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A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
Eh. Maybe. but don’t discount those phds who were pushed through the process because their advisors were just exhausted by them. i have known too many 10th year students. They weren’t determined or hardworking. They simply couldn’t face up to their shit decisions, bad luck, or intellectual limits.
Pushed through? In my experience those candidates are encouraged to drop out.
There are practical matters, some quite controversial, that you aren’t considering.
Probably. What are you referring to exactly?
Let’s just say that demographics play a critical role in future grant applications.
Not everywhere, I guess. The advisor needs to show good numbers to the ~~stakeholders~~ board, after all
I think that's on the entrance selection committee, not the supervisor. (Although they are probably part of that committee)
I don't know for sure, but my advisor used to worry about the amount of successful PhD graduates, because of the department quota, iirc
on the other hand
his quota was not too high, and he allowed me to enroll and was okay with me, although I said in advance that I will likely become a drop outDepends if its profitable or not, including in the long run.
Yes. Short term easy passes come at the expense of sacrificing long term reputation.