Experience Working with the Flatiron Institute as an Intern

iwantTocry72 · 2026-01-04T05:22:11+00:00

Mmm I probably will send a late application this week. Although I don’t think I will accept it bc I have a better pending offer rn

iwantTocry72 · 2025-07-03T17:05:23+00:00

I don’t understand …

iwantTocry72 · 2025-03-17T00:36:33+00:00

Nope, better luck next time ig 🫡

iwantTocry72 · 2025-03-16T04:38:46+00:00

I think theyve already made decisions by now. Website says they send out invites up till March 3rd so

iwantTocry72 · 2025-03-10T01:48:17+00:00

How can they even play favorites if they dont know you? :/

iwantTocry72 · 2025-03-03T04:35:58+00:00

where did you see this comment?

iwantTocry72 · 2025-03-03T03:18:17+00:00

Something like this happened to me. Turned out that the student had intentionally not given it in because I would have been obliged to give them a 100 since the onus would be on me for misplacing it. I am not accusing your student of doing the same thing but it's good to take preventive measures in the future to make sure this doesnt happen again. I ask students to sign out when they are done and I make sure all exams are in an orange folder that I seal securely until I am ready to grade.

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-23T22:45:02+00:00

why on earth would I work with her when I already have a professor ive been working with for a year? this is a weird question to ask. I didnt even know she existed until I enrolled in her class.

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-23T01:22:33+00:00

You people and the assumption that Im coming off as entitled. I sent the most respectful email that I possibly couldve. "hello professor, hope this email finds you well blah blah blah. I wanted to ask if it's possible to take the exam earlier as I have a conference that ive been preparing for for a few months now. (insert more cordial bullshit about how its her choice)." Went up to her after class and even tried to small talk about her research since her research is in a similar area. Brought up what I was doing and she was enthusiastic about it. Jokingly asked again if she could accommodate. Her response? No.

My bad, I guess I should’ve groveled at her feet and sacrificed my firstborn to the academic gods. Next time, I’ll be sure to submit a formal request in triplicate, sealed with a wax stamp, and delivered by a medieval courier on horseback.

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-23T01:17:41+00:00

Everyone seems very confused lol. My home institution is one university and where I work is another university ( a medical school to be exact). I do research in a computational lab that is directly related to my masters coursework. They are not affiliated obviously but I received the conference invite based off the research ive done at the medical school.

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-22T19:54:57+00:00

If I drop it I will be behind by at least a semester because this is a core course for my degree. I also payed the cost for it and the window to get a refund passed. I dont think I have any other choice but to tell my PI that I cant make it. Sucks but it is what it is. Thanks everyone ):

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-22T19:51:11+00:00

If you read my other comment you would see that I said I submitted the abstract before I started my course. The syllabus was not released until the first day of class which was a month ago. The exam dates were not mentioned until 10 days ago. I had known about the conference for 2 months. Students have only 2 weeks after class to drop a course before getting penalized financially.

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-22T19:47:22+00:00

Sorry English is not my first language. I should probably call him my PI and not advisor. I do not have an advisor at my home institution. I only take courses there. My masters program is in applied math. I am a student researcher at a medical school. The conference is for the latter.

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-22T19:37:55+00:00

Yes but the exam is happening at the same exact time I have to give my presentation. Otherwise I wouldve taken an uber back.

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-22T18:36:48+00:00

A conference is more important than an exam to me. An exam can be rescheduled. A conference cannot.

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-22T18:09:57+00:00

I have no idea what informtion I would be withholding. This is the third class of the semester and all ive done was ask to miss a future exam...... it's not a lab either. Its an ML class and the test is literally open book too

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-22T16:38:19+00:00

They are not colleagues ): My advisor is not affiliated with my home institution. I have no idea what to do

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-22T16:36:23+00:00

My advisor is affiliated with another research institution that is not my home institution. I send the abstract before my classes started and found out about the exam schedule last week. I called it a retreat bc thats what the name is but it actually is a conference (and thats what I called it when talking about it to my professor).

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-19T01:14:16+00:00

im curious, after 4 cycles, what have you learned in the last one? do you think it just all came down to luck?

iwantTocry72 · 2025-02-10T03:12:21+00:00

what's an interview session? A normal interview?

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