PhDSucceed

The New York Times published an astonishing and depressing article  yesterday about the lengths to which some Chinese students and their fa...

One of the most fun and occasionally overwhelming aspects of research is learning about other discoveries in the field. Conferences can help...

A statement of purpose for a science PhD program is nothing like the essays one might write for college, medical school, or undergraduate sc...

This is one of those things that seems increasingly obvious in retrospect, but I still understand why people don't do it. If this isn...

For people who have interviews approaching, here's a short, preparatory (and probably mostly self-evident) checklist for the campus visi...

Thank everyone with whom you met for >15 min! This means graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and administrators. A simple email shoul...

Disclaimer: I haven't seen any randomized, controlled studies that test the hypotheses (read: opinions) below.* That said, I've expe...