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    Questions to Ask During Grad School Interviews
    ataleof2phds
    • Jan 28

    Questions to Ask During Grad School Interviews

    Grad school interview season is upon many of you, so in this post we are passing down what we learned in our experiences to address some ...
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    Lessons Learned: Preliminary Exam
    ataleof2phds
    • Dec 17, 2020

    Lessons Learned: Preliminary Exam

    Hellloooo from the other side! We’re so happy to announce that we have both successfully passed our prelim exams! Some programs may refer...
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    Undergrad 2.0 and Other Myths About Grad School
    ataleof2phds
    • Sep 6, 2020

    Undergrad 2.0 and Other Myths About Grad School

    Grad school is just undergrad 2.0 and other misconceptions about grad school
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    PhD Tools: Using a Reference Manager to Organize Your Literature Reviews
    Phuong
    • Aug 7, 2020

    PhD Tools: Using a Reference Manager to Organize Your Literature Reviews

    I have to admit--reading science papers is something that I (more often than not) prioritize last. Ayumi posted last week about a maratho...
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    Literature Review Marathon
    Ayumi
    • Jul 28, 2020

    Literature Review Marathon

    Is it just me or does anyone else feel hopelessly behind on literature review? You may have heard of the Dunning-Kruger Effect, "a cognit...
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    Lab Home Decision Day!
    ataleof2phds
    • May 4, 2020

    Lab Home Decision Day!

    In our program, May 1st is another type of commitment day. We have to decide on our lab home! The first three quarters of our program is ...
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    Selfcare Sunday: Tips for Working From Home
    Ayumi
    • Apr 27, 2020

    Selfcare Sunday: Tips for Working From Home

    Here are my tips to stay physically and mentally happy with all this screentime.
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    Tips For Women Pursuing STEM
    ataleof2phds
    • Apr 15, 2020

    Tips For Women Pursuing STEM

    Our university and state has a pretty radical history when it comes to women’s rights. The very first person to graduate from the Univers...
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    Choosing a Rotation/Permanent Lab
    ataleof2phds
    • Apr 2, 2020

    Choosing a Rotation/Permanent Lab

    For some of you, you are about to make the huge decision of where you'll be committing 5+ years of your life to. We know you might be und...
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    Choosing a Grad School
    ataleof2phds
    • Apr 1, 2020

    Choosing a Grad School

    So you’ve submitted your applications, interviewed at a few schools, and gotten your acceptances; now you need to commit to a program.
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