Research Advice

Why should you do research in undergrad You are here, so I imagine you must have already come to the conclusion that doing research during your undergradaute career would be at least SOMEWHAT intriguing. But let’s convince you why anyone in any STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) major should at least dabble their feet […]

Hello! This blog is a bit more of a heart to heart with myself, but I hope by sharing this it might help at least a couple prospective or first year PhD students like myself. Take notes Take notes all the time on everything, even when learning things like a new lab machine. You never […]

The biggest question I get asked about graduate school, after asking about my research, is whether graduate school lives up to the “all work, no play” mantra many associate with a life in academia. To answer this question: no, I strive to have a strong balance between my life in the lab and fun beyond […]

Reading should be straight forward. Books draw the reader in and make you want to read more. News articles have catchy titles and cool images. Scientific papers, however, seem to do everything in their power to detract from an enjoyable reading experience. The culture of science and scientific writing praises those who find more complex […]

I hadn’t heard of impostor syndrome until a couple of months into graduate school. I felt out of my league and completely stupid compared to my colleagues and lab mates. After feeling this way for a while, I finally had the courage to bring it up with one of the older graduate students in my […]

So you got through the applications and the excruciating waiting time, and you just received the email to schedule an interview with the graduate school program! Congratulations! We are going to quickly walk through how you can prepare yourself before to ace your graduate school interviews! Search the school’s offer rate from the applicant pool […]

Hi there! So many people are applying to Ph.D.s nowadays to get a leg ahead in their career, join academia, or simply because they don’t want to leave the lab. Whatever category you fall into, applying to a science graduate school is a beast in of itself and it’s hard to make heads or tails […]