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Being from Russia, the idea of paying 5-6 digit sums for a university education sounds ludicrous. I understand that prices in the US are different but surely there have to be cheaper options. Besides, …
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Americans spend 12 years in school which is more than in many places, yet, when they come to university, they continue to study a general education program that may be unrelated to their major. My …
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As a PhD student and a post-doc, I always liked being a TA, and I always considered teaching as a natural duty for grad students and faculty. In the end, universities are and should be mainly about …
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On the one hand, weaker students benefit greatly from studying with good students, and it’s helpful for the good student to be able to explain a concept to weaker students as well. On the other hand, …
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We are towards the end of a graduate level course of about 20 students, and its time for course evaluation. The instructor is fairly new (just graduated from Ph.D a year ago) and is not a native …
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A student often sends me emails asking obvious (homework) questions whose answers can easily be found in the teaching materials. I do not always keep the teaching materials with me, so I cannot reply …
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I have already finished my Mathematics Ph.D. application form for several universities. However, I noticed that my email address in my CV and personal information contains the number “666”, …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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I have to send my doctoral dissertation to the members of my committee and I wonder how I should write the email. It is not a question of inviting them to be on the committee (they have already agreed …
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Today we (professors + teaching assistants) proctored a midterm exam for a class of about 80 students. There was undoubtedly a “hardest” question on the exam, since nearly the entire classroom of …
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I’ve heard of people transferring between graduate schools because of their advisor moving to another school and taking their students with them. Do students ever transfer for other reasons? If a …
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I have the following degrees: PhD in Information Technology (Computer Science concentration) MS in Systems Engineering (MSE) MS in Engineering Management (MEM) BS in Computer Science What would a …
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This situation is not uncommon; in my case, I have to submit abstract for conference in September by the end of January already. But the problem is I have no results yet. I’m pretty sure that in those …
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I’m a female student studying computer science (CS). Some of the male CS students have given me a physical ranking compared to other female CS students, and it has me really upset, but I don’t know …
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I’m in the process of applying for master of “Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems” in VU university. The university requires me to write a letter describing why I deserve a scholarship. I have …
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Can you answer these questions?
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My typical experience with examinations is that when a question expects a student to use a function provided in a previous question that the current question will make this explicit. I recently took …
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In STEM fields, US universities often spend 5+ months to finalize their decisions on assistant professorship positions, while UK universities do the same in almost a month. where do German …
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I signed a contract for a 6-year tenure-track professorship in a European University a few weeks ago. Recently, I received an Agreement document between me and the University, whose main objective is …
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