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28 Apr, 3 tweets, 1 min read
I worked at MIT, nights weekends & holidays, for 5.5 yrs as a grad. I am still working nights/wknds to finish up several projects from my PhD.

Today they emailed to inform me I was overpaid during my employment by $197 & I need to pay before they’ll confer my degree 😎
Thank you for validating the ridiculousness of this, Twitter.
Luckily repayment is easy because they have a full website set up for this 🤣
In full transparency I paid this and my $100 thesis submission fee (🙄) this morning, but your shared outrage made it feel less terrible🤜🤛
Onwards and upwards 💸 !

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Lauren Stopfer Profile picture
28 Jan
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. Image
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.
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.
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14 Aug 20
Spent the last 8 wks working as an intern at a biotech hedge fund, very different from being at the lab bench. Top learnings I'll be applying to my PhD [1/x]:
1. Identify the key risk in any project and pursue it aggressively. If the project is going to fail, find out quickly.
2. Go deeper. Think you've found your answer? Keep reading. The literature is rich with information to be gleaned, even if it isn't stated overtly.
3. At the same time- be efficient with lit review. Know what you are looking for, and chase the answer(s) with intention.
3. Communication is key. Slide design is king. Nobody cares what you have to say if you can't present it in a way that is digestable. @BECLmit skills really came in handy.
4. Don't spend time guessing what your supervisors want. Just ask, and adjust accordingly.
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