phd刚开始读第一年在考虑重新申请

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现在的情况是这样的……去年本科毕业，申请到了Miami University，在Ohio，读心理phd。但首先这个项目是我的保底校，当时申请的另外有学校非常想要我，但由于资金的问题不能提供奖学金，于是来了这里。我在本科的实验室做fMRI，以后也想在这方面发展，但现在的学校没有fMRI，我现在的老板主要做EEG。
最近很多朋友都建议我重新申请，至少去一个大城市。他们的主要观点是在这种in the middle of nowhere的地方（我这里附近最大的城市就是Cincinnati，车程一小时。要想听音乐会什么的更是要开四个小时去Chicago），五年读下来又闷又呆还没人要。我是在想这个项目不是我最喜欢的，或许再申一年能申到fMRI的项目。但现在顾虑的几点，一是现在的学校是给我全奖的，也就是免所有学费之后还有stipend，虽然不多也是一笔支出，如果读完第一年就走学校和导师会不会不愿意。二是phd第一年还没有自己的project，所以自己觉得除了skill上可以说我多上了几门课以外，比去年申请没有多多少优势，而且很有可能推荐信也要用去年一样的。三我是不是需要和现在的导师交流？
求解惑……这两天都快纠结死了……

苏梳眠UID: 2717864

You had better to talk with your supervisor about your career plan before taking other things into consideration.

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苏梳眠 发表于 2013-10-10 00:45
You had better to talk with your supervisor about your career plan before taking other things into c ...

谢谢……我在决定下来之前有点不敢告诉她

苏梳眠UID: 2717864

you should read this:https://bbs.gter.net/thread-1648617-1-2.htmlhttps://bbs.gter.net/thread-1623974-1-1.html

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我也觉得你应该和导师聊聊
祝好运

H1BMatch2012UID: 2790388

Sounds like you have never been to the real "in the middle of no where". Trust me, Ohio is not close to that at all.
Do not let some others general talk change your career.
As far you are a PhD doing basic phycology, not like CS or something else that closly related with industry, it does not matter where it locates ,but it does matter what you do and what you can accomplish.
But if you do not like your current project, talk with you mentor about re-application. You will need his support anyway. Without that, you might not be able to get any better chance than right now. People will suspect why you change the lab without any explanation from your boss.

You know, this academic world depends on recommendations and actually wthin a relatively not that big group of people.

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H1BMatch2012 发表于 2013-10-10 02:14
Sounds like you have never been to the real "in the middle of no where". Trust me, Ohio is not close ...

非常感谢！！这正是我所担心的。我会考虑和她谈谈。

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Enolate 发表于 2013-10-10 02:10
我也觉得你应该和导师聊聊
祝好运

谢谢：）

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苏梳眠 发表于 2013-10-10 01:05
you should read this:https://bbs.gter.net/thread-1648617-1-2.htmlhttps://bbs.gter.net/thread-1623974-1 ...

谢谢……我认真考虑过做phd的事，现在基本确定是想读下去了，就只是觉得现在这么做下去的话毕业了不一定能转到我喜欢的项目去