Tag Archives: Graduate Life
Be yourself and don’t take things too seriously
It’s almost a year since I came Rutgers as a graduate student, and I have to say: “Oh, I love it here!” To new graduate students, I’d like to share my experience here with you: don’t take things too seriously, … Continue reading
The Hidden Virtues of Wasting Time
For the benefit of the incoming graduate students, my department in college used to take surveys of everyone about what they would do if they were starting graduate school over again. (They called this “Starting Over,” and it was such … Continue reading
Research Methodologies in Laboratory Sciences- The Joys of Analytical Instrumentation
Obtaining a graduate degree would be so much easier if the analytical instrumentation would just work…For those of you would don’t have to run various chromatography instruments (ICs, HPLCs, GCs), thermo-cyclers, spectrophotometers, or any of the other numerous finicky pieces … Continue reading
Balancing Being a TA with Your Coursework
Keeping with the theme of being a TA, which I agree has been a valuable experience, I am going to expand on Alexandra’s second point: Time Management. Being a TA at Rutgers commits you to 15 hours of work per … Continue reading
Benefits to Being a TA
When I was first looking into graduate school programs, I was attempting to avoid having to teach at all costs. However life, and especially research funding, does not always work out as planned. I’ve been a TA now for several … Continue reading
Impressions of New Jersey
I thought I would make my first contribution to the blog some thoughts about what everyone at Rutgers seems to have an opinion on: New Jersey. One of the most stigmatized states, you’ll get different responses when you ask someone … Continue reading
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