Coincidentally, a friend in a different university and state found herself in a similar situation as I: student didn’t take final/do final paper. While I have personally never been in this situation, from the student side, here’s what we both felt would’ve made these situations a lot better. Inform the grader/professor/TA immediately. It sounds very [...]

The woeful negligence of this blog has partially been me over-committing myself this school year, as well as making good progress on my research project. The thing with research is it has its highs and lows for a million reasons. The plus side of being on the “high” side is I’m making progress. The down [...]

My S3 arrived back last week, and while I missed it, I was surprised in the ways in which I did not. I text for work, I keep my calendar on my phone, use Evernote for my grocery lists and meeting notes, and like browsing stories online. However, as cumbersome as it was to be [...]

It’s almost New Year’s Eve. Even though I know the calendar year doesn’t symbolize much for me (there’s still another semester on the horizon), I can’t help but be reflective on the past year as the news and everyone else I know seems to be doing so. Despite my hopes, 2012 has been one of [...]

My pilot study goes through periods of activity and periods of inactivity. This wouldn’t be a problem except I cannot anticipate when one will hit; with doing interviews, I have to go when people are available. The pilot study was a good idea, as my methodology is slightly changing; for those who don’t know, a [...]

Now that I’m completely work from home, my sense of time is strange. I work every single day. Not a lot, but every day consists of my part-time job, research, and fun things. I’m starting to get a little lost on which day is which; yesterday, I repeatedly checked my calendar to ensure I was [...]

Despite finals having end for me about 2 weeks ago, life hasn’t stopped. We’re still in midst of hiring process that will hopefully be over soon. I haven’t had quite as much time for research-related things as a result. My goals are to complete my comprehensive exams in the course of the next month and [...]

I *think* I had mentioned in a post awhile back that my long-term boyfriend and I had ended our relationship. That has opened the possibility of dating and one or two people have been inquiring about that part of my life. Being in grad school and having no interest in using online dating services (sometimes, [...]

The past month I’ve talking to many people about grad/professional school and goals and the like. Everyone I’ve talked is at various stages of degrees, from undergrads to almost finished PhDs. One conversation in particular inspired this post; someone was interested in completing a program because of the end result: a doctorate. I’m not convinced [...]

After an application fell through, due to not having a cosigner and not being able to get one, I’ve made the decision I’m not moving. I can’t find a landlord willing to take me on as a tenant because I’m a grad student and am tired of searching for something that may not exist. It [...]