Answer by user21025 for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I warn...
Just like with anything else in life, you need to represent your employer/department/whoever in a positive light while also being honest.When I am in a similar situation as this, I turn "this sucks"...
View ArticleAnswer by Blaisorblade for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I...
Imagine, as a thought experiment, making your points in an argumentative text—a paper*— that should pass peer review by your department (assuming intellectual honesty on their part) — so that you have...
View ArticleAnswer by RoboKaren for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I warn...
I may be going against the grain of other faculty, but I want incoming students to have informed consent about our program. Like every other place, we have areas that we are proud about and we have...
View ArticleAnswer by optimal control for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I...
Let students discover by themselves that it is not a good program. You can do this by asking questions that send signals to guide them to another program.By the way, are you sure that this program is...
View ArticleAnswer by Leandro Lima for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I...
Try to ask the opposite question: what characteristics does someone need to have not to hate this program?Different people value different things. So to be happy there someone must put a lot of value...
View ArticleAnswer by Daniel for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I warn...
If you have the opportunity to socialize with a few of them in a more private fashion, for instance by going out at night with a small group, then maybe you have a chance to do it inconspicuously.If...
View ArticleAnswer by user3326185 for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I warn...
It would be best to keep your bitterness and negativity to yourself. You won't succeed in convincing anyone, and the only person who will end up looking bad is you.
View ArticleAnswer by StrongBad for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I warn...
I personally do not think you can warn perspective students without ruining your reputation at a departmentally sponsored event. If your department asks you, or even just provides an opportunity, to...
View ArticleAnswer by Anonymous for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I warn...
lack of funding, Here I think you can be straightforward. Probably the faculty are just as disappointed as you are.administration being uncaring towards students, I don't know exactly what this means;...
View ArticleAnswer by Matthew Leingang for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I...
You'll probably end up in conversations with the prospectives about the other schools they're considering. Then you can highlight differences between your school and the other school without making...
View ArticleAnswer by Piotr Migdal for I am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I...
Focus on facts, rather than your emotional impressions.Don't try to overgeneralize. Say what didn't work for you, rather than imply that it does not work for everyone (unless everyone agrees) or it...
View ArticleI am a PhD student and hate it here. How can I warn prospective students...
On the one hand, I want to warn students not to come to my program. On the other hand, I don't want to be "that one," and I also don't want to tarnish the reputation of the specific people I worked...
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