Recent content by Michael13

Yeah, I've been thinking about this lately. If applications are not looking particularly strong this year, I might take an additional year to get some solid(and longer) research down, although when you talk about integrating money for grad school, do you just mean applying for scholarships or...

I'd say that's not a strictly true assessment. To say that my only goal in research is careerism, although I might have given off this impression from the post. In this case (the topic of the post), I admit I let careerism get the better of me. But from a larger perspective I enjoy doing...

Yes, that's correct. It's not ideal, and the results of the letter might not carry as strong of an impact, but I believe it is better than doing nothing. Otherwise, if there is a better alternative at this point, I am up for any additional suggestions, and am still thinking about other things to...

Yes, the grad school applications will be due mid-December. I'm still thinking about how to go along those lines. I do understand if I wrote a paper right now it would not be published, but it would be helpful for one more letter of recommendation if I could do some research with another...

Hi, sorry for the late reply. School was just starting this week, so I was busy with taking care of some administrative issues with classes and tuition, but yeah you raise a really valid point. While I believe academia should be as objective as possible, the human element is really hard to...

I just obtained a response from the professor, see the email I attached under my response to Dr.AbeNiklanEdl. Although I do agree with you as for point 4, I think that's a good piece of advice for me to be aware of and take into the future.

Yes, as for the published paper, that turned out to be the case after I asked the professor.

Hi, I just got an update(email) from the professor I worked with. The professor told me that the published paper and new student's work extended what I did last summer, since at that time the lab we were working with and waiting for additional samples did not come out soon enough, so I could not...

Hi, I think what you said makes sense. I did follow-up halfway throughout the year with the professor on the status of the paper, but from what I remember, the professor wasn't focused on finishing the writeup at that time and was waiting to collect more experimental data and results to come to...

Hi, I’m currently an upcoming senior and I have a somewhat sticky situation. This is regarding research at an internship I did one Summer ago. For the research, I did some numerical simulation using Matlab to help out with the Professor for 2 ½ months. Later on, I had a talk with the...