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I need a little motivation right now – a nice reminder of why I wanted to be a scientist and why I get up every morning to go to work, even on the most unglamorous…
I feel stuck and I don’t know why. I’m going to my dream grad school. I’m working in a discipline that I love. And I’ve successfully survived my first year. I’ve even…
Once you’ve done something that’s got you results, writing the analysis should be easy, right? After all, it’s you who has done the work, you know why you did it, you…
- Shruti Turner
- May 21, 2019
Why is the PhD, more often than not, framed as a long, arduous, lonely trudge, as opposed to a challenging, stimulating, and ultimately empowering thing? Why isn’t there…
- Sherran Clarence
- May 21, 2019
I made the difficult decision of pursuing a PhD in the UK. I felt that it suited both my background and future plans, better than the US graduate programs. I knew it…
- Erin MacDonald
- May 21, 2019
I wasn’t sure how I’d feel after defending my PhD. Would I be disillusioned and depressed? Most people finish their PhDs in a flurry of advancing deadlines and semi…
- Claire Jarvis
- May 21, 2019
The highlight of my experience at the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology Community Education Program was inspiring the next generation to be stewards of the land and…
- Lyndsey Tanabe
- May 21, 2019
I began my doctoral comprehensive exam last week. I am ready to be a doctor and move on from life in the classroom. However, it doesn’t seem like this is going to be the…
- Katherine Hart
- May 21, 2019
I’m nearly two months into my PhD in a new university, in a new city. So you would think I’d be getting settled right about now. At least I would think I should at least…
- Shruti Turner
- May 21, 2019
There wasn’t any doubt that I would go to college one day. Learning was my passion. I could see right in front of me just how much more difficult life is for those who…