Questions tagged [masters]
Queries related to a master's degree, sometimes referred to as a post-graduate degree.
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How do I educate my fellow countrymen about masters in the USA?
I am from Nepal, and kids here feel "entitled" to get a fully funded masters in the USA even if their grades are low and they have no research papers, no LORs, no work experience, and no GRE....
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Managing Conflicting Feedback from Two Supervisors: Advice Needed? [closed]
I'm currently pursuing my master's degree and feeling stressed out and demotivated due to conflicting opinions from my two supervisors. Since January, I've been stuck on the first section of my ...
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How to pick masters topic?
I asked a professor I had taken a class with to be my supervisor for my project in 1-2 years. He agreed. I overlooked that, typically, students apply for projects directly with professors or ...
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How can I get scholarships to study a Master in Europe? [closed]
I'm an undergraduate student from Chile in Mathematics and it's my last year. I was thinking about applying for a Masters somewhere in Europe. I tried investigating on the scholarships that Chile has ...
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Should I change my masters supervisor? [closed]
I am currently doing a 2-year Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering in a Canadian university under professor A and the research topic is something that I like (scramjet optimization). But ...
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Applying for Mphil in Ireland without transcripts due to war [closed]
I would like to know what the likelihood of being accepted into Trinity College Dublin Mphil in International Peace Studies if I don't have my official transcripts due the war in my country Sudan. ...
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When do you know things are actually going poorly in graduate school?
When does someone know things are actually going poorly in graduate school? Each time folks post about being behind, it's always assumed that graduate students are such high achievers that they have ...
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Am I wasting my time self-studying program pre-requisites?
I'm a guy with a bachelor's degree in computer science who's been working for 2 years as a full-time Software Engineer. I want to apply for a master's degree in either Applied Statistics or Data ...
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Undergraduates Mathematics Research Paper and Future Path [closed]
I am a third-year mathematics student at University in Malaysia, which is ranked between 350-400 in the QS World University Rankings. I plan to continue master study, but when I checked the ...
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Master thesis opportunities in High Energy Physics in Germany for Indian/International Students
My final year will start in coming August, and our department allows us to go anywhere in the world for an MSc thesis. I wish to do a one-year (min. 8 months) thesis in Germany in high energy physics ...
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Why are non-funded Master's degrees and their recipients frowned upon even though this is true for the majority of them? [closed]
I'm a fourth year Ph.D student who (fingers crossed) is slated to graduate this summer with their Ph.D in Experimental Psychology. Prior to this program, I did my Master's in Experimental Psychology ...
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An application of the (100/e)% rule applied to postdocs: moving on from an academic career, perhaps
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There's a nice rule from mathematics that states that, when making some types of decisions, one can sample the first (100/e)% of the things available to get a feel for what is out there, ...
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Can I be accepted into another university for masters in a different subfield of the same subject?
Im finishing my masters in aerospace engineering on the subfield of propulsion. During my studies I got really hooked on spacecraft design and their applications. Is it possible to get another masters ...
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Is Pursuing a Part-Time STEM Master's While Doing a Social Science PhD a Good Idea for Industry Jobs?
I'm currently enrolled in a top social science PhD program in the US and recently passed my qualifying exam. My research primarily involves statistical methods and occasionally computational ...
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Improving my GPA after two disastrous years [closed]
I am a computer science student and had disastrous first two years.There are many F's on my transcript and my overall GPA was 2.44/4.00.Then I retook all the courses that I had failed and improved my ...
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