Taylor Mattus | MPS '16 | Viticulture "The CALS MPS program allowed me to customize a program to meet my unique goals. " Meet recent Alumni Carson Letot | MPS '17 | Horticulture "I am passionate about education first and foremost because I believe it leads to a society that is more informed and more responsible to the environment and fellow humans. " John Wellhofer | MPS '20 | Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) "I have been able to tune my project and schedule to courses that will help me in my career goals, and I value that flexibility. " Barbara Conolly | MPS | Public Garden Leadership Stephanie Freeman | MPS | Horticulture The Cornell MPS program helped Stephanie laser focus on her next endeavor: to pursue another master's and doctorate to empower disadvantaged communities in rural and urban areas. Erin Marteal | MPS | Public Garden Leadership
I'm a second-year Ph. D. student in Computer Science and I feel extremely burned-out because: I work fulltime as a software engineer I work for financial reasons because TAship pay is negligible or basically equal to one-third of my rent. I asked to be part-time and I have been continuously denied because my managers think me working part-time would not be enough to get things done I have to be a TA as part of my Ph. program so I teach one section algorithm & data-structure work on my thesis taking a graduate-level class which is extremely time-consuming The semester is almost done and I'm exhausted I hate losing and dropping out is basically losing but I also enjoy school and learning. What are effective ways to deal with burn-out while working full-time during a PhD program? asked Nov 25 '19 at 5:47 10 Doing PhD studies isn't a trivial activity - there's a reason why most PhD students are full-time students. Unfortunately, that means you cannot easily both do a PhD and hold a separate full-time job.
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This degree is intended to provide students with a deeper disciplinary focus than the MEM. Training is provided through key courses in combination with extended research. All students pursuing a MESc degree must have an advisor in place before applying to the five-year joint degree program. The YSE faculty advisor must provide a letter as part of the student's application stating their agreement to become the prospective student's YSE advisor. The specific plan to meet the requirements of the MESc are to be worked out with a student's advisor. Gap Year Recommendation Students in the five-year MEM program are encouraged to take a gap year, or a year away from academia, between completing their undergraduate degree and beginning study at YSE. Students use this year in a diversity of ways; some find a single job or fellowship in an environmental field for the year, while others combine multiple internships or research opportunities to occupy their year. Gap year plans must be communicated to the YSE Admissions Office.
[Emphasis added] The American Civil Liberties Union's national office has not applied but 14 of its state affiliates have, and at least one received a loan — of $154, 000 — so far, said Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the A. C. L. U. [Emphasis added] A "small" loan request by Liberty Counsel, a conservative legal group supporting Mr. Trump's plan to reopen the country, is still pending, said the organization's chairman. An application from Media Matters has been hampered by a technical problem, said a person familiar with the process, who was not aware if the group had reapplied. [Emphasis added] As the Times noted, groups like Liberty Counsel that are now seeking the small business loans helped lobby lawmakers to allow nonprofit organizations to obtain the loans. Currently, the ACLU is leading a campaign to free felons from state prisons during the coronavirus crisis, arguing that they are not safe in law enforcement custody. The ACLU's initiative has led to thousands of inmates being released from prison in recent months.
Groups linked to billionaires George Soros and the Koch brothers are now seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded small business loans in the midst of the Chinese coronavirus crisis. While Congress has replenished a fund with $250 billion to help small businesses stay afloat while being forced to close to abide by social distancing guidelines, liberal and libertarian nonprofits linked to billionaire donors have said they are applying to obtain some of that funding. Soros-linked Media Matters and individual state American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) groups are looking to secure thousands in taxpayer-funded small business loans, according to the New York Times. Likewise, the libertarian FreedomWorks organization is applying for a small business loan despite their billionaire backing by the Koch brothers. The Times reported: The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center's application for a $160, 000 loan is awaiting resolution, as is FreedomWorks Foundation's request for $300, 000, according to officials at the groups.
You've captured your situation, but you haven't told us WHY you're seeking a PhD. You've found out that getting the degree can involved real sacrifice and hard work -- taking on lots of responsibilities, trading off performance in one area in order to finish busywork, having situations arise that are somewhat out of your control.... The way to make the choice you're trying to make is to ask yourself "Is this worth it? ", and the only one who can make the assessment is you. I suggest writing down your long term and intermediate term goals. Forget about where you are now. Take an afternoon, and figure out where you want to be. After you've done that exercise, your can ask yourself how attaining a PhD is going to help you reach those goals, and how leaving the program will get in the way of those goals. For example, you state that you're working full time as a software engineer. Can you use that position, especially if you can put your full effort into it, to springboard you into what you really want to be doing?
1. Overview The Master of Environmental Science (MESc) and Master of Forest Science (MFS) programs are designed for students wishing to conduct scientific research that contributes toward basic and applied knowledge. The MFS degree is intended for those students wishing to work on forest-related topics, and the MESc degree is intended for students wishing to work on non-forest related environmental issues. These science degrees are intended to provide students a deeper disciplinary focus than the School's management degrees, while holding to the core value of the School that students should be allowed flexibility in course selection in order to meet their educational goals. The course of study includes formalized training in the philosophy and practice of science. Training is provided through key courses in combination with extended research. The scientific research required for this degree will be conducted in close collaboration with a YSE faculty research advisor. Selection of the advisor will take place during the application process, where students indicate three potential advisors they would be interested in working with.
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