After 100+ applications, reaching out to countless PIs, and going through multiple rounds of interviews, I am honored to inform you all that I am giving up :))
Is anyone else in the club?
So I’m applying to PhD in CS, but I still cant set my mind on whether to apply for the GRFP, which has letters due on the 16th.
I have fully written out projects I’m working on, and I’m pretty sure it will make a good grfp statement. But the problem is, that project is supervised by a very senior professor, so I mainly meet with his postdocs. I’m pretty sure I only have a one time pass to ask him for letters, and I certainly don’t want to use it on grfp. But I do have two other CS professors who can write me letters, and another prof from other disciplines who knows me well, but I don’t want to rush them with a deadline less than 10 days…
That said, in the past week I’ve been trying to convince myself that I’m not going to spend my time on something that might not even help my application; while the other voice is saying I’m screwing this up….
I’m very anxious about this, so please give some advice:
Tytyty
Hi everyone. I'm an international student and I recently accepted a PhD offer at an R1 university in the US. Not an Ivy, but a well-regarded school. It was my first PhD application, and I got an offer, so maybe I said yes too quickly. Recently I found out that I'll have to spend spring and summer at a research station in another location, collecting data. The "town" has about 2,000 people, there's basically nothing there, and the station itself is in the middle of nowhere. When I looked it up, the crime rates seemed high, and as a woman moving alone to a new country, I'm honestly scared about my safety.
On top of that, my PI hasn't given me much information or support about housing, the department culture, or what my day-to-day work will actually look like. That makes everything feel more uncertain.Part of me thinks I should just go, see how it is, and keep applying to other programs in the meantime. If I can't adapt, I could leave. But I don't know if that's a reasonable plan or if I'm just anxious and overthinking.
I've already paid the visa taxes and now I'm waiting for my visa interview.
I'am scared.