what the fuck am i getting myself into with this grad school stuff

all you can do is do the work! and then the work will be done!
all you can do is do the work! and then the work will be done!
all you can do is do the work! and then the work will be done!
all you can do is do the work! and then the work will be done!

^^ this is the most otm thing about <s>grad school</s> life that has ever been said

endless group projects, some programs even have you keep the same group through the whole load. either way you will get to know your fellow inmates so try not to make any enemies or they will shank you in the shower (aka peer evaluation forms).

xpost lol modbot f'd up the code

i drank way more beer and was way more social in grad school than in undergrad, or even in non-school life (but it took me way too long to finish gradschool).

bell, that is a lot - you can do it, but as you know, you will not be very social and prob not even be able to drink very much beer b/c of hangovers being no good for tight schedules

all you can do is do the work! and then the work will be done!
is the mantra that got me to finish

make sure your boyfriend knows that you are really scared and stressed out about this and that over the next year even if you are in a bad mood and snappy you really do like him and appreciate his support and when its all over you guys will go somewhere nice for a weekend

is this your 5th grad school thread?

lol u counting

Dude, n/a, Library School is easy. So easy.
I have already taken ten hours towards my MLS while working full time at a University Library. I applied for the Master's program but my fucking GRE Math score kept me out. Really sucks. I took College Algebra a few times before I finally passed. I looked at the study materials for the GRE math and just shrugged, "yeah, I don't know this stuff." Bad idea.
Now I need to get into a program or get a tutor, I have to relearn Algebra. For fucking Libraries. Don't undertand.

not to be an ass, but i did see this title and think, 'another one?!'
xpost

why do you care?

who said anyone cares?

ok, that sounded snarkier than it should have.

i don't care, i just noticed. there's a difference.

also is a bit funny since ppl always used to get all postal when someone started a thread on a topic that'd been previously discussed.

i mean, you won't have to do organic chemistry, that's gotta count for something

-- rrrobyn, Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:21 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^^^^ real talk

also i start doctor school a week from tomorrow and i am scared shitless

mostly because i forgot everything about science :-/

wtf is a "mitochondria"

well, you cared enough to make a comment about it.

aw dude you forgot mitochondria? mitochondria and ribosomes and golgi bodies are like the coolest things

all doin' the work to make the nucleus look good

lol gbx!!! u better party hard this weekend

lol I remembered that one! xp

xps tom otm

Even if I could do the math, I think a grad school class in finance would put me to sleep within 5 minutes.

grad school = pain and suffering

but then you're done, and people are, like throwing money and healthcare at you.

also rrrrobyn/bell i have one of the fruitier BAs and i still managed to trick people into thinking i should be allowed to cut a guy legally, so there's that. but then i also had to do 18 months of doctoring pre-school and take a dumb test and then chill for a year, forgetting everything.

xp i was kidding about mitochondria and cellular stuff. it's mostly orgo i've let slip.

woah evan wtg!

deej: that is in the cards, yes. big party, i will keep you posted

also is a bit funny since ppl always used to get all postal when someone started a thread on a topic that'd been previously discussed.

-- tehresa, Tuesday, July 29, 2008 5:07 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I got bitched out for this by Ned in my first thread!

check yr email gbx

i should have given flash cards to all the people i delivered to this winter.

"sign here"

"ok....what is the conjugate base of hydrazoic acid?"

"....shit"

all you need to know about mitochondria:

http://infodome.sdsu.edu/about/depts/spcollections/exhibits/1002/images/lengle.jpg

you will learn a lot, but you will also get fat

its hydrazoic acid minus one hydrogen

sheesh, you have to memorize names to be a doctor?!?

i still managed to trick people into thinking i should be allowed to cut a guy legally

the truth is that i would really like to cut people open and fix stuff. but doctor school seems like crazy talk for me. right now. and i still want to be a communications/writer/journalist person on one very important level.

p.s. gbx i keep forgetting to tell you that you rule for doing all the work and getting in and being almost actually in med school!!

bah, i really hated grad school. i hated it, and didn't finish, which i might hate more. i had an exceptionally bad run of luck when i was there, tho.

i say, if you want to work in finance, then you're absolutely doing the right thing and you'll be just fine. it's supposed to be hard! otherwise it wouldn't be worth much.

i dunno v, i was just making stuff up. i guess that's what they have PDAs for now.

i did just order an anatomical atlas, though, and will be remembering the names of parts on a dead person for about two months straight starting next week.

bell: get a RPN calculator. <3 <3 <3

http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/74421824/318380

Good luck to both of you. My application goes in next week and fingers crossed I will be in the same boat come january.

ps thanx rrrrrrrrrrobyn.

you should be a nurse and then do journalism about it

i just want gbx to be able to prescribe me some of the fun drugs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atul_Gawande

gbx i already have one of these babies
http://salestores.com/stores/images/images_747/HP12C.jpg

I've thought about the nursing thing too but I'm still undecided. We'll see how I feel after I finish MA in January.

Bell - you can do it. It's only a year. It's going to be tough but also so worth it!

oh i see you just totaled how much you're spending on books

xp

you don't need a prescription for SMILES, kevin!

just as you cant crush a smile and snort it through a straw either evan.

http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/5349409/2/istockphoto_5349409_smiley_face_button.jpg + http://www.prezzybox.com/data/media/5370.jpg

gbx what school are you going to? what kind of doctorer are you wanting to be?

lol i have that calculator

wife hates the reverse polish

minnesota.

right now i want to do either emerg. med. or pediatrics or both. basically i want to do aid work abroad, and they're desperate for primary care docs and ER docs.

i just wish they had some kind of military/indian health service style debt relief program for people that want to work in the third world R U LISTENIN BILL GATES

then again, surgery is basically the coolest shit ever, but i will actually be forty years old when i get out of residency :-/

xp wife is crazy dogg, polish is the jam. i have trouble with other calculators now

so lol, ten years after posting itt about starting my Ph.D. program, and a year and a half out from posting itt about defending the diss, i am now considering going back to school for a masters in library science. am i insane? is it just that the grass looks greener?

REASONS I AM THINKING ABOUT THIS:

* 9-5 structure might really be way better for me psychologically
* i'm detail-oriented, i like logging and organizing things
* really enjoyed the one year i spent with an internship as a processing archivist
* want to remain adjacent to/involved in research, humanities, scholarship, etc.

REASONS IT MIGHT JUST BE "GRASS IS GREENER":

* whole scholarly 'job market' just wigs me out
* i am not overflowing with great ideas for things to research/publish, which wigs me out
* certain aspects of teaching also make me pretty anxious/wigged-out

wtf am i getting myself into with this going BACK to grad school stuff?

the great question of course: how much is my interest in a lateral move driven by the innate qualities of this field, versus the specifics of my current adjunct situation?

(obviously unknowable)

pic.twitter.com/bRB59YKk3Q

— gal debored (@ckayerawlings) October 2, 2022

Can you get funded? :)

would be a very important thing to figure out! a lot of programs advertise that they have fellowships, TAships, etc., but by itself that doesn't necessarily mean much.

end of phd/preparing to go on academic job market is one of the worst parts of my life

i'm in this permanent state of crisis where i have an enormous amount of very hard work to do, but the anxiety/stress is crippling and i end up procrastinating way more than i should, which then feedback loops into more stress because i'm not making sufficient progress

Best wishes. If it makes you feel better, even the thought of “that” part of the process was enough to steer me away from the phd, at least for now.