#UnderGrad

[augmentedpolls]

*for graduate school here, I mean anything that’s post-undergrad including grad school, med school, law school, PA program etc

[jstor]

A trophy from us to you for making it to the end of the semester, whether you're a student, faculty member, or librarian:

Peter Bateman (British, 1740–1825) (artist), and Anne Bateman (British, 1748–1813) (artist). Trophy Cup. 1792–93. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

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[lottiestudying]

24.10.2024—snaps from the hospital. currently working on the last essay for my bachelors degree(s). crazy times

[a-fox-studies]

November 21, 2024 • Thursday

Computer Networks always fries my brain whenever I try to study it. I can hear my neurons sizzling (in the best way possible tho because the concepts were interesting lol)

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[redhotchillibowie]

I just completed my final assignment of my Undergrad. 8 years ago, I cried because I failed my school exams, believing I would never get to where I am today. I couldn't begin to tell you how proud I am of myself today.

Anyways, I'd first like to thank Dan and Phil....

[markscherz]

I like being nerdy and reading academic articles, but I find it hard to find things that interest me unless I spend a bunch of time filing through Google scholar and things like that. How do I find interesting science news, academic discussions, etc. as an undergrad/beginner?

You can follow specific streams on e.g. Phys.org or Eurekalerts, but that might be a bit tedious. I would recommend letting the articles come to you: set up Google Scholar alerts for scientists who publish on topics that interest you. You can also set up a ResearchGate account to do the same. When I was *first* starting to be aware of scientific papers in high school, I was getting most of my science information from reading the Economist. It's not the best venue, but it is more approachable than, say, Nature or Science, to a young student who is curious about the general goings on in the world of academia. NewScientist or something may be better. It was just what I had access to at the time.

But also bear in mind that the world has changed dramatically in the 14 years since I started undergrad (sorry, just gonna go vomit while that number sinks in). Yes, tools for finding literature are more widely available than ever, but publication rate has skyrocketed, and average quality has generally decreased because there is so much pressure to publish fast and editorial quality is lower than ever. So I don't actually know how to go about starting anymore.

All I can say is that when I was starting out, I felt like you describe. Totally overwhelmed, and unsure where to start. What I did was pursue my passion—reptiles and amphibians of Madagascar—and keep meticulous notes of those first papers I was reading.

Nowadays, I typically go on deep dives a bit like Wikipedia rabbit holes; starting from a recent interesting article, I will flag sources they cite that I should read, and then rinse and repeat until I have 300 tabs open and cannot possibly read even the abstracts of all the work.

One important thing is to try to stay abreast of current research, while also continuing to get a better footing on the background. That will be very, very useful later in your career. Read the 'greats' on the subject of interest, but also the 'up-and-comings'/'movers and shakers'. But this is probably advice for later, when you have established the real direction you are interested in. For now, explore the waters!

[citrusstudies]

Winter break is coming to an end but it was really, really nice. Lots of time resting and doing personal reading... which I've re-realized is completely different than school reading!

I've really reconnected with the parts of life I've been missing and I hope to retain that once the semester begins.

Last semester of my undergrad... wish me luck!

[mentalknot]

Mathematicians of tumblr, what is the “etiquette,” or rather what are “next steps,” one should take after a paper is accepted for publication?

My mentor and I got word that our paper was accepted into a professional mathematics journal, (still in shock/grateful!)

…and since this is my first undergrad publication, I’m unsure what the “process looks like,” (if anything at all). Meanwhile, I’ll keep enjoying learning math and working on projects! :)

Thank you for your time!

[kinardsevan]

someone yell at me to get off tumblr and actually write my fucking psychopathology paper about Evan Buckley so I don't fail this entire semester please.

(I already have late work in the class I actually NEED to pass to graduate in 4 weeks.)

(also the paper is like half written due to mini papers due earlier in the semester so I straight up just need to finish writing the other half but tumblr keeps sucking me in). YELL AT ME PLEASE.

[bobastudy]

from before finals

[spacejax]

i hate galactic astronomy i keep reading the milky way as mikey way and getting so hard i pass out

[tumbler-polls]

Anonymous prompt:

Can you please make a poll on the average amount of sleep per night? (>5-12+, with an option for “wildly varying sleep schedule”?) thanks!

[lottiestudying]

03.05.2024—officially graduating with first class honours!! finally got my grade back on Tuesday and been on cloud 9 ever since. all my hard work paid off

[a-fox-studies]

December 14, 2024 • Saturday

Counting down until the new year: 17 days to go!

Today was. I don't know whether it was productive or unproductive. I started studying the amazing beginner's guide to git by @moose-mousse and now it's not longer intimidating! But then guests arrived and all my plans of studying psych notes and python went down the drain lolll. I need to complete them along with tomorrow's tasks ugh

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