How do you advice PhD students?
How do you advice PhD students?
Career advice: how to supervise a PhD student for the first time
- Starting out.
- Give the feedback you wish you’d received.
- Beware unrealistic expectations.
- Be patient, supportive yet demanding.
- Notice your own foibles.
What do you do in the first year of a PhD?
You will have research and teacher training modules as well. The first year will be about reading the literature and getting a good literature review written. Also refining your potential method and software issues. Aim to get a literature review between 8000-12000 words.
Should I do something else before I do my PhD?
However, some of the best PhD students left academia for a bit before starting graduate school. Doing something else gives you a break from the academic world and can help you gain perspective. Students who decide that they want a PhD enough to return to academia are often extremely motivated and do very well.
How can I find out more about my PhD program?
Actively seek it out from your career center counselors, your professors, the Internet — and especially from alumni from your department who are in or graduated from your desired PhD program. First-hand experiences will almost always trump the knowledge you get second-hand.
When is it okay to change research areas in a PhD?
The transition between college or another research job to a PhD program is one of the main transitions in your life when it is perfectly acceptable to completely change research areas. If you are doing computation, you may want to switch to lab-based work or vice versa.
Does your Career Center send out information about PhD programs?
As far as I know, my career center did not send out much information about PhD programs. Only after applying to programs did I find out that my undergraduate website had a link providing general information applicable to most PhD programs.