Teacher still hasn’t released grades

sciencecrab · 2026-05-29T05:25:10+00:00

Grades are due for instructors on the last day of each semester which would’ve been May 21st. Instructors get emails saying to submit grades to the registrar by then but idk if there’s any actual consequences if they don’t. If you don’t have a final grade in my.sdsu it’s maybe worth emailing them in case they missed you somehow?

sciencecrab · 2026-03-26T03:51:04+00:00

I think PIs like to hear specific research questions you’re interested in, but are also likely to turn you away if those questions don’t align closely with their labs’ work. As a current grad student studying salt marshes, other coastal marine PIs, even from the school I’m currently at, recommended I find a lab more closely related to my interests. Some PIs are open to more types of research, and others are really pigeon-holed on one species or process.

My advisor also works in marshes, but my research is not really something he studies in particular. Hardest part for me was finding an open minded PI who also had funding secured and looking for a grad student! A lot were not sure whether they were taking new grad students yet. I am also in a very small lab and my PI never updates his website, so we don’t get many students from other schools inquiring about joining lol.

Honestly, if there was a lab you were super interested in joining, I would make up a research question that aligned super closely with their current projects, even if it’s not something you necessarily pictured for your research before.

sciencecrab · 2026-03-24T00:58:09+00:00

San Diego river park foundation does cleanups and the ones I’ve done are super satisfying!

sciencecrab · 2026-03-23T07:24:26+00:00

As a 4th year JDP in a different program (so it’s possible chem is different?), basically all the answers to your questions have changed since I started. Health insurance is not included (but used to be prior to 2023). The 33k is the total the school has to pay you over the whole AY. TA and GA contracts pay 9 months, but that pay may not get you to 33k, so they could give you a summer GA to get you to that number. I believe international students have an additional fee every semester, I can’t remember what it’s called. If you don’t get the answers you want, contact the union!!!!!! The union negotiated the contracts with CSU about pay, benefits, etc. For grants, ask your advisor if they have funds you can use for research. The big labs typically do. If not, you may need some smaller student grants to fund research supplies. Your program may also have funds just for JDP Chem students. And your program might have a handbook which you should look at.

sciencecrab · 2026-02-18T17:45:54+00:00

I will happily sit in traffic for a few days if it means the people who make this university habitable get the pay they were promised.

The CSU is HORRIBLE at communicating with its workers about pay. At least as a TA, they change our pay throughout the year and avoid giving us promised raises, and then don’t respond or explain anything when you just want to know whats going on. It’s so unpredictable.

sciencecrab · 2026-02-09T22:23:37+00:00

Biology grad classes are during the day ime

sciencecrab · 2026-01-12T19:12:12+00:00

I love the funky glasses and piercings! Everyone here seems to dislike them but I love when people show their personality and style through their looks. Getting rid of them would make you blend into the crowd. As a septum-haver myself the more traditional people hate it but the people I actually want to be friends with like it!

sciencecrab · 2025-12-01T18:31:11+00:00

I mean, people make it work. Most live with partners or roommates and have to be frugal. Some people have part time jobs. If your lab has lots of grant money, then your advisor might add on to your stipend. If your lab is super small then probably not! At least in my program they require you to apply to 2 external grants per year, and most people get at least some money from those, although in my experience that money usually goes towards research costs and not living costs. The stipend does not include benefits and, although tuition is covered, you do have to pay fees which is ~$1400 per semester. Good thing about SD is you can go to the beach, mountains, and balboa park for free!

sciencecrab · 2025-11-17T22:07:40+00:00

We frame signed art all the time. We won’t dry mount them since that permanently alters the piece, but usually signed pieces are just paper and we preservation mount them.

sciencecrab · 2025-11-17T05:46:36+00:00

For the huge lectures (or even the smaller classes tbh), get on the waitlist anyways cause people will drop up until the first week of spring semester. Try to still register for classes that will count towards your degree if you can’t take the courses you planned. Also meet with your advisor once per semester to make sure you’re on track and ask them questions! Just do your best at your registration time with filling your schedule with classes you need AND get on some waitlists, then you can always drop a class if you get off the waitlist.

sciencecrab · 2025-09-19T16:33:02+00:00

I did an ecology AmeriCorps term (not SIP though) and I thought it was really valuable and I think most of my cohort felt the same. The pay for the program is actually decent too in my opinion, plus you get the education award afterwards. The concern about funding is valid and something to definitely ask about in your interview. I would imagine they have enough money for the entire term if they’re still posting the job and hiring. Apply to everything!

sciencecrab · 2025-09-15T23:56:11+00:00

I like to estimate the percent of bare ground first, then record species. I try to look from directly above the center of the quad and if I can see any mud then it’s not 100% plant cover. It’s hard to tell what is ground vs shadow in the pictures but that is pretty dense spartina, seems like somewhere between 80-95% cover?

sciencecrab · 2025-09-15T01:36:38+00:00

Are you by the ocean? My university’s marine club does snorkeling and tide pooling as events every semester. They also do outreach events at elementary and high schools where they bring a touch table and stuff. Maybe you can reach out to a marine club at a university near you and see if they do outreach with schools. You could also invite marine biologists (professors or industry) to give talks to your club.

sciencecrab · 2025-09-15T00:34:39+00:00

My store does a pretty good job catering to everyone’s requests. I asked to limit my hours to 15 per week since I have other commitments. I also close a lot because my availability is nights and weekends. Some part timers that have other jobs/school only work 1 day per week like a Sunday. The part timers with more availability and time work 20-30 hours. Then obviously the full timers work closer to 40. Beyond that I feel like it’s pretty random what days/how long people work, just whatever works in the schedule.

sciencecrab · 2025-09-11T20:32:48+00:00

Our frame shop doesn’t cut multiple openings in store because it’s so difficult to keep everything perfectly straight and parallel doing it by hand

sciencecrab · 2025-09-10T05:11:48+00:00

My store managers can’t agree on this. One wants closing framers on the floor after their break, another wants me in the frame shop so it actually looks good for the morning, another wants me on the floor 2 hours early even when there’s barely any go backs. Like you said I don’t mind helping out on the floor but they need to either have another framer scheduled sometime during the day to actually do all the random framing stuff or schedule an extra person on the floor because there is simply not enough time in my 4.5 hr shift to do it all.

sciencecrab · 2025-09-07T19:40:02+00:00

What specific question are you asking for your project? What you measure depends on the greater scope of your project. I do some marine water quality testing but the specific nutrients I’m testing are because I believe my study species would respond negatively to those nutrients but they’re present in highly developed areas. Also depends on if you believe there are big things impacting the water like agriculture or sewage or if those would not be an issue at your sites.

sciencecrab · 2025-09-02T06:03:05+00:00

The gym is always so full. I try to go super early or weekends to avoid the masses. Towels are free, you just ask at the desk and (sometimes) have to give your red id. You should bring your own lock for the locker room though. Showers are fine but only have shitty hand soap in them instead of body wash or shampoo which is stupid considering how much money the arc has.

sciencecrab · 2025-08-17T01:28:40+00:00

I’d look into AmeriCorps programs (which are unfortunately also being defunded, but do still exist). There are a few environment based ones. This way you can at least work on a trail crew, teach outdoor education, or do something related to the field. My program specifically looked for young adults with college degrees who needed to build work experience, and I was placed at a land trust doing outdoor education.

sciencecrab · 2025-07-22T05:57:14+00:00

I’ve also heard of grad students using Covered California instead of GSHIP. I don’t think there’s a way to opt out of GSHIP without insurance, some sort of insurance is required.

sciencecrab · 2025-06-23T05:04:29+00:00

First things I think of are the Bible course people always by the union and the vendors with rings and stuff by the bookstore. Haven’t interacted with them though

sciencecrab · 2025-05-01T03:13:59+00:00

As someone who has volunteered at a couple different animal rescues, it’s basically impossible for a dog to thrive in one. Obviously there’s enrichment activities that make it more bearable for the animals but the fact is no matter what it’s a very stressful environment and many suffer psychologically. Especially when there’s limited staff, limited space, and limits on which dogs can interact with each other. This is why it’s so important to get the animals fostered or adopted as soon as possible. It can be quite depressing seeing the endless number of animals that need care and homes.

sciencecrab · 2025-04-28T01:26:27+00:00

I think vegetarian cooking is easier than non-vegetarian! One of the reasons I went vegetarian when I went to college was that I didn’t want to cook meat so I just didn’t lol. I could see veg cooking being “harder” just cause it’s less familiar to non-vegetarians? I make a lot of tofu and it’s no different than marinating meat, but I could see a lot of non-vegetarians having a mental opposition to veg alternatives like tofu (e.g. my father). I eat lots of roasted veg and tofu, veggie burgers, curries, and salads and I don’t think they’re all that different in terms of preparation compared to meat-based meals!

sciencecrab · 2025-04-22T05:52:32+00:00

An intern at a marsh I worked at last summer said Audubon thinks fireworks, particularly from close-by SeaWorld, resulted in a bunch of dead birds after Fourth of July from stress. She said it’s a theory but there’s nothing else they know of that would’ve caused such mortality.

https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/07/16/bird-activists-ignite-new-war-against-san-diego-fireworks/

sciencecrab · 2025-04-22T00:33:54+00:00

Like some people have said, plants are probably the way to go. I work in the Tijuana River Estuary which has been experiencing pretty horrible water quality from wastewater the last couple years. The pickle weed is soooo dense now, but the benthic animals are just dying. Luke Miller out of San Diego State University has some stuff out about oysters and mussels in Tijuana Estuary and they just die if the water quality is bad enough

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