r/GradSchoolAdvice

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Where grad students can pass the knowledge along

r/GradSchoolAdvice

For newer grad students or anyone seeking advice and support regarding grad school. Come on down and ask away.

Created Jan 18, 2015

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This is a place specifically designed for veteran grad students giving advice to new, current, and potential grad students. It's similar to the r/GradSchool and r/gradadmissions subreddits, but more geared toward guidance for the recently initiated or potential additions to our esteemed group. For instance, if you got a grant or finished your thesis and you want to post to celebrate, head on over to r/GradSchool. If you want to know tips on how to write a paper or how to approach your adviser, this is the place to be (although r/GradSchool could probably take care of you as well). You can ask most things grad school related, and feel free to unload all your worries and insecurities. We won't judge and we'll support you. And if you have any links you think will be beneficial to the community, feel free to post them, even if it's your own content. Just please make sure it's relevant and is actually designed to help other grad students and we won't have a problem.

Rules:

1.) Be civil, I trust you know what that means.

2.) All new posts must be related to grad school.

3.) Do NOT ask "what are my chances of getting into [blank] program?". The short answer is we don't know. If you do ask this, your post will be removed. Alternative questions would be "How do I compensate for this weakness in my application?" or "I'm not sure which program to select out of these choices. Here are the pros and cons. What are your thoughts?" or "I'm anxious about grad school admission, what should I do to feel better?"

Also, please refrain from asking questions about specific universities unless you provide a general context. Chances are, we do not go to that university so we can't provide advice about it.

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