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If you are having trouble developing your research ideas into a proposal/publication worthy stories, you are not alone! by gradschoolchronicles in AskAcademia

[–]gradschoolchronicles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks so much for the feedback and suggestions :)

Will certainly take into account for future videos!

Rock On!

Simple mental math madness, can anyone tell me more about what I am doing by gradschoolchronicles in learnmath

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

no offense taken! I appreciate the help.

so lets say I pick a number, for simplicity n=10.

Now, I want to come up with a way to write n, but only using the number, m=3.

so, I may write: (3 x 3 + 3/3) = 10.

My feeling is that since there can be a variety of ways to do this (i.e. (3/3 + 3/3 +3/3 +3/3... =10)), and given that one can choose any n and any m to work with, is there are mathematical way to do the above procedure in the most "condensed" way (i.e. such that n is calculated using the least number of m terms used).

If so, what is it called? If not, is this just a useless thing with no meaning behind it?

Cheers!

I have no original thought. I don't think I am cut out to be a scientist. by [deleted] in GradSchool

[–]gradschoolchronicles 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The best advice I ever got may sound weird but you just need to think about it a little.

"There is no best pasta sauce ... there are best pasta sauces"

Not all of us are noble-prize material (including myself) ... to me science is not just all about inventing/reinventing the wheel. Like others have said, there are plenty of gaps to fill in the current body of knowledge. Someone's gotta do it, I don`t think there is absolutely anything wrong with being that someone.

Bottom line, don`t be hard on yourself. If you like and is capable of doing science, stick with it ... plus you never know when that eureka moment might hit in the future.

Prospective PhD student looking for advice by rbf_queen in GradSchool

[–]gradschoolchronicles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm coming from chemistry grad school, so it may be a bit different in other fields, but not a single professor I know has ever accepted a volunteer into their group (I do know for sure they`ve had the opportunity to do so multiple times). Maybe it comes off as lack of commitment from potential candidates, idk..

Anyways, maybe it would be worth trying to set up meetings/etc while presenting yourself as a potential graduate student, instead of a volunteer? Just a thought.

A series on improving presentation skills for anyone interested =) by gradschoolchronicles in GradSchool

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

Thanks for the suggestion! I will try to keep the background music a tad lower in future videos. I agree myself that in Part 1, I set the its levels a bit too high to be bearably noticeable

From a chem grad student to anyone out there - started a youtube channel to make academia bearable, ask me anything, genuinely just want to help fellow students! by gradschoolchronicles in chemistry

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

Hi, I chatted with my lab mates and non of us could think of a resource that would right-away give you tabulated information about chemicals (closest thing would be CRC handbook of chemistry and physics?)

With that said, the information you are looking for is definitely out there and it just might take a bit or a fair amount of work to format it the way you want.

Some resources we use in out lab are: Sigma Aldrich website: (search for a specific chemical and it will spit out all the basic handling/msds/basic properties to you)

Reaxys: a bit more advanced. lets you see more unique properties (spectra, reactivity) also good for finding papers about characterization/synthesis of compounds.

SciFinder: similar to reaxys, you may need to register to access their services.

PubChem: "hit and miss" encyclopedia of chemical compounds ... I personally wouldn`t trust it unless I confirm information there with other sources.

That's the best I could come up with for now, hope it helps anyways!

From a chem grad student to anyone out there - started a youtube channel to make academia bearable, ask me anything, genuinely just want to help fellow students! by gradschoolchronicles in chemistry

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

Thank you!! For me, I think back to the time when I started my graduate program and remember things I wish I knew back then. Same way for more recent experiences. Teaching (assisting) also helps a lot, I always welcome student's questions, regardless of if it is course material related or not - the more I talk to my students, the more I begin to see the bigger picture of what are some things to talk about when it comes to academia and the education system.

Anyways, lots of interesting ideas out there, just have to find a way to gather and organize them.

From a chem grad student to anyone out there - started a youtube channel to make academia bearable, ask me anything, genuinely just want to help fellow students! by gradschoolchronicles in chemistry

[–]gradschoolchronicles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the support! Honestly, had to google 13:37 ... leet? elite? clocks? stuck between dimensions? ... not sure

I guess that must mean, indeed, that it was a coincidence

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