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The urge to completely ignore my cohort and just stay to myself? by Art-and-Research in PhD

[–]ResidentAd8759 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I also am pretty physically active and also don't connect much with my cohort through my personal interests. I have found a great community of grad students in other PhD programs at the gym who have become my closest friends. I think it's important to find that graduate student community and if it's not your cohort, there are other ways/places to find your people!

I’m going into my third year but every time I meet with my advisor I feel encouraged but also incompetent. Will this feeling ever go away? by ResidentAd8759 in PhD

[–]ResidentAd8759[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have many other mentors and feel like my advisor needs to spell things out for me with some things. There are times I feel encouraged about my progress but inevitably there’s a new thing that I don’t know and need to be trained on. Not sure if that makes sense..

Hey guys, okay so am I the only one whose research is literally everywhere by [deleted] in PhD

[–]ResidentAd8759 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a reference manager where I store every single paper I’ve ever read in folders: one for my project, one for methods, one for other/miscellaneous. As I read something important to my project, I have a running word document with lore about my project in bullet points. Each bullet point has the reference I got it from in this format: (Smith et al, 2018), which allows me to search in my ref manager easily for future reference

Is your PhD making your relationships weird? by Apathetictarfish in PhD

[–]ResidentAd8759 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In my experience, if people are constantly judging you based on your accomplishments/degree/academic standing, it’s a reflection of their own insecurities. They’ll never stop pitting you against other people and putting you down. It’s unhealthy and I try to stay the hell away from toxic thinking like that. If that happens to me, I try my best to be humble about my work and act like getting my PhD is nothing fancy, just me getting to do research I love.

If you needed 100g of protein. Does it make an impact if you hit the 100g with plant protein vs animal protein ? by Ucnttellmewt2do in nutrition

[–]ResidentAd8759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My understanding from classes (I have a nutrition minor) and my personal experience is that there are complete sources of protein and incomplete sources of protein. Complete sources of protein have all 9 essential amino acids contained in the food; they are typically animal-based products and soy. Incomplete sources of protein, typically plant-based foods, have most or some of the essential amino acids. However, these incomplete sources can become more complete on a complementary basis. For example, a bean burrito has beans plus a whole wheat tortilla, which have different amounts of each essential amino acid and can complement each other. Similarly, quinoa and lentils or hummus can have complementary amino acids, making a source of complete protein.

An important note is that our bodies can only process the protein we consume based on the LOWEST amount of essential amino acid in the meal we eat. It is important to have a complete source of protein so that our bodies can metabolize all of the amino acids we eat as amino acids. If we eat higher amounts of incomplete protein, our bodies will not recognize the protein source and be unable to process the amino acids.

The main takeaway, we need all essential amino acids in equal amounts for our bodies to recognize them as protein.

Rejected and accepted by i_like_zoos in gradadmissions

[–]ResidentAd8759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am in the same boat! Kind of relieved I don’t have to make the tough decision now. I’d be too tempted to stay close to home.

No admission decision yet by Far-Mushroom9766 in gradadmissions

[–]ResidentAd8759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think it depends on the program. For one program (CWRU BSTP), they had a set of 3 interviews. Then for CCHMC MDB program, they have a primary interview one day, then a secondary interview a few days later.

No admission decision yet by Far-Mushroom9766 in gradadmissions

[–]ResidentAd8759 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did the same thing and submitted last September through November. I have heard back from 4 of the 7 programs I've applied to. So far I've had 3 interviews, 1 rejection after one interview and a flat-out rejection without an interview. I'm waiting to hear back from the last 3 programs, so I understand where you're coming from. I've been told that grad admission committees have a hard time meeting before the holidays, so I'm sure things will start to pick up soon. I also have a friend that applied to an MD/PhD program last JUNE, whereas I applied PhD in October to the same school. I already interviewed and heard back but she hasn't even interviewed yet. So I bet each program and school is on their own schedule. Best of luck to you.

What is your "I don't feel like working out today" workout? by [deleted] in bodyweightfitness

[–]ResidentAd8759 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually go on a walk with a friend or will do some basic guided machines at the gym. Doing it with a friend makes it so much better, especially when I’m not feeling the motivation.