In many ways, Harry Potter had a pretty brutal life. He was orphaned, had abusive foster parents, and a spooky nose-less dude with a huge-ass snake tried to kill him all the time. Harry Potter had to fight hard for years against tough odds, and that’s metal. And though being a scientist is also metal, […]
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How Science is not like Harry Potter, and an owl is never bringing you a Science Acceptance letter
Posted: 27th October 2014 by Metal Chick in Bands, Grad School, Science, Scientists At Work, Things that are Metal, Things that are not MetalTags: Grad School, Harry Potter, Imposter Syndrome, Natalie Portman, Owls
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Academia is Brutal, New Beginnings
Posted: 30th August 2014 by Metal Chick in Things that are not MetalTags: female professor, Grad School, Harvard, rants, sometimes Academia is terrible, tenure
Grad school for me didn’t exactly go according to plan. It started out as awesome as grad school gets, really. I was accepted to all my top favorite schools, with guaranteed full funding. I had the luxury and privilege of getting to choose from a number of rockstar advisers, but finally picked the school I […]