Category: Graduate School
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In our August “how can we help you?” thread, a reader writes: I had a friend in grad school who struggled to get papers done and took a ton of Incomplete grades, which they then had trouble finishing up. But, for all that, they went on to have a spectacularly successful career (with tenure) at…
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A reader writes in by email: I’m so sorry the OP is going through this, and I empathize deeply. When I started this blog in 2012, I wrote a few posts about some similar struggles that I went though. I barely made it through, and over the years I’ve also known a lot of other…
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A reader writes in: Do readers have any helpful insights to share?
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In our May “how can we help you?” thread, a reader asks: I wasn’t aware that PhD students outside of the US might not have dissertation committees–but in any case, in the US a PhD student has to ask a group of faculty (usually 3?) to supervise their dissertation. The committee, which has a Chair,…