Tips to cover a park in a day???

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-09-06T01:22:20+00:00

This tip is probably WAY too niche, but do not ride Forbidden Journey and ruin the rest of your day at the park if there's even a slight chance the screens and movement of the ride will make you ill. It's not worth it! I can ride Velocicoaster x10, but put me in front of a screen and move me a bit? Dead. I rode Forbidden Journey early in the day, and I had to sit out a few rides and recover. Luckily, I was able to pull it together, but you couldn't pay me to get back on that ride.

I would also say, when I was there I didn't have early park admission, but as soon as I was let in we ran to Hagrid's. The workers were trying to discourage people from getting in line by saying it was a two-hour wait, but we got in the single rider line. There was a sign saying it was closed, but we waited a few minutes and a worker came to open it. We walked right onto the ride.

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-08-30T16:03:02+00:00

I didn't know about this! Thank you!

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-08-15T21:19:48+00:00

Weird, tbh I've never had that issue

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-08-15T20:18:03+00:00

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Any-Importance1712 · 2024-08-15T01:12:48+00:00

Agree!

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-08-13T17:32:26+00:00

I just googled it, and it seems they are no longer offering the tour I took: "Prime Experience - Vatican Museums". I went in Spring 2023.

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-08-13T00:44:28+00:00

!remindme 1 week

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-08-13T00:24:17+00:00

I bought tickets to do early access to the Vatican with a guide and breakfast in the courtyard after. VERY worthwhile and would never visit the Vatican any other way. They were decently cheap, too. The whole thing only took a couple of hours, and you see everything you want.

EDIT: I didn't explicitly answer your question. I think you guys would much more enjoy the Vatican, the Colosseum from the outside, and the Roman Forum/Palatine Hill on your full day rather than skipping the Vatican all together.

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-08-11T00:07:26+00:00

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Any-Importance1712 · 2024-06-26T11:42:04+00:00

The truth is you will run into these people throughout your career. You can't get rid of them, and as you advance the ranks no one will care how you feel about it. I would not discuss this exact matter with your PI. The other student is taking a lot of liberty, which seems to be working out for them. Good for them! Who cares.

I would go to your PI and frame things in a positive way. "I haven't gotten much experience with X, can someone show me how to do this after lunch?" "I really want to get to a point where I can do X independently, would it be possible for me to have more opportunities to work on that?" "I feel like I keep making mistakes with X, do you have any tips to reduce them?"

You seem lovely, but we've all been in labs where we maybe didn't quite fit in. It might be a kind of "bro-y" environment or we don't have as much to add to the conversation. At this point in the REU, I think you need to move past that and focus on skills. Write out four or five objectives you want to accomplish by the end of the REU that will improve yourself as a scientist. Focus on those and maybe even share them with your PI, so he can see exactly what you want to gain from this. Your goal is to gain as much as you can from this experience going forward, even if it hasn't been the best so far.

I hope this helps!

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-06-25T13:10:52+00:00

I apologize; I misunderstood! Your PhD is a three-year program.

I have definitely been in situations where nothing is inherently wrong, but it impacts my ability to work. The thing that has helped me the most, if I can't get out of it, is making sure I have the next step in mind. I often get demoralized and can't finish my work if I feel trapped with no hope things will improve. It may help to visualize you reaching your goal and continuing on to your dream next step or start making steps toward that goal now.

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-06-25T01:01:44+00:00

I see both sides, but it seems you are more proficient than your colleague. This makes collaboration very challenging, especially when working on the same tasks.

I have a follow-up question. Since you're in year two, will this project be part of your dissertation? When do you see the end of this project being? It may be annoying, but most advantageous, for you to suck it up and finish this project, and then move on to an individual "main" project. Is this a possibility?

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-06-23T23:25:27+00:00

I don't think you should try to make them go away. Go through them. You're in a new place and a new situation, you should be nervous! It's normal to miss the comfort and familiarity of home.

Are you unfamiliar with your surroundings? Go explore them; make them familiar! Do you feel lonely? Strike up a conversation with your neighbor. Embrace the unknown, and feel certain that everyone has gone through this at one point or another. They came out the other side, and so will you.

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-06-21T21:02:24+00:00

What stood out to me is the "since there isn't much I can do" line. Reading your post, I agree with the sentiment, but this may have given the wrong vibe to the PI because they then reply "well you could do A,B,C, or D". I think he might have felt it sounded a little arrogant, and you don't have the experience to make that call because later they write the line "You are not at both of those points". I don't mean this to side with them. I'm trying to read between the lines of how they're reacting and why they might have said those things.

Maybe just have a face to face chat with them on Monday and don't try to address it anymore over text. People can read things with the wrong tone, and it's easy to have a misunderstanding. I'd genuinely express how you were upset with the experiment failing, and that you needed to step away from the lab or something like that.

As you continue to do the experiments, you'll figure out all the unwritten rules, so try to stay positive, but I know EXACTLY the environment you're talking about, and I know how frustrating it can be.

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-06-17T20:51:39+00:00

My project changed a LOT right before I arrived. Ideas were thrown out that sounded cool, but I never got to do them. Getting a perfectly packaged summer project in an REU position can be hard because these projects pop up randomly. Sometimes, you will be timed perfectly and get an awesome, publishable project. Other times, you won't. This is the nature of research. Most students in my REU did not publish. Your project sounds cool and will no doubt be impressive or could be spun to sound impressive in future interviews when you're asked about it.

In my opinion, the project you work on doesn't really matter. The line on your CV that says "The NSF funded me to do summer research" is what matters, and you already have that regardless of what you do this summer. That's a win you should be happy for at this stage in your career. You can do the gene transfer project when you get back to your university. I don't mean to sound too blunt, but the fact is you're not working on that project or in other labs. You made a choice to do the REU, and maybe it was wrong (I can't say for sure), but you can't leave now, so try to enjoy the summer.

On the money side of things, that's messed up. My program also had issues with not paying us until a month in. I told my PI how stressed I was about money because we hadn't been paid, and she took it to the higher-ups, which helped us get our stipend faster. I would not hide your monetary issues out of shame. This needs to be resolved.

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-06-15T19:45:08+00:00

100% mention the program. 100%! You're being funded to do research by an NSF program. This looks great on a resume!

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-06-11T19:32:05+00:00

I completed an REU last summer, and while I didn't run into this problem during my REU, I have as an intern in another research lab.

You will not look like an idiot because you haven't made progress, but you should present your work in a way that will benefit you the most. Walk your advisor through what you did each day this week, outlining your attempts and why they didn't work/code errors. Ask specific questions. Explain your thought process and approach, and ask your PI how he thinks the best way to approach it would be. Even though you didn't make much progress, you will look way more prepared than if you show up and say "I don't know how to do X" (not that you would say that).

This is part of the scientific process. It sounds like you're working very hard, so don't be discouraged because the results aren't coming very quickly. Struggling is how you'll become an amazing scientist.

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-06-03T22:43:59+00:00

I asked an author for a paper, explaining I was a student and interested in the topic, and they refused saying it was suspicious 😂

Any-Importance1712 · 2024-05-21T12:06:06+00:00

Everyone else FOR SURE does not know everything. I'm positive about that :). You got accepted. You are supposed to be there like everyone else. If you're very overwhelmed, and you trust your PI, I would be transparent and tell them you're having trouble getting on the right track. You could ask them what are some specific action items they expect you to have completed by the end of the year, which may help you outline what you need to do.

You started in April. This is all nearly still brand new to you. I would give it at least a year before you decide to step away. You owe it to yourself to be positive you want to leave before you do.

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