Tag Archives: Graduate School

Congratulations! You’re being recruited!

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Shannon Quinn

Which, suffice to say, is not the same thing as being accepted. But it’s ε-away. Anywho. Yes everyone, recruiting season is once again upon us, and for better or worse that means everyone is putting their best foot forward. Universities are inviting promising … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Blogging, Graduate School, Running | Tagged Graduate School, hadoop, i'm a bus, joint phd program in computational biology, joint program hasn't taught me to roll one wtf, naive bayes, oh dear god can this paper just write itself, one does not simply create memes, physical therapy is fun but time consuming, pittsburgh half-marathon, recruiting, recruiting weeks are great because cookies are everywhere, running blog, transportation, where INDEED are the pancakes, yeah the bar scene isn't for everyone kthx | Leave a comment

Reforming the PhD process

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Shannon Quinn

Education has been one of the hot topics of late (though not as hot as it should be, frankly…but that’s another story), and today Slashdot posted this article in Nature News written by a professor at Columbia. In it, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Articles, Real Life | Tagged academia, education, edumacation, engineering, Graduate School, humanities, interdisciplinary, intermultidisciplinary, multidisciplinary, nature, nature news, phd, sciences, the ivory tower of academia | 2 Comments

Know Thyself

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Shannon Quinn

I think this particular aphorism should go without saying, but it’s something I’m sure we all struggle with to a certain extent. Graduate school was eye-opening in more ways than one: in addition to receiving a world-class education on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Graduate School, GSoC, Real Life | Tagged 8aweek needs to come back, an eternal golden braid, circumstances, distractions, godel and escher and bach, Graduate School, GSoC, introspection, it does help when the environment makes an effort, know thineself, metalearning, Programming, situations, there are thousands of apps for distractions, tried to avoid disgusting detail, work | 9 Comments

The next step

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Shannon Quinn

It seems like I was only just applying to graduate programs in anticipation of leaving the familiar surroundings of Georgia Tech to go gallivanting off to my next academic adventure. And yet, here I am again: with my M.S. degree … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Blogging, Graduate School, lolcat, Real Life | Tagged blogs, carnegie mellon, cdc, cognition therapeutics, computational biology, computer science, geektacular, georgia tech, Graduate School, lolcat, merrick furst, personal statement, phd, politics permeats every level of society, research, resume, robert murphy, science fair, student bloggers, why are you so awesome, why is this school so awesome, why were your awesome self and this awesome school made for each other | Leave a comment

More futuristic discussion

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Shannon Quinn

Wait for it, wait for it… Now that I have your attention, I’d like to share where I’m thinking I’ll be at this time next year. As I will be graduating from Carnegie Mellon with a master’s degree this coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Academics, Graduate School, Real Life, The Lady | Tagged academia, atm machine, bioinformatics, carnegie mellon, computational biology, cornell, georgia tech, Graduate School, i cannot describe how difficult it was to write this without wigging out about awesomeness, IBM, jobs, mit, pc computer, pin number, sgu, stargate universe, syfy | 6 Comments

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