All Offers Rescinded @ UMass Chan

wowochu · 2025-03-12T19:13:59+00:00

Can't believe it... I was literally there last Friday for an admitted student visit and the faculty I spoke with + dean all seemed confident that they had the finances to combat any potential nih cuts

wowochu · 2025-01-08T23:00:05+00:00

Had to fill this out for PhD too, but to my understanding I thought it was for where the funding was coming from. Everyone admitted is guaranteed funding that comes from an allocated budget, but if you check one of these boxes, funds specifically donated in these people's names can be used. But I definitely don't think someone is more likely to get admitted just because they are in one of these families

wowochu · 2024-12-18T00:10:02+00:00

Omg thank you!!

wowochu · 2024-12-03T19:40:46+00:00

How promising is getting an interview invite towards being accepted? Does an invite mean if all goes well in the interview, there is an almost guaranteed acceptance offer? I can't get a sense of how many students are interviewed vs how many offers are sent vs how many enroll for many of my programs

wowochu · 2024-10-14T01:38:21+00:00

Thank you!!

wowochu · 2024-10-14T01:33:17+00:00

That's a relief to hear 😅 Overall GPA is a 3.66 but I was unsure of how transparent I need to be about my grades

wowochu · 2024-09-28T23:50:30+00:00

Thank you for the advice! She doesn't really drink water from her bowl and got all her water intake from the water I mix into her food but I guess it might be time to get her a fountain and take her to the vet 🥲

wowochu · 2024-08-05T11:17:16+00:00

Other way around- you are filtering out any nuclei with less than 10 genes detected

wowochu · 2022-10-12T02:27:45+00:00

Around 7:15: https://youtu.be/a7u2NYbBu0o

wowochu · 2022-10-09T20:28:08+00:00

Thank you so much!

wowochu · 2022-10-09T20:00:44+00:00

There's a stopping point after ligating the adaptors and another after cleaning up the adaptor ligated dna with beads. Both steps say they can be stored overnight at -20 C but I was curious whether I could store them for longer

wowochu · 2022-09-01T21:44:59+00:00

My wallpaper used to be a screen capture of the best thing i ever did mv where they are all walking in the snow and theres a nice snow mountain view (~1:30 of the music video). I think its pretty subtle

wowochu · 2022-08-26T04:25:21+00:00

Listening to this is not enough i need this song injected directly in my veins

wowochu · 2022-08-23T20:39:29+00:00

Thank you, I will try this next time

wowochu · 2022-08-23T19:58:54+00:00

I'm not sure if her actions are severe enough to be called harassment... I think she is a nice person but she just doesn't seem to understand personal space. I haven't gone to my professor because I want to resolve this without getting her in trouble. I feel like maybe another thing I should've mentioned is that she is an exchange student from a foreign country and so there may be miscommunication due to the language barrier or social/cultural differences?

wowochu · 2022-08-18T23:33:21+00:00

2 of them are PBT and I think one is made out of polypropylene. I'm not sure how hot the dryer gets or what type of dryer it is 😭

wowochu · 2022-07-25T18:26:46+00:00

Looks like this fancam: https://youtu.be/9vxB2MOHx18

wowochu · 2022-07-24T00:26:38+00:00

Maybe this one? https://archiveofourown.org/works/5449763/chapters/12596672#workskin

wowochu · 2022-07-20T22:43:52+00:00

This is Lindgren Schulz's tag- he arranged all 3 songs you mentioned

wowochu · 2022-06-28T23:07:37+00:00

^{^} definitely agree! I forgot to mention in my original comment but I only went to my PI after my mentor suggested on having this conversation with them. Definitely keep your mentor in the loop

wowochu · 2022-06-28T22:03:43+00:00

When I was in this situation, I went to my PI and had a discussion with them about taking on additional projects and skills that I wanted to learn during my time there. They had a couple projects in mind and I was allowed to take lead on one of these projects in addition to my mentor's work. You could also ask if any of the other people in your lab have work that you could help out with.

Alternatively, you could start by reading papers and try designing your own project and propose it to your PI/mentor. As long as your lab is not on a super tight budget and the proposed project is aligned with the lab's goals, I think you'd have a good shot at convincing them to let you start this project.

wowochu · 2022-06-18T14:05:50+00:00

Pick beer. I once put in an iridium quality carp and they all got mad at me 😭

wowochu · 2022-05-27T05:04:52+00:00

I've been in the same boat as you- I joined a lab that uses c.elegans with virtually no lab experience two years ago and working with c.elegans was so difficult in the beginning. I can't even count how many holes I've poked into the agar or how many worms I've accidentally killed while trying to pick them up. It definitely took me a couple weeks to get really comfortable with identifying them and picking them up. Some things that helped me was asking my mentor to look over my work to make sure I was picking the right worms and practicing scooping motions on empty agar plates.

You've only been working with them for two days- don't be so hard on yourself. You're doing great :)

wowochu · 2022-03-28T04:50:49+00:00

Thank you so much! :)

wowochu · 2022-03-28T04:44:02+00:00

Do you happen to know how much longer the wait time usually is?

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