Had an advisor who was basically on the verge of mandatory retirement. He was so senior that he was the PhD advisor to the professor who was my project guide for bachelors. 😅 Yet I've never seen someone so hands on in my life. He'd show up every day in lab at 5 & usually till 8-9. He'd even be there some weekends. Expected a face to face check in every day & a progress report every other week. Insisted on having a publication by atleast year 3, at least 2 or 3 by the end of the PhD. Yet I've never heard of any of his students taking more than 5 years to graduate in the last decade.
Dr. Pan, your guidance for folks wanting to pursue PhD is spot on. This video regarding choice of PhD Advisor is extremely important. Those out of a BS or MS program cannot properly gauge the import of the PhD Advisor on so many levels. Excellent advice and best wishes in your career.
These are some great tips dealing with an advisor. All of the knowledge and experience gained is easily transferrable to the business world. Mentorship also occurs in business and will help accelerate achieving your goals.
How does one contact students of potential advisors? From the college websites, I am not able to determine which colleges have stronger programs in my area of interest. I researched about 30 colleges and found most of them have equally capable departments.
Many professors have a website for their research groups and will actually have a list of their students on there. I’ve also gotten student information by contacting the professors directly. If you say you’re interested in their group and are wondering if you could contact some of their students, they may give you all the contact information you need. IMO, a good advisor will want you to talk to their students to understand their group’s culture. They want to help you make sure you’re a good fit too 🙂 I also agree that it’s tough to gauge strength of a program from looking at college websites alone. Speaking with a professor in your space will be much more informative. They will know better which profs at which schools have the strongest research groups in particular areas.
Is it expected that you are to write primers to explain how to use python library like pandas, despite the fact that there are plenty of resources online available, as a Phd?
Had an advisor who was basically on the verge of mandatory retirement. He was so senior that he was the PhD advisor to the professor who was my project guide for bachelors. 😅
Yet I've never seen someone so hands on in my life. He'd show up every day in lab at 5 & usually till 8-9. He'd even be there some weekends. Expected a face to face check in every day & a progress report every other week. Insisted on having a publication by atleast year 3, at least 2 or 3 by the end of the PhD. Yet I've never heard of any of his students taking more than 5 years to graduate in the last decade.
Dr. Pan, your guidance for folks wanting to pursue PhD is spot on. This video regarding choice of PhD Advisor is extremely important. Those out of a BS or MS program cannot properly gauge the import of the PhD Advisor on so many levels. Excellent advice and best wishes in your career.
So helpful! currently deciding between schools and advisors and this gave me several ideas of what to ask in this process
These are some great tips dealing with an advisor. All of the knowledge and experience gained is easily transferrable to the business world. Mentorship also occurs in business and will help accelerate achieving your goals.
My advisor left my university. I am an engineer with 5 years of industry experience. How can I find a good one? Especially since I don't have funding.
I wish I watched this before applying
Thank you so much for sharing your experience! We watched a few of your videos and they are all helpful and valuable.
Watching this episode brings back a lot of vivid memory of my own experience. Those are really good advises.
Your channel is amazing.
How does one contact students of potential advisors?
From the college websites, I am not able to determine which colleges have stronger programs in my area of interest. I researched about 30 colleges and found most of them have equally capable departments.
Many professors have a website for their research groups and will actually have a list of their students on there. I’ve also gotten student information by contacting the professors directly. If you say you’re interested in their group and are wondering if you could contact some of their students, they may give you all the contact information you need. IMO, a good advisor will want you to talk to their students to understand their group’s culture. They want to help you make sure you’re a good fit too 🙂
I also agree that it’s tough to gauge strength of a program from looking at college websites alone. Speaking with a professor in your space will be much more informative. They will know better which profs at which schools have the strongest research groups in particular areas.
@@janpancake thanks.
Is it expected that you are to write primers to explain how to use python library like pandas, despite the fact that there are plenty of resources online available, as a Phd?
Hm. I’ve never been expected to do those things
Thaaanks
Nice video! This would have been useful before I started grad school haha.
very useful and inspiring keep going ;)