Officially earned my PhD from @MITdeptofBE!
Here’s 1 lesson I learned in each year of grad school:🧵
1. Pick advisors that care about you. Not just the science, but your happiness & life goals. Your life WILL fall apart ≥1 time in grad school & you will need advisor support.
Here’s 1 lesson I learned in each year of grad school:🧵
1. Pick advisors that care about you. Not just the science, but your happiness & life goals. Your life WILL fall apart ≥1 time in grad school & you will need advisor support.
2. Pick committee members following the same criteria. You will not regret this.
3. Not everyone will like you, and not everyone is meant to stay in your life forever. It okay to let people go.
4. It’s also okay to let ideas and projects go.
3. Not everyone will like you, and not everyone is meant to stay in your life forever. It okay to let people go.
4. It’s also okay to let ideas and projects go.
5. *IMPORTANT* Take time to learn about what your lab mates are working on, in detail. But also, take time to learn about who your lab mates are as people. Nobody is ever “too busy” to help someone they care about, but you have to WORK to build that relationship.
6. Don’t let your definition of whether a day was “good” or “bad” depend solely on whether your experiments worked. It’s a fast spiral downwards.
In summary, you can’t do this alone, & that’s okay! There will be good months, there will be bad years. Persevere! You’ve got this!
In summary, you can’t do this alone, & that’s okay! There will be good months, there will be bad years. Persevere! You’ve got this!
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