I confess, my intentions for writing this particular post were, at least, 50% self-serving. I have a 4-month old, I’m in my final year, and I’m trying to get through this game. So I thought I’d take the opportunity to…
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Posted in Families, Finances, General, Kingston, New Students, Student Parent Tagged with: funding, maternity/parental leave, resources, student parent, tips
So you want to be an Epidemiologist…
Last week, my Gradifying co-author Amanda highlighted how her degree is structured. Today, I’ll be talking about the degrees offered by the Department of Public Health Sciences. There are six factors that differentiate programs: the degree structure, courses, comps, research…
Posted in General, New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis Tagged with: being awesome, comprehensive exams, degree progress, existential crises, funding, General, Grad Student Life, Kingston, new students, productivity, publish, Student perspective, student-supervisor relationship, TA, teaching, thesis
Welcome to Graduate School!
Hello there! The SGPS Orientation flyer is being mailed out, and so we’re expecting lots of new people checking out the site and going through the archives. To make your life easier though, I thought I’d summarize some of my…
Posted in General, Kingston, New Students, Student Perspective Tagged with: bottle post, degree progress, existential crises, frosh week, funding, grad life is fraught, Grad Student Life, hashtags, humour, Kingston, orientation, productivity, secret hidden hashtag, SGPS, student-supervisor relationship, time management, Union
Concrete Planning Tools (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love my Daytimer)
Speaking of travel, on the heels of Rachel’s last post, I’ve been away myself for a few weeks circumnavigating Mediterranean with my wife. Most recently I was on Turkey time, which is why I’m posting at such an odd hour;…
Graduate Student Roundtable Part 2
Ed Note: I originally posted this on my blog Mr Epidemiology, but given that we’re in the midst of grad school application season, I thought it would be relevant to our readers. I posted Part 1 last week, and this is…
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis Tagged with: comprehensive exams, degree progress, funding, Grad Student Life, thesis, time management
Graduate Student Roundtable Part 1
Ed Note: I originally posted this on my blog Mr Epidemiology, but given that we’re in the midst of grad school application season, I thought it would be relevant to our readers. I’ve included the first part of the roundtable…
Posted in New Students, Student Perspective, Thesis Tagged with: degree progress, funding, Grad Student Life, student-supervisor relationship
Reference Letters: Who to ask and how to ask for them! Liz Lemon helps us out
At some point in your graduate education you’ll have to ask for a letter of reference. It might be for a funding application (see my previous post) or it might be for another program (med school, law school, PhD programs…
Applying For Funding: Big Bang Theory GIFs and The Joy of Personal Statements
Applying for funding is a tough, but necessary, part of the graduate school experience. But luckily, I’m going to be writing about it in my post today, with GIFs from The Big Bang Theory! If you hope to continue in…
“Welcome! You’re now a card-carrying member of Queen’s” and “The argument from analogy: Even if the funding boat has sailed, it’s never too late to get back on the financial horse”
We’ve had a bit of a hiccup with this week’s intended SGPS post about grad Orientation, but we’ll be bringing that to you within the week. Instead, I’m bringing you a few highlights, reminders, and a reader question that could…
Posted in Events, Finances, New Students Tagged with: awards, funding, orientation, resource fair, student ID