columbia PhD explains: things I wish I knew when applying for phd
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- coming from a neuroscience PhD student at columbia university, there's a few things I wished I knew before my application cycle(s). for example, how did I get rejected everyone one year to getting a columbia university acceptance? stick around to find out!
00:00 - getting rejected despite 6 publications and 6 years in research
02:33 - grad school admissions secret
03:09 - the similarities between grants and admissions
05:02 - things I wish I knew before applying for graduate school
06:37 - how to write a compelling statement of purpose
08:57 - how to tailor your scientific writing to your audience
09:50 - example of audience-dependent scientific writing
11:39 - how to write about your research in a compelling manner
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I'd love to see a critique of your first draft as someone else applying for grad programs!! Don't think of it as embarrassing yourself but rather just giving others knowledge on what to do, and you're super humble for being so forthcoming with your problems
aww many thanks for watching and for the kind comment!! I'll just double check with my PI that I'm allowed to post my finalized grant on TH-cam hahaha let me know if you have any other video ideas that you would find useful while you're applying for graduate programs!!
@@bianca.phdinprogress if you have any experience with peers within your program maybe you could make a video on how to like effectively maximize group effort because that's what I'm worried about😅 I tend to be super outspoken and type-A or completely meek and helpless and finding a common medium between the two would be helpful
that's a great idea!! my cohort is 16 ppl so soft socials skills are really important, but most STEM majors are severely lacking in that department HAHA.
This is such a clear and simple break down of this entire process.
aww thank you for the kind comment!!! if it was helpful, please share it with anyone else that you think could benefit from watching :)
thanks for your video! i'm really glad i find this now. i followed you because of the language learning related content but i also happen to be pursuing neuroscience as an undergrad (seems to be a common thing?) and your experience and tips really help makes this journey less... tricky. and uncertain. would love to see your critique of your first draft!!:)
So glad to hear that!!! Let me know if you have any other suggestions for video ideas!!
i’m applying next cycle so thank you for this 😭
So happy that it’s helpful!! Hopefully you stick around for my new videos! I’ll be posting one this weekend about how to interview effectively and another one next week discussing the competitiveness of PhD programs!
I started following your channel because I was in the middle of studying for my HSK 4 Mandarin Exam. Several years later, out of whim I applied for a PhD program. After talking to the board and the school, they want me to pursue a doctorate in English language with an emphasis in linguistics. I don’t have a linguistics background and writing my SOP was so stressful. Linguistics is my hobby and I have only done some academic research helping other language professionals. So the stress is high.
wow, that's crazy!! how did your applications go?? a PhD in linguistics sounds so interesting but super challenging!
i don't even have masters, just recently started my second undergrad (this time in stem), yet i'm weirdly seem to be drawn to these type of topics even though i don't have any ambition in doing grad... incidentally just a couple of days ago i watched acollierastro's "First generation graduate students" video which i just couldn't stop watching.
I guess there's just something enticing about listening to people smarter than me lol.
I wouldn't say I'm smarter than you! my post doc told me that the ppl that complete their PhDs aren't necessarily intelligent, they're just too stubborn to quit HAHA. thank you for watching!!
This video does not only apply to phd and academia. This video contains good advice for life in general
aww thanks for the lovely comment!! glad the video was useful :)
Hi, I'm so happy you're back :) PhD path can be nervewracking... however, it's such a good feeling when you have this title. It opens a lot of possibilities. Learn Chinese, please. :D
hehe I’ll still be learning!! Just taking it more slowly! Was thinking about making a Chinese progress video every other month just to keep that going! thank you for always watching and commenting such lovely things :))
@@bianca.phdinprogress If you don't mind, I would have some advice. I know from experience that you only think of finishing and getting a title now. However, in my opinion, the most essential thing if you want to stay in academia is to keep in mind that you need the following project proposal after your PhD.
How do you make / find the animations in your video? Do you input them via final cut? Or can you make a video on how you edit
I use luma fusion to edit and make all the animations myself on procreate!! I have some screen cap videos of me making the animations if you think that would be interesting to show!! Luma fusion is nice because it's cheap and a one time cost. It does get a little glitchy at the end of a video with the amount of editing I do, but it's not the worst. My editing style isn't super complicated, just requires a lot of text, zooms, and animations!
For the static animations, I just use a reference photo (mostly memes) and draw the outline multiple times (it gives the appearance of it moving). For the dynamic animations (aka eyes bulging or arms moving), I look at a reference photo and draw the outline of 3 key frames (going from point A to point B to point C). Usually the reference is point B. So if I were doing an eye bulging animation, point A would be a super tiny eye, point B is similar to the reference, and point C is the eye getting cartoonishly big. That's the boundary of the animation. Then I just make the intermediate outlines and you have a fairly smooth animation! Usually each dynamic animation is around 10-12 frames.
But if you notice, I'm choosing to make only 2 or 3 parts of the drawing move. I'm not an animator by training, so everything is self taught, which limits how detailed my animations can be!! thanks for watching!!
@@bianca.phdinprogress wow thats so cool!!!! I didn't realize you had to create them all yourself. Thanks for the detailed instructions I'll definitely look into it because your animations really add to your videos. And if you do have any screen captures of your process of creating them that would be super interesting to show
@DivineBre I’ve actually decided to upload sped up versions of some of the animations as shorts!! Unfortunately I didn’t screen record some of the earlier ones 🫠 but I’ll record new ones I make! I have to condense 2+hours of drawing into 1 min for shorts though, so maybe I’ll upload a slower version if that’s something you think could be interesting!! Thank you for the comment and the idea for animation behind the scenes! :)
I love all the anime references btw.
ahhh~ one piece ❤❤
@@bianca.phdinprogress i really needa catch up T.T but at least that's what i got these next 8 months for... BrAiN rOt AnD lAnGuAgE gRiNd. anndd.... possible youtube channel :o
Are you still learning mandarin and are you going to update on this channel?
thank you for the comment!! I made a community post if you want to read in more detail, but I'll be mostly posting graduate school content now. I have very little time to study mandarin while doing my PhD, so it felt pretty disingenuous to continue to post language learning videos. if you're interested in this new type of content, then stay tuned for new videos! if you're not interested in this type of content, then thank you so much for watching my language learning videos!! really appreciate it :))
@@bianca.phdinprogress Will you be leaving up your old Website biancalearns, Please don't take it down or your old videos on Mandarin.
Yep!! I’ll be leaving everything up!! So no need to worry about that :) thanks for watching and utilizing those resources!! c:
@@bianca.phdinprogress Thanks very much, Do you still have Patreon?
I stopped it awhile ago because I wasn't making consistent videos anymore. It felt wrong to have patreon members supporting me if I didn't have great content coming out regularly. I'm going to post regularly from now on though, so I'm thinking about bringing back a patreon, or maybe a buy me a coffee instead (there's more options than patreon), if I keep it up for a solid 2-3 months and people are interested!
love the anime references
heh thanks for watching :))