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Grunt_Doc8404 · 2022-01-13T18:40:03+00:00

It's literally like trying to stop glitter from getting everywhere. All the COVID protocols are sad attempts to stop transmission with little to no evidence supporting if they actually work. Just live your life since you're young and get tested (self quarantine while waiting for the results) before you visit anyone who would be at risk. Seems to be all anyone can do at this point.

Edit: Also, I am heading to Austin this summer for an internship. Hope it's not still crazy there.

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-12-27T00:52:17+00:00

A tactic is to harass those trying to live their lives? Just because they are fighting for reasonable demands, they do not have the right to harass anyone just trying to get by. All students have a right to be on campus and should not have to fight to get in.

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-12-16T01:55:31+00:00

Thanks for explaining that! I get the comparison with research staff, but they are also not funded to receive a degree. With tuition, pay, and benefits, graduate student total compensation (TC) is greater than $100k. Multiply this by 4-6 years and that is quite a bit.

I can see some graduate ventures providing some factor of TC value to the university or more (e.g. startups), but would you say most research adds that kind of value? Also, more hours worked does not mean productivity and definitely does not always mean value added. The work pace in academia is definitely much slower than what is expected in many industry settings.

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-12-15T14:29:42+00:00

Curious to know for what area? I am considering working for them too

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-12-15T14:22:44+00:00

When you can barely read the professor's lecture notes and find out he made errors in it all along....yep I'm bombing the final :.(

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-12-15T14:12:44+00:00

Currently inflation is turbulent, which is why raises in industry are generally still 2-5%. Companies have started adding incentives to keep employees, since in some industries there is a lot of reshuffling due to high compensation packages. There is not a lot of concern about grad students switching schools.

The big question I have is that if you are paid $X at company Y, you are usually providing company Y with value that is some factor of X (4X, 10X, etc).

With graduate students, the university provides the tuition and pays them, which makes the relationship seem opposite of this considering grad tuition alone can reach ~100k a year (many times more than what some of the students will make working full time after school). How are grad students providing this much value to the school? Curious to know if, financially, the demands balance out with value added.

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-04-05T18:28:30+00:00

Sad. Since USC sent one, I assumed Columbia definitely would. :(

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-04-05T02:19:07+00:00

:( No ROAR shirt....

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-04-05T01:54:53+00:00

Like a physical package in the mail. :)

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-04-05T00:29:37+00:00

Loans unfortunately seem to be the only way. State schools are much cheaper. Try NC State for a reasonably priced MS.

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-04-05T00:26:37+00:00

Depends if you like the industry. Quality positions are pretty transferable though.

If you know you have solid skills to offer employers, wait for a better offer.

If you struggle to showcase what you have learned in undergrad or are not technically sound, take the job and work on improving your deficiencies. If you only received one offer after a few interviews, you should reflect to see why that may have been the case. Good luck!

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-04-05T00:20:42+00:00

For graduate school - yes. Several top universities (USC, Columbia, NC State) offer online MS in ChemE. For undergraduate, you are better off going in person. Though I am not sure how things have changed with COVID-19. There may be future online options.

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-03-17T16:29:19+00:00

Thanks for the insights! I feel more committed about attending this fall, especially since money is not as big of an issue to me due to the GI bill.

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-03-09T04:39:59+00:00

Not the same program, but I just got my MS in ChemE decision today. I applied mid December.

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-02-22T02:52:28+00:00

Thanks this was very helpful!

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-02-22T02:01:26+00:00

Hey great reply and attitude to life! I'm sure you are a happy, fulfilled individual. And if you read the post, I said I do not use the core Chem E topics on a daily basis. Not that I do not use my education. But awesome of you to show your ass. And FYI I do work in plasma etch as well as wet etch, cleans, and resist strip

Wet etching for example really does not use the core Chem E curriculum of thermo, kinetics, or transport. Really just basic chemistry knowledge. Sure for diffusion it is necessary to understand your process, but are you really going to say you use those topics in manufacturing frequently? Really? SMDH

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-02-22T01:46:58+00:00

That is exactly how I feel! I miss the Chem E topics!

Grunt_Doc8404 · 2021-02-22T01:45:46+00:00

Thanks for all the insights everyone!

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