Walking Wisdom: Advice for Hopeful Grad Students

We will call this season 1.5 or pre-season 2??

Heather and April head out for a walk on a beautiful Thursday. We start with suggestions on how to write emails to potential grad advisors, sidetrack into a discussion of investments and how your brain should be trained, and end by wondering what you call a herder of unicorns??

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(00:00) Intro

(01:00) Dog and pony show

(02:18) She remembers what…

(04:50) General email courtesy

(07:35) Flattery is nice and Dr. Bedle, your group sucks

(09:40) We said a word – and what can you do for me

(13:13) It’s a 2-way contract, and you must fulfill yoursidetoo

(15:40) We are part of a group; recognize the group andknowwe grow together

(17:30) The captain sets the dynamic, or the herdi-corny?Whoherds unicorns?

(18:50) How your brain should be trained if you are doingitright

(21:10) Being a research assistant is actually a job…

(24:32) Is it i-centric, me-centric, usie-centric?