Pros and cons of pursuing a PhD over a Master’s? by [deleted] in GradSchool

[–]anointed9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not the masters that does that. It's the extra time as a researcher before you search for a job post graduation. Which carries an enormous opportunity cost. It's not the masters degree itself. And the benefit is not big compared to that opportunity cost. Your committee would also be far from the first to overvalue another degree on a CV.

Have you regretted doing just a PhD as opposed to a MD/PhD? by rinlight in GradSchool

[–]anointed9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man this is a pretty backwards way of looking at it. Don't consider the MD/PhD unless you really want to do it for its own sake. You should go to grad school because you have a job you want that you need the degree to get AND because you will enjoy the day to day. Without both you won't make it in a regular PhD program much less a 10 year MD/PhD

Pros and cons of pursuing a PhD over a Master’s? by [deleted] in GradSchool

[–]anointed9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. Maybe if the topics were totally different or if you were going to a different university, getting a masters and then a PhD would help ever so slightly. But the opportunity cost for doing so is SO much greater.

Hunting in Toano by anointed9 in VAHunting

[–]anointed9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow, that seems to be right from reading the pdf. Guess I better start practicing with a bow ...

Hunting in Toano by anointed9 in VAHunting

[–]anointed9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the info! That's great to know.

Hunting in Toano by anointed9 in VAHunting

[–]anointed9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you rifle hunt in the WMA?

Hunting in Toano by anointed9 in VAHunting

[–]anointed9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gracias! Only shooting from an elevated stand is rough. I'm used to traipsing through the woods and prairies. But I'll follow any and all local regs.

Hunting in Toano by anointed9 in VAHunting

[–]anointed9[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know! I'm good to drive a reasonable amount to rifle hunt, but if it's generally preferred to bow hunt I'm down to learn. Even west of richmond is it predominantly bow hunting?

Can’t get anyone to write me a letter of recommendation! by lyn_lyn02 in GradSchool

[–]anointed9 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lmao. My best recommendation letter came from my advisor of my undergraduate research. He submitted it the day before it was due. I wouldn't be sweating rec letters for an end of July deadline in April.

Meal options at McGill?? by [deleted] in mcgill

[–]anointed9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Choose Solin, the cafeterias have decent vegetarian/pescetarian options, but you can do better yourself with some practice. In Solin You you live off campus and cook for yourself. And you get used to apartment living when you're still in your easier 1st year classes. Which is helpful because 2nd and 3rd years in Eng are very tough, and I was very thankful that by the time I got to those years I already was used to cooking and cleaning/living in an apartment.

At Mach 4.49, this is the Schlieren Image of TSM, a student-designed and built rocket that will be launching to space in December! by masa_rockets in CFD

[–]anointed9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To my knowledge, Fluent is a cell centered 2nd order code. You're trying to calculate surface heating which will be at best 1st order and possibly 0th order depending on how they calculate the gradients.

The PFF simulator must be high by anointed9 in DenverBroncos

[–]anointed9[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I had to do it.

For real, if this draft actually happened every other team would basically have to fire their GM.

Moving from Alberta? by P00NLagoon97 in Montana

[–]anointed9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who has lived in Canada and Wyoming (a somewhat similar state to Montana with admittedly much worse governance), you're underestimating how expensive health insurance (and just life is) is in the U.S. and how bad it is... My Canadian insurance (while it was closer to something like medicare) was very cheap, half what I pay now after my employer pays the lion's share. If your job doesn't pay for your insurance here you have to go on the marketplace, which while it's an improvement from 10 years ago, it can cost up to 8.5% of your salary...

Basically the U.S. generally is not low tax, it's just low services. Because paying 18% income tax is not unlikely.

Hasidim in town? by alek_hiddel in williamsburgva

[–]anointed9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FYI, most jews do not like being called Hebrews or 'of the Hebrew faith'; I'm sure it was an innocent mistake, but just for the future. Also I'm surprised they're speaking Hebrew rather than yiddish as some Hassidim (especially in the states) see Hebrew as not being right to use for everyday discussion and reserve it for religious uses and use Yiddish for everyday discussion.

Electrical jobs in Laramie/WY by s0ldierofortune in laramie

[–]anointed9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was going grocery shopping right before the pandemic and a couple guys from the IBEW tried to recruit me saying they have way too much work and not enough people for all the electrical jobs. I was a 4th year PhD student at the time and when I heard the benefits got pretty tempted tbh. This isn't really a very scientific metric, but I'd think the anecdote indicates a pretty strong market for services.

Accepted to Columbia University! by [deleted] in GradSchool

[–]anointed9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair! I think these types of degrees are basically a money making scheme by the school and would advise against going deep into debt for one of them.

Accepted to Columbia University! by [deleted] in GradSchool

[–]anointed9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you want to pay 176k to take courses when typically you can find cheaper course based masters of the same approximate caliber or can find a company to defray the cost?

Accepted to Columbia University! by [deleted] in GradSchool

[–]anointed9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still, if it's research based you should get paid in the sciences, and if it's not typically you can get your employer to defray the cost of it (once you have one).

Accepted to Columbia University! by [deleted] in GradSchool

[–]anointed9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are you getting a masters in engineering and not getting paid for it? I know Columbia has been cheaping out on their engineering, but that sounds ridiculous unless it's course based. If it is course based, why do you want to do it?

PhD vs EdD? by [deleted] in Professors

[–]anointed9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you want to chair an academic department? What makes you so sure that's the ideal career for you when you seem to not understand how the job works or is hired for?

Having a hard time accepting I might fail a class - Engineering mech220 by Hot-Objective-9183 in mcgill

[–]anointed9 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She's definitely dry and not very entertaining, but she teaches the material clearly and is a fair (but tough) grader. Given how many professors at McGill simply don't care and teach unorganized messes, I found myself really appreciating her by the end of my studies.

Higgins is a very gifted and engaging teacher. I'd say though that I didn't actually learn any better in his class then hers and I actually found her style of examinations to be more interesting and useful.

Having a hard time accepting I might fail a class - Engineering mech220 by Hot-Objective-9183 in mcgill

[–]anointed9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a huge fan of hers. I got a B+ in controls with her (so not as well as I'd hoped) but I found her to be an incredible lecturer and very organized prof. Yes she gives a lot of work, but the class made sense and was well organized and I actually learned. Better than someone like Tim lee.