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This is really odd to me. In most contexts I’ve experienced, the professor’s research and the student’s are more or less one and the same. Yes, you might have a
by etrautmann 6y ago
This is really odd to me. In most contexts I’ve experienced, the professor’s research and the student’s are more or less one and the same. Yes, you might have an extra project, but how could someone get stuck for an extra five years?
- chrisseaton 6y ago> In most contexts I’ve experienced, the professor’s research and the student’s are more or less one and the same. A PhD is an individual research degree - ideally you’re supposed to be working on your own ideas not someone else’s.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoThat's not how it works in a lab that relies on expensive equipmentvand multi-year research programs. Those PhD thesis projects are minor variants on your PIs research program.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoParent was comparing undergrad classroom behavior to the (reported) research lab behavior.
- yardie 6y agoProfessor's will normally have 1-10 projects simultaneously from what I gather. They rely on the grad students to do the actual gruntwork. If you are doing research in X and the professor pivots you to his project Y what are your options.?