So this is graduate school...?
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:33 am
I am entering my third week of graduate school. Just had my welcome party yesterday from the people in my lab.
One thing that pops out: my lab is all about independent research.
I have to pick my research topic, and possibly carve out my learning/research plan myself.
So far, I haven't heard a clue of how to use the computing system in the laboratory. I foresee I may have to learn that on my own too.
To add on, the lectures on the courses I enroll in seem to have the same methodology too. Basically, they have lecture once a week, and the final grade is decided only by 1-2 problem sets submitted at the end of the course. There is one mandatory course for which the lecturer is terrible, both in English and Presentation. This means I need independent reading and practice from books, and hopefully can still solve the problem set for that course.
These make me feel that all learning responsibilities are now on my shoulders. I wonder whether this is common or I am in an extremely less-than-ideal situation.
I know things in grad school will be different than in undergrad, but this does make me feel clueless and hopeless so early in the game.
-Nishikata-
One thing that pops out: my lab is all about independent research.
I have to pick my research topic, and possibly carve out my learning/research plan myself.
So far, I haven't heard a clue of how to use the computing system in the laboratory. I foresee I may have to learn that on my own too.
To add on, the lectures on the courses I enroll in seem to have the same methodology too. Basically, they have lecture once a week, and the final grade is decided only by 1-2 problem sets submitted at the end of the course. There is one mandatory course for which the lecturer is terrible, both in English and Presentation. This means I need independent reading and practice from books, and hopefully can still solve the problem set for that course.
These make me feel that all learning responsibilities are now on my shoulders. I wonder whether this is common or I am in an extremely less-than-ideal situation.
I know things in grad school will be different than in undergrad, but this does make me feel clueless and hopeless so early in the game.
-Nishikata-