Recent content by Drokrath

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    Programs What Are the Outcomes of 2020 REU Applications?

    Updated: NASA SARP (rejected 2/27) Michigan State (accepted 2/21, committed, moved online due to coronavirus) JLab/ODU (rejected 4/22) UIUC
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    Other Contacting a possible graduate adviser with this email

    No, definitely not. I would really like to work with this specific professor and want to send an email like this to maybe 5 professors at the absolute maximum. Do you have any advice to make it more personalized?
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    Other Contacting a possible graduate adviser with this email

    Below is an email that I am planning to send to someone that I would very much like to work for as a graduate student. Are there any red flags I should avoid? Anything else in particular I should mention? Thanks in advance. Hello Dr. [REDACTED], I am an undergraduate physics major (junior)...
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    Programs What Are the Outcomes of 2020 REU Applications?

    I applied to: NASA SARP (rejected 2/27) Michigan State (accepted 2/21, not yet committed) JLab/ODU UIUC Deadline for accepting MSU is March 6th, I'm hoping to get an acceptance from UIUC before then but I'm not going to risk missing my chance at MSU for it.
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    Programs What Are the Outcomes of 2020 REU Applications?

    I applied to UIUC and also have not heard back yet
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    Other Lab partner is more competent than me and tends to steamroll

    I'm currently taking a sophomore-level circuits/electronics lab. My lab partner just transferred from out of state in January, and is already probably in the top three in our class in general. He does very well in the two classes I share with him and seems to have fantastic discipline. The...