Tips from Your Graduate Coordinator
September-08-09
12:25 PM
Don't settle for the minimal passing grade.
Buy used books but don't sell them. (Or download...)
Shop! Explore! Broaden! Go to many talks and seminars.
The faculty are lonely, chat them up!
Everybody else also feels stupid.
Get some teaching experience.
Travel and be seen.
We do proofs, not essays. (NO!)
Get cozy with computers.
Have a backup plan, but don't rush to use it.
My class, MAT 1350 "Algebraic Knot Theory":
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