and the rest can take a lot of information from that while contributing where they can. You'll also avoid the awkward moment in seminars where the professor asks you a question about a reading that, by coincidence, no one was able to get to.",
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"content": "Not really an answer to your question. But in general (not for spesific courses or assignments - here just read what is required but try to read fast to get an overview) focus on identifying knowledge gaps in your field. Search for literature and systematic reviews as a start. Try to figure out who/what books is most sited and what kind of theories are most commonly used. Reflect upon strengths and weaknesses that these ways of thinking/working have on your field. Dont take peers too seriously. They are just people like you and in a while you will know more about your data than they do. It will help you in discussions with them to have some overview on research within your field. Have fun. Stress is useless and cant help you. Grit is gold. Knowledge is accessible. Discussions should be constructive but be prepared for them not to be.",
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"content": "I had to move during my PhD and suddenly my daily commute to campus tripled in length, taking around 45 minutes to an hour each way. I used this time to read and before I knew it I had several hundred journal articles to cite and a far better understanding of my research than the rest of the lab including my PI.",
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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"content": "Find the PDFs Add them to a bibliography service like zotero Make accurate tags Organize readings from the start :)",
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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"content": "some great advice about taking notes in this thread. there isn't a magical solution. In grad school reading is a full time job. You'll acclimate in a few weeks. Yes it takes time, but it's time incredibly well spent.",
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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Just started my Ph.D. unsurprisingly theres a lot of reading. Looking for advice Hey guys, so I just started my Ph.D. and there is SO much reading. I knew this would be the case but not this much and some of the readings are somewhat dense (AKA: they take longer to get through). Many of my readings are not just papers but excerpts from text books, articles, special sections of a journal etc. It's been very time consuming to say the least. Are there any strategies you guys use to get through readings faster? For example I have a bunch of reading due by Wendsday which we will discuss in class. I've been reading and highlighitng etc to try to understand the texts (30-40 pages?). ​ Thank you | dc2f4e55dba0d26822324f8e11bb5731440212634fbaa0f4b74dbff91d30b421 | [
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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"content": "Take a couple of hours and read *How to Read a Book* by Mortimer Adler (get the c.1972 revised edition with Charles Van Doren). It's worth the investment. I used to teach a \"how to read in academia\" course for undergrads and I used that book for years. If you haven't already learned basic active reading strategies it will provide good techniques that can be applied in any field, whether you're reading monographs (as in my field) or journal articles.",
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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Just started my Ph.D. unsurprisingly theres a lot of reading. Looking for advice Hey guys, so I just started my Ph.D. and there is SO much reading. I knew this would be the case but not this much and some of the readings are somewhat dense (AKA: they take longer to get through). Many of my readings are not just papers but excerpts from text books, articles, special sections of a journal etc. It's been very time consuming to say the least. Are there any strategies you guys use to get through readings faster? For example I have a bunch of reading due by Wendsday which we will discuss in class. I've been reading and highlighitng etc to try to understand the texts (30-40 pages?). ​ Thank you | dc2f4e55dba0d26822324f8e11bb5731440212634fbaa0f4b74dbff91d30b421 | [
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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"content": "You might want to read this very well written article on how to read papers. https://medium.com/researcher-app/how-to-read-a-research-paper-1022fbe904ab Seems elementary information to many probably but very useful since it’s not really a thing actively taught in most places.",
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"content": "Having just finished my comps, lemme say that if you read faster, you will actually retain less. And yet at the same time, we are all driven by the same necessity to read more. The solution to this is reading for your situation. Very very very few profs even have time to read full books cover to cover. Every one of them will tell you they frequently have to read THROUGH the books. What this means, is learn how to break apart the argument. Learn what they use as evidence, how they piece that evidence together, what frameworks they use, what ultimate conclusions they draw that are new. The reason for this is because monographs on topics tend to repeat themselves, especially the preparatory information most academics already know, so they break the information apart to identify the new that they NEED to know. However, I'll caveat this advice with one thing: if you just started your PhD, you may not know enough for an argument breakdown to be of any use. For that, you need to actually read less but more deeply until you have a basic understanding of your field. Once you achieve a comfortable baseline, then you read more. I hate saying this but now that I'm on 7 months out from my comps, i have forgotten almost everything I read in detail. I remember broad strokes, but not some of the more intimate argumentation I prepped for the exam. THIS IS NORMAL. This is why you take notes. DO NOT expect to remember everything you read, instead, try to optimize for finding information that will be useful later, that you vaguely remember. And for that reason alone, reading fast won't help you. tl;dr - read less but deeper for content. read more but shallower for argumentation. Your brain space is limited, you will forget, so take notes optimized for future retrieval.",
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I agreed to discuss research with a student but after a few meetings I want him to go away This student has adopted the strange strategy of using technical words that he doesn't understand, and as a result most of his statements are nonsense. Normally I'm quite patient but I can't stand this guy. He was already rejected by one research group (slowly and painfully, with funding as an excuse). Please help me with some phrasings or general advice for saying no to students (keeping in mind it is a small department with \~10 incoming students per year, I am a new professor with funding and not many students, etc so I can't just tell white lies). | bbac9ecf416043e03ca6d1bef93a643dce4493e1b23cb44eebadc942e62e0a95 | [
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"content": "Maybe just be honest? Just say “based on our interactions and what we’ve discussed, it doesn’t seem like you are too familiar with the topic. If you can discuss the research clearly and without any errors, I could take you on. But as of now, you are using a lot of these terms incorrectly which is a concern for me. I would like people in my lab to have a solid understanding of the material first. Come back in a semester or two after reading through the relevant literature and we can talk about it” Cause honesty, if someone is just spouting nonsense using jargon that’s completely wrong (which may fly with their non ~~neuroscience~~ research friends), then someone more educated needs to call them out on their bullshit or they’ll keep believing they’re right. My issue is that I’m not 100% certain the technical words I think is right is actually right, so I do the opposite and say “thingy” or describe it poorly and say I forget the term. Then when I hear someone say the actual term and it was the same one I had in my head earlier, I just feel like an idiot cause I should have just been more confident and now look stupid in front of my peers. Edit: for some reason I thought this was under /r/neuroscience",
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"content": "Sorry I don’t have any advice but out of curiosity could you give an example of what he says, I picture it being hilarious and very cringey",
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"content": "Maybe just be honest? Just say “based on our interactions and what we’ve discussed, it doesn’t seem like you are too familiar with the topic. If you can discuss the research clearly and without any errors, I could take you on. But as of now, you are using a lot of these terms incorrectly which is a concern for me. I would like people in my lab to have a solid understanding of the material first. Come back in a semester or two after reading through the relevant literature and we can talk about it” Cause honesty, if someone is just spouting nonsense using jargon that’s completely wrong (which may fly with their non ~~neuroscience~~ research friends), then someone more educated needs to call them out on their bullshit or they’ll keep believing they’re right. My issue is that I’m not 100% certain the technical words I think is right is actually right, so I do the opposite and say “thingy” or describe it poorly and say I forget the term. Then when I hear someone say the actual term and it was the same one I had in my head earlier, I just feel like an idiot cause I should have just been more confident and now look stupid in front of my peers. Edit: for some reason I thought this was under /r/neuroscience",
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I agreed to discuss research with a student but after a few meetings I want him to go away This student has adopted the strange strategy of using technical words that he doesn't understand, and as a result most of his statements are nonsense. Normally I'm quite patient but I can't stand this guy. He was already rejected by one research group (slowly and painfully, with funding as an excuse). Please help me with some phrasings or general advice for saying no to students (keeping in mind it is a small department with \~10 incoming students per year, I am a new professor with funding and not many students, etc so I can't just tell white lies). | bbac9ecf416043e03ca6d1bef93a643dce4493e1b23cb44eebadc942e62e0a95 | [
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"content": "Here's what my very helpful early mentors did with me: they had me do a lit review. They gave me papers relevant to their research to get me started, asked me to find at least the same number of related papers, and had me write summaries. Then they had me come in and talk to them about what I'd read, and summarized. If he can't hold a reasonably competent conversation with you after that, which he may well not if he's as insufferable as he sounds, I suggest telling him that he's not ready because he just doesn't have the background understanding yet.",
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"content": "Sorry I don’t have any advice but out of curiosity could you give an example of what he says, I picture it being hilarious and very cringey",
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I agreed to discuss research with a student but after a few meetings I want him to go away This student has adopted the strange strategy of using technical words that he doesn't understand, and as a result most of his statements are nonsense. Normally I'm quite patient but I can't stand this guy. He was already rejected by one research group (slowly and painfully, with funding as an excuse). Please help me with some phrasings or general advice for saying no to students (keeping in mind it is a small department with \~10 incoming students per year, I am a new professor with funding and not many students, etc so I can't just tell white lies). | bbac9ecf416043e03ca6d1bef93a643dce4493e1b23cb44eebadc942e62e0a95 | [
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"content": "Just tell the student that you don't see him as making a suitable addition to your research team based on his understanding of the topic at hand and that you have decided to begin assessing other candidates' aptitude for the position. Of course, you can be as frank or as tactful as you desire with the exact phrasing because you really don't owe him a damn thing other than the decency of being truthful with him. It is far better in my experience to risk his initial--and quite temporary--disappointment than to have the timeline of your research or your group's interactions affected by someone you perceive as a potential liability.",
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"content": "“It’s a shame this didn’t work out, but sometimes you’ve just got to regress the standard errors of a Bonferonni comparison into a validated jackknife logit amirite? Well anyway good luck to ya.”",
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"content": "Sorry I don’t have any advice but out of curiosity could you give an example of what he says, I picture it being hilarious and very cringey",
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I agreed to discuss research with a student but after a few meetings I want him to go away This student has adopted the strange strategy of using technical words that he doesn't understand, and as a result most of his statements are nonsense. Normally I'm quite patient but I can't stand this guy. He was already rejected by one research group (slowly and painfully, with funding as an excuse). Please help me with some phrasings or general advice for saying no to students (keeping in mind it is a small department with \~10 incoming students per year, I am a new professor with funding and not many students, etc so I can't just tell white lies). | bbac9ecf416043e03ca6d1bef93a643dce4493e1b23cb44eebadc942e62e0a95 | [
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"content": "Just tell the student that you don't see him as making a suitable addition to your research team based on his understanding of the topic at hand and that you have decided to begin assessing other candidates' aptitude for the position. Of course, you can be as frank or as tactful as you desire with the exact phrasing because you really don't owe him a damn thing other than the decency of being truthful with him. It is far better in my experience to risk his initial--and quite temporary--disappointment than to have the timeline of your research or your group's interactions affected by someone you perceive as a potential liability.",
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I agreed to discuss research with a student but after a few meetings I want him to go away This student has adopted the strange strategy of using technical words that he doesn't understand, and as a result most of his statements are nonsense. Normally I'm quite patient but I can't stand this guy. He was already rejected by one research group (slowly and painfully, with funding as an excuse). Please help me with some phrasings or general advice for saying no to students (keeping in mind it is a small department with \~10 incoming students per year, I am a new professor with funding and not many students, etc so I can't just tell white lies). | bbac9ecf416043e03ca6d1bef93a643dce4493e1b23cb44eebadc942e62e0a95 | [
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"content": "It might take half an hour to explain how to decode a dictionary entry, and it could be a valuable use of class time, depending on the situation. Using an actual book printed on paper and putting notes next to relevant entries will help students build a mental map for themselves; psycholinguistic research has shown that having a mental map of meanings and how they relate to each other is an essential skill, as is visualization; the old tradition of building an historical _timeline_.supports this theory as well. Paper dictionaries are available at thrift stores and library sales. For fundamental knowledge such as Latin roots, age doesn't matter. These skills should be mastered by age 12 or so, but \"efficient\" teaching, as tested by learning contractors, has pushed some valuable time-honored practices out of the curriculum. Every textbook (even some graduate level ones) used to have vocabulary words at the end of every chapter. Definitions were built on those from previous chapters. The old term for this type of learning was \"building blocks.\" There has to be a foundation before new levels are built. I come from a long tradition of educators, and I respect and value the wisdom of my elders. I offer my suggestions with no expectations; take what you need and leave the rest.",
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"content": "I have a student who does this! They come from a working class background and so try to appear smart. I've talked with them multiple times about just using the most simple, straightforward language. It hasn't quite stuck yet (4 years in), but I like working with them so I can deal. If you don't want to work with this student, I recommend telling them they're not a fit for your lab and that you're looking for more advanced students. Say you're new and need people with very specific skills to help you get your research going. It's actually true, because you need a student with the skill of using language precisely!",
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"content": "302, from cover to cover (Chemistry). As my advisor once said \"A dissertation is as long as it needs to be. No more, no less.\" ​ Edit: added field",
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"content": "No idea on number of pages - 125k words, including notes and appendices but excluding bibliography. Around 100k in the actual body. Discipline is classics, and all passages were quoted in Greek and translation so that upped the count somewhat. ETA: just looked it up, 350 pages including front pages and bibliography.",
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"content": "176 pages. Chemistry. Edit: My advisor prefers brief and to the point theses.",
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"content": "Not technically done since I'm going through final edits now for my defense in a few weeks, but roughly 240 counting references and appendices. Experimental engineering/physics.",
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"content": "94, pure maths, it got a bit bloated in the end.",
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"content": "130 something, 3 article format with intro, conclusion, and appendices. Geography.",
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"content": "300 ish including appendices- epidemiology",
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"content": "How many pages was your PhD dissertation? Please comment on your specific discipline, below!",
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"content": "230 for the main text, 300-and-something including appendices and references. Theoretical physics.",
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"content": "94, pure maths, it got a bit bloated in the end.",
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"content": "147 in total. Neuroscience.",
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"content": "94, pure maths, it got a bit bloated in the end.",
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"content": "94, pure maths, it got a bit bloated in the end.",
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"content": "How many pages was your PhD dissertation? Please comment on your specific discipline, below!",
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"content": "113, psychology.",
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"content": "How many pages was your PhD dissertation? Please comment on your specific discipline, below!",
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"content": "How many pages was your PhD dissertation? Please comment on your specific discipline, below!",
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"content": "176 pages. Chemistry. Edit: My advisor prefers brief and to the point theses.",
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"content": "I can’t recall at the moment but I think around 130-160 cover to cover; discipline is linguistics.",
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"content": "288 including all references and some images. American lit/comics studies.",
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"content": "About 230 cover tot cover in Higher Education. Also, for the freaked out, it’s now “wrote 200 pages”. It’s wrote 20 in an intro, 30-40 in a lot review, 20-30 on methods, 30-40 on findings, and so on. It’s piece by piece and while The accumulation is great, the individual parts are attainable when you think of them as components.",
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"content": "Not technically done since I'm going through final edits now for my defense in a few weeks, but roughly 240 counting references and appendices. Experimental engineering/physics.",
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"content": "Social sciences, and the PDF file was 200 pages exactly.",
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"content": "226 cover to cover. My comp questions were written in such a way as to allow me to fold a lot of my answers into the diss. I only had to write about 100 pages of new analysis when I sat down to write. Wrote the whole thing in 3 months.",
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"content": "349, although 66 of those were reproduced images. Art history.",
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"content": "450, sociology, with references and appendices. I can be loquacious to a fault.",
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