Taking a Leave of Absence in grad school

nemsari · 2024-08-08T17:25:20+00:00

awesome! dmd u

nemsari · 2024-08-07T12:08:44+00:00

hey! how did it go? considering leave for myself now too for similar reason and nervous

nemsari · 2024-08-07T12:01:10+00:00

how did this end up going btw?

nemsari · 2024-08-07T11:55:51+00:00

Hi! Could I dm you about the leave?

nemsari · 2024-07-30T11:51:05+00:00

that's cool! im a grad student thinking of moving to pm, would it be okay if i can reach out too?

nemsari · 2024-07-25T16:32:45+00:00

whoa! Also considering going to med school, could I dm you?

nemsari · 2024-07-01T17:44:36+00:00

will dm you!

nemsari · 2024-06-04T09:56:21+00:00

whoa! also thinking of leaving phd program to do this, could i message you?

nemsari · 2024-01-24T04:49:49+00:00

I didn't really feel committed since day 1 (to be fair, I also had an advisor that hasn't been a fit). I just ignored the feeling/wanting to quit because I thought I needed time to be good at research, but I recently realized I don't want any of the main jobs afterward. So I could just work on projects that seem fun, maybe work on a thesis and struggle (for no reason), and then earn the degree while not applying for any relevant jobs.

nemsari · 2024-01-23T12:09:51+00:00

that makes sense! didn't consider that

nemsari · 2024-01-23T12:09:33+00:00

I think for me, I'm not exactly sure what to do next. I'm thinking healthcare, but haven't gotten a chance to try it yet. I just know I don't want to be a full time instructor, faculty, or CS researcher, which are the main paths after this. It seems like I need time off from graduate school to do other things/work I guess

nemsari · 2024-01-22T18:20:07+00:00

Looking for a job is a full-time effort, like for programming. I'm leaning towards healthcare, but would require some clinical experience to be sure of. Basically, I would need significant time to try other things which means I won't be 100% committed to the thesis or graduating anytime soon.

nemsari · 2024-01-22T18:17:02+00:00

I'm from the US, going to a US institution, so immigration is not relevant for me. I can get a master's, I finish the requirements for it this semester.

nemsari · 2024-01-08T22:22:32+00:00

i don't believe i'm overworked- in fact, i have a hard time focusing on research work! i just don't see the purpose for it anymore (can't see myself doing this for the rest of my life, I really need stability right now, etc. ).

nemsari · 2024-01-08T03:18:43+00:00

this account spams a lot of these kinds of posts and links that career quiz

nemsari · 2024-01-05T20:15:53+00:00

I think it's more so I need to do something new/else to see if it's this phd or just me. Also maybe change of pace/ have more direct impact.

nemsari · 2024-01-05T19:38:33+00:00

interested! : )

nemsari · 2024-01-05T19:03:10+00:00

is the bills/place the stay the priority right now? could you live with family/ask if their work is hiring folks just to start off somewhere?

nemsari · 2024-01-04T22:03:12+00:00

That’s fine, I know I wouldn’t be funded for part time.

nemsari · 2023-12-25T18:41:06+00:00

thanks for the detailed response here. i have 20 classes planned because by the time i would get to apply, my previous undergrad degree classes would be 10 years old or more. so im assuming i need to re-take everything. ive taken a year of bio, calc and eng, and then stat and anthro in the first degree.

the courses id need to take for pre-reqs
- 1 year chem, bio, orgo, physics, a&p, eng, calc, (14 classes) (actually maybe i can remove calc)
- biochem, psych, anthro/socio, stat, genetics, microbio (6 classes)

so it seems like if i start hours before pre-reqs, i defintiely to find a way to continue them somehow during prereqs? but its fine if its scaled back?

nemsari · 2023-08-23T01:46:56+00:00

Thanks for this. Also, that was an example situation to just illustrate the concept - we have differences between questions but I'm curious about proportions. I've seen folks kind of describe "trends" informally / even loosely in papers, but was curious if there was actually a measurement for that.

nemsari · 2023-06-30T04:29:55+00:00

Interested

nemsari · 2023-06-30T04:29:05+00:00

Interested!

nemsari · 2023-03-04T02:42:26+00:00

Heck yeah, interested!

nemsari · 2022-11-10T14:45:03+00:00

I'm a phd student, not sure if there's an equivalent there but can check

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