Keys to Success in Graduate School - Revision history

Smhunter at 18:47, 8 October 2010

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	==Keys to Success Videos==		==Keys to Success Videos==
	The following graduate student and post doc interviews were conducted at the national STC Director's meeting in Arlington VA, in September 2010.		The following graduate student and post doc interviews were conducted at the national STC Director's meeting in Arlington VA, in September 2010.


	===Why graduate school?===		===Why graduate school?===
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	*When should you aim for a Masters degree, and when should your goal be a Ph.D.?		*When should you aim for a Masters degree, and when should your goal be a Ph.D.?
	*How can experience in a community college lead to persistence toward a Ph.D.?		*How can experience in a community college lead to persistence toward a Ph.D.?

	{{#ev:youtube\|QssLE7KIjhg}}		{{#ev:youtube\|QssLE7KIjhg}}


	===How did you pick a graduate school?===		===How did you pick a graduate school?===
	*What practical considerations should one make with regard to potential doctoral programs and schools, thesis advisors and fellow graduate students?		*What practical considerations should one make with regard to potential doctoral programs and schools, thesis advisors and fellow graduate students?
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	===What about the first year of graduate school?===		===What about the first year of graduate school?===
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	*How do you maintain your self esteem in the midst of increased academic competitiveness and risk of failure in graduate school?		*How do you maintain your self esteem in the midst of increased academic competitiveness and risk of failure in graduate school?
	{{#ev:youtube\|C64gGJWetFM}}		{{#ev:youtube\|C64gGJWetFM}}


	===How do you pick a lab and advisor?===		===How do you pick a lab and advisor?===
	*How much consideration should you give to the prospective lab's level of equipment and its student culture, to the adviser's ability to maintain funding for graduate students, and to your ability to maintain the research themes you worked on as an undergraduate?		*How much consideration should you give to the prospective lab's level of equipment and its student culture, to the adviser's ability to maintain funding for graduate students, and to your ability to maintain the research themes you worked on as an undergraduate?
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	===How do you pick a research topic?===		===How do you pick a research topic?===
	*What's a Doctor of Philosophy degree anyway, and how does that degree represent the work you'll be doing as a scientist or engineer?		*What's a Doctor of Philosophy degree anyway, and how does that degree represent the work you'll be doing as a scientist or engineer?
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	===What role does an STC play?===		===What role does an STC play?===
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	*What are the advantages and disadvantages of situating your graduate education in an interdisciplinary structure such as an STC?		*What are the advantages and disadvantages of situating your graduate education in an interdisciplinary structure such as an STC?
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	===What about mentoring?===		===What about mentoring?===
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	*How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate student?		*How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate student?
	{{#ev:youtube\|PIirU-EiQ68}}		{{#ev:youtube\|PIirU-EiQ68}}


	===Any other hints for success?===		===Any other hints for success?===
	{{#ev:youtube\|Kmm-ihFei4o}}		{{#ev:youtube\|Kmm-ihFei4o}}


	== Links ==		== Links ==

Smhunter at 18:46, 8 October 2010

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	The following graduate student and post doc interviews were conducted at the national STC Director's meeting in Arlington VA, in September 2010.		The following graduate student and post doc interviews were conducted at the national STC Director's meeting in Arlington VA, in September 2010.

	* Why graduate school?		===Why graduate school?===
	**Is graduate school relevant to careers in industry as well as academia?		*Is graduate school relevant to careers in industry as well as academia?
	**How do you use your existing job experiences (e.g., in a company or in an academic lab) to guide your decisions about graduate school?		*How do you use your existing job experiences (e.g., in a company or in an academic lab) to guide your decisions about graduate school?
	**When should you aim for a Masters degree, and when should your goal be a Ph.D.?		*When should you aim for a Masters degree, and when should your goal be a Ph.D.?
	**How can experience in a community college lead to persistence toward a Ph.D.?		*How can experience in a community college lead to persistence toward a Ph.D.?

	{{#ev:youtube\|QssLE7KIjhg}}		{{#ev:youtube\|QssLE7KIjhg}}

	* How did you pick a graduate school?		===How did you pick a graduate school?===
	**What practical considerations should one make with regard to potential doctoral programs and schools, thesis advisors and fellow graduate students?		*What practical considerations should one make with regard to potential doctoral programs and schools, thesis advisors and fellow graduate students?

	{{#ev:youtube\|r6bnlN2_i8M}}		{{#ev:youtube\|r6bnlN2_i8M}}

	* What about the first year of graduate school?		===What about the first year of graduate school?===
	**What is a comprehensive exam? How is this exam unlike anything one experiences as an undergraduate?		*What is a comprehensive exam? How is this exam unlike anything one experiences as an undergraduate?
	**What is doctoral candidacy and how does life change when you've achieved it?		*What is doctoral candidacy and how does life change when you've achieved it?
	**What is the role of failure in being a graduate student?		*What is the role of failure in being a graduate student?
	**How do you maintain your self esteem in the midst of increased academic competitiveness and risk of failure in graduate school?		*How do you maintain your self esteem in the midst of increased academic competitiveness and risk of failure in graduate school?
	{{#ev:youtube\|C64gGJWetFM}}		{{#ev:youtube\|C64gGJWetFM}}

	* How do you pick a lab and advisor?		===How do you pick a lab and advisor?===
	**How much consideration should you give to the prospective lab's level of equipment and its student culture, to the adviser's ability to maintain funding for graduate students, and to your ability to maintain the research themes you worked on as an undergraduate?		*How much consideration should you give to the prospective lab's level of equipment and its student culture, to the adviser's ability to maintain funding for graduate students, and to your ability to maintain the research themes you worked on as an undergraduate?
	{{#ev:youtube\|SsSigVGIDh8}}		{{#ev:youtube\|SsSigVGIDh8}}

	* How do you pick a research topic?		===How do you pick a research topic?===
	**What's a Doctor of Philosophy degree anyway, and how does that degree represent the work you'll be doing as a scientist or engineer?		*What's a Doctor of Philosophy degree anyway, and how does that degree represent the work you'll be doing as a scientist or engineer?
	{{#ev:youtube\|GWJu-RAsIC8}}		{{#ev:youtube\|GWJu-RAsIC8}}

	* What role does an STC play?		===What role does an STC play?===
	**What networking and collaboration opportunities to STCs afford?		*What networking and collaboration opportunities to STCs afford?
	**How does the process of working with other lab members develop and enforce the knowledge you need to be a successful researcher?		*How does the process of working with other lab members develop and enforce the knowledge you need to be a successful researcher?
	**What are the advantages and disadvantages of situating your graduate education in an interdisciplinary structure such as an STC?		*What are the advantages and disadvantages of situating your graduate education in an interdisciplinary structure such as an STC?
	{{#ev:youtube\|uAkre2qtk5c}}		{{#ev:youtube\|uAkre2qtk5c}}

	* What about mentoring?		===What about mentoring?===
	** ...both your mentoring of others, and your being mentored by others?		* ...both your mentoring of others, and your being mentored by others?
	**Since research is a social pursuit, how does a shy individual cope with asking for the information he or she needs to be successful in the lab?		*Since research is a social pursuit, how does a shy individual cope with asking for the information he or she needs to be successful in the lab?
	**How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate student?		*How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate student?
	{{#ev:youtube\|PIirU-EiQ68}}		{{#ev:youtube\|PIirU-EiQ68}}

	* Any other hints for success?		===Any other hints for success?===
	{{#ev:youtube\|Kmm-ihFei4o}}		{{#ev:youtube\|Kmm-ihFei4o}}

Smhunter at 18:44, 8 October 2010

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	**How does the process of working with other lab members develop and enforce the knowledge you need to be a successful researcher?		**How does the process of working with other lab members develop and enforce the knowledge you need to be a successful researcher?
	**What are the advantages and disadvantages of situating your graduate education in an interdisciplinary structure such as an STC?		**What are the advantages and disadvantages of situating your graduate education in an interdisciplinary structure such as an STC?
	{{#ev:youtube\|~~OQEl070Z0lc~~}}		{{#ev:youtube\|uAkre2qtk5c}}

	* What about mentoring?		* What about mentoring?
	** ...both your mentoring of others, and your being mentored by others?		** ...both your mentoring of others, and your being mentored by others?
	**Since research is a social pursuit, how does a shy individual cope with asking for the information he or she needs to be successful in the lab?		**Since research is a social pursuit, how does a shy individual cope with asking for the information he or she needs to be successful in the lab?
	**How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate student?		**How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate student?
	{{#ev:youtube\|~~Dh9QMWCU3~~-s}}		{{#ev:youtube\|PIirU-EiQ68}}

	* Any other hints for success?		* Any other hints for success?
	{{#ev:youtube\|~~2uIw5DsAkVI~~}}		{{#ev:youtube\|Kmm-ihFei4o}}

	== Links ==		== Links ==

Smhunter at 18:31, 8 October 2010

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	**How can experience in a community college lead to persistence toward a Ph.D.?		**How can experience in a community college lead to persistence toward a Ph.D.?

	{{#ev:youtube\|~~aYqcmfP6PjQ~~}}		{{#ev:youtube\|QssLE7KIjhg}}

	* How did you pick a graduate school?		* How did you pick a graduate school?
	**What practical considerations should one make with regard to potential doctoral programs and schools, thesis advisors and fellow graduate students?		**What practical considerations should one make with regard to potential doctoral programs and schools, thesis advisors and fellow graduate students?

	{{#ev:youtube\|~~dre5lDyz8fo~~}}		{{#ev:youtube\|r6bnlN2_i8M}}

	* What about the first year of graduate school?		* What about the first year of graduate school?
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	**What is the role of failure in being a graduate student?		**What is the role of failure in being a graduate student?
	**How do you maintain your self esteem in the midst of increased academic competitiveness and risk of failure in graduate school?		**How do you maintain your self esteem in the midst of increased academic competitiveness and risk of failure in graduate school?
	{{#ev:youtube\|~~sKXRlGFPa1I~~}}		{{#ev:youtube\|C64gGJWetFM}}

	* How do you pick a lab and advisor?		* How do you pick a lab and advisor?
	**How much consideration should you give to the prospective lab's level of equipment and its student culture, to the adviser's ability to maintain funding for graduate students, and to your ability to maintain the research themes you worked on as an undergraduate?		**How much consideration should you give to the prospective lab's level of equipment and its student culture, to the adviser's ability to maintain funding for graduate students, and to your ability to maintain the research themes you worked on as an undergraduate?
	{{#ev:youtube\|~~fF0sPoIppDE~~}}		{{#ev:youtube\|SsSigVGIDh8}}

	* How do you pick a research topic?		* How do you pick a research topic?
	**What's a Doctor of Philosophy degree anyway, and how does that degree represent the work you'll be doing as a scientist or engineer?		**What's a Doctor of Philosophy degree anyway, and how does that degree represent the work you'll be doing as a scientist or engineer?
	{{#ev:youtube\|~~MyPMXY6s7h0~~}}		{{#ev:youtube\|GWJu-RAsIC8}}

	* What role does an STC play?		* What role does an STC play?
	**What networking and collaboration opportunities to STCs afford?		**What networking and collaboration opportunities to STCs afford?

Cmditradmin at 19:27, 7 October 2010

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	==Keys to Success Videos==		==Keys to Success Videos==
			The following graduate student and post doc interviews were conducted at the national STC Director's meeting in Arlington VA, in September 2010.

	* Why graduate school?		* Why graduate school?
	**Is graduate school relevant to careers in industry as well as academia?		**Is graduate school relevant to careers in industry as well as academia?

Cmditradmin at 16:25, 7 October 2010

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	* What about mentoring?		* What about mentoring?
	** ...both your mentoring of others, and your being mentored by others?		** ...both your mentoring of others, and your being mentored by others?
	**Since research is a social pursuit, how does a shy individual cope with asking for the information he or she needs to be		**Since research is a social pursuit, how does a shy individual cope with asking for the information he or she needs to be successful in the lab?
	successful in the lab?
	**How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate student?		**How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate student?
	{{#ev:youtube\|Dh9QMWCU3-s}}		{{#ev:youtube\|Dh9QMWCU3-s}}

Cmditradmin at 16:24, 7 October 2010

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	==Keys to Success Videos==		==Keys to Success Videos==
	* Why graduate school?		* Why graduate school?
	**Is graduate school relevant to careers in industry as well as		**Is graduate school relevant to careers in industry as well as academia?
	academia?		**How do you use your existing job experiences (e.g., in a company or in an academic lab) to guide your decisions about graduate school?
	o How do you use your existing job experiences (e.g., in a company		**When should you aim for a Masters degree, and when should your goal be a Ph.D.?
	or in an academic lab) to guide your decisions about graduate		**How can experience in a community college lead to persistence toward a Ph.D.?
	school?
	o When should you aim for a Masters degree, and when should your
	goal be a Ph.D.?
	o How can experience in a community college lead to persistence
	toward a Ph.D.?

	{{#ev:youtube\|aYqcmfP6PjQ}}		{{#ev:youtube\|aYqcmfP6PjQ}}

	* How did you pick a graduate school?		* How did you pick a graduate school?
	o What practical considerations should one make with regard to		**What practical considerations should one make with regard to potential doctoral programs and schools, thesis advisors and fellow graduate students?
	potential doctoral programs and schools, thesis advisors and
	fellow graduate students?

	{{#ev:youtube\|dre5lDyz8fo}}		{{#ev:youtube\|dre5lDyz8fo}}

	* What about the first year of graduate school?		* What about the first year of graduate school?
	o What is a comprehensive exam? How is this exam unlike anything		**What is a comprehensive exam? How is this exam unlike anything one experiences as an undergraduate?
	one experiences as an undergraduate?		**What is doctoral candidacy and how does life change when you've achieved it?
	o What is doctoral candidacy and how does life change when you've		**What is the role of failure in being a graduate student?
	achieved it?		**How do you maintain your self esteem in the midst of increased academic competitiveness and risk of failure in graduate school?
	o What is the role of failure in being a graduate student?
	o How do you maintain your self esteem in the midst of increased
	academic competitiveness and risk of failure in graduate school?
	{{#ev:youtube\|sKXRlGFPa1I}}		{{#ev:youtube\|sKXRlGFPa1I}}
	* How do you pick a lab and advisor?		* How do you pick a lab and advisor?
	o How much consideration should you give to the prospective lab's		**How much consideration should you give to the prospective lab's level of equipment and its student culture, to the adviser's ability to maintain funding for graduate students, and to your ability to maintain the research themes you worked on as an undergraduate?
	level of equipment and its student culture, to the adviser's
	ability to maintain funding for graduate students, and to your
	ability to maintain the research themes you worked on as an
	undergraduate?
	{{#ev:youtube\|fF0sPoIppDE}}		{{#ev:youtube\|fF0sPoIppDE}}
	* How do you pick a research topic?		* How do you pick a research topic?
	o What's a Doctor of Philosophy degree anyway, and how does that		**What's a Doctor of Philosophy degree anyway, and how does that degree represent the work you'll be doing as a scientist or engineer?
	degree represent the work you'll be doing as a scientist or
	engineer?
	{{#ev:youtube\|MyPMXY6s7h0}}		{{#ev:youtube\|MyPMXY6s7h0}}
	* What role does an STC play?		* What role does an STC play?
	o What networking and collaboration opportunities to STCs afford?		**What networking and collaboration opportunities to STCs afford?
	o How does the process of working with other lab members develop		**How does the process of working with other lab members develop and enforce the knowledge you need to be a successful researcher?
	and enforce the knowledge you need to be a successful researcher?		**What are the advantages and disadvantages of situating your graduate education in an interdisciplinary structure such as an STC?
	o What are the advantages and disadvantages of situating your
	graduate education in an interdisciplinary structure such as an STC?
	{{#ev:youtube\|OQEl070Z0lc}}		{{#ev:youtube\|OQEl070Z0lc}}
	* What about mentoring?		* What about mentoring?
	o ...both your mentoring of others, and your		** ...both your mentoring of others, and your being mentored by others?
	being mentored by others?		**Since research is a social pursuit, how does a shy individual cope with asking for the information he or she needs to be
	o Since research is a social pursuit, how does a shy individual		successful in the lab?
	cope with asking for the information he or she needs to be		**How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate student?
	successful in the lab?
	o How does being female impact being a successful STEM graduate
	student?
	{{#ev:youtube\|Dh9QMWCU3-s}}		{{#ev:youtube\|Dh9QMWCU3-s}}
	* Any other hints for success?		* Any other hints for success?

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	==Keys to Success Videos==		==Keys to Success Videos==
	* Why graduate school?		* Why graduate school?
	o Is graduate school relevant to careers in industry as well as		**Is graduate school relevant to careers in industry as well as
	academia?		academia?
	o How do you use your existing job experiences (e.g., in a company		o How do you use your existing job experiences (e.g., in a company

Cmditradmin at 16:21, 7 October 2010

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 Here are some links that might help you succeed in College or Graduate School

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