Mathematics GRE

quasimeasurable wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 21, 2021 4:45 pm

Does anyone know if graduate student TA stipends are taxable?

mindyummy wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:19 pm

I've heard stories from grad students at my school that departments usually don't care that much about well-being of grad students, giving them lots of TA work while paying minimum wages and then kick half of them out thru qualifying exams.
They told me that besides getting to know the school and judging reputation of the department while picking a school, it is important to contact some graduate students and ask them about how they are treated to get a sense of how I will be treated.

Are there any truth to that?

pkzrd wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:29 am

mindyummy wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:19 pm

I've heard stories from grad students at my school that departments usually don't care that much about well-being of grad students, giving them lots of TA work while paying minimum wages and then kick half of them out thru qualifying exams.
They told me that besides getting to know the school and judging reputation of the department while picking a school, it is important to contact some graduate students and ask them about how they are treated to get a sense of how I will be treated.

Are there any truth to that?

To a certain extent it's true the department don't care all that much about us, though I suspect some department care more or less than others. Some schools are notoriously of using difficult qualifying exam to "kick grad students out" so that they can cheap labor for teaching lower level undergraduate classes.

Arugably it's the result of capitalism. Schools are becoming corporations, giving out less tenure-ship (thus more adjunct and cheap TA required) while administrators, endowment managers and football coaches are getting paid 7 digits (or even 8 digits). If I recall correctly UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz had graduate students go on strike because of terrible pay, and then the schools fired them lol. There's a video on netflix that sort of explains this.

The bottom line is, we are getting paid terribly, probably overworked and the odds of getting an academic tenure-track job after graduation is almost zero. But I'm sure you are aware of this before applying to programs. If your school has a graduate student union, join! More graduate students in the union means more bargaining power.

EDIT some links
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03459-7
https://www.science.org/content/article ... onsume-you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YytF2v7Vvw0

Weil98 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:49 am

Do really grad students get out just because of qualifying exams? Don't they have more than one chance of redoing the exam(s)? I never heard of someone leaving their PhD program because he failed quals. This is the first time I hear this!!

Weil98 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:49 am

pkzrd wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:29 am

mindyummy wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 21, 2021 11:19 pm

I've heard stories from grad students at my school that departments usually don't care that much about well-being of grad students, giving them lots of TA work while paying minimum wages and then kick half of them out thru qualifying exams.
They told me that besides getting to know the school and judging reputation of the department while picking a school, it is important to contact some graduate students and ask them about how they are treated to get a sense of how I will be treated.

Are there any truth to that?

To a certain extent it's true the department don't care all that much about us, though I suspect some department care more or less than others. Some schools are notoriously of using difficult qualifying exam to "kick grad students out" so that they can cheap labor for teaching lower level undergraduate classes.

Arugably it's the result of capitalism. Schools are becoming corporations, giving out less tenure-ship (thus more adjunct and cheap TA required) while administrators, endowment managers and football coaches are getting paid 7 digits (or even 8 digits). If I recall correctly UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz had graduate students go on strike because of terrible pay, and then the schools fired them lol. There's a video on netflix that sort of explains this.

The bottom line is, we are getting paid terribly, probably overworked and the odds of getting an academic tenure-track job after graduation is almost zero. But I'm sure you are aware of this before applying to programs. If your school has a graduate student union, join! More graduate students in the union means more bargaining power.

EDIT some links
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03459-7
https://www.science.org/content/article ... onsume-you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YytF2v7Vvw0

Do really grad students get out just because of qualifying exams? Don't they have more than one chance of redoing the exam(s)? I never heard of someone leaving their PhD program because he failed quals. This is the first time I hear this!!

Cophysneurec wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 28, 2021 9:25 pm

I sure hope not. Considering how mild and contagious it is, seems like further restrictions would do more harm than good.

Cophysneurec wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:17 pm

South Africa is looking good (where this thing started), and T cell immunity from the vaccine holds up to Omicron. Hospitalizations lower for Omicron vs Delta even with higher case rates.

Congratulations on getting in to Ohio State!

Cophysneurec wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 02, 2022 9:34 pm

True that. It's been a dismal couple years.

deviant_lime wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:00 am

Has anyone contacted schools to submit fall grades that were unavailable at the application deadline?

YellowBee wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:18 am

I know it's super early in the admissions cycle, but I already feel super nervous. What has everyone been up to over winter break as they're waiting on results?

empty_functor wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:27 pm

Did anyone get any emails from Yale? I have someone in my department told me he's accepted unofficially thru email pending official acceptance? Trying to see if it's everyone who's accepted or just him

Cophysneurec wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:20 pm

deviant_lime wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:00 am

Has anyone contacted schools to submit fall grades that were unavailable at the application deadline?

Yes. I uploaded through the portal when I could, and otherwise emailed my transcript to the most relevant email address I could find. They have all responded positively.

123t wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:07 am

How do you update for UCLA? They did not respond to my email. Can you provide the email link?

Weil98 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:09 pm

Does anyone know if Ohio State will send any more acceptances?

vladvladvlad wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:11 pm

Weil98 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:09 pm

Does anyone know if Ohio State will send any more acceptances?

In past years they've supposedly sent out offers in two waves. I don't know if that will be the case this year, but it's possible they might send out more offers later this month.

Weil98 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:39 am

Friends, do all universities have waiting lists?

HyperCar2022 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:58 am

Weil98 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 20, 2022 4:39 am

Technically yes. Almost all universities released admissions time to time untill they got right number of students they want. Though you may not be notified as wl sometimes, before last day of notification, you still have chance

Ah I see. Thanks for replying!

watermelon117 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:03 pm

One of my references submitted the letters 3 to 6 weeks after most deadlines of mine and has still nine more places that he has not yet uploaded the letters. I have tried to find another reference and reached out to the programs I have applied to. I don't know. I felt suicidal during my winter break whenever I saw my empty inbox (no email notification of uploaded letters) and depressed from time to time this semester. Luckily I have gotten out of town and stayed with my quasi-family during this time and have slowly recovered to work and study again.

I just want to vent anonymously here. I don't want to bother my friends who care about me and are stressed by their own things rn (new work; applications; working on their dissertation; etc.); I don't want to talk to some other people I know from my department who enjoy being listened to but will only throw indifferent shit at me unrelated to my situation when it is not their struggles. Looking forward to moving to a different environment in grad school too and leaving all those egocentric immature snobs behind.

HyperCar2022 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:16 pm

watermelon117 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 20, 2022 5:03 pm

One of my references submitted the letters 3 to 6 weeks after most deadlines of mine and has still nine more places that he has not yet uploaded the letters. I have tried to find another reference and reached out to the programs I have applied to. I don't know. I felt suicidal during my winter break whenever I saw my empty inbox (no email notification of uploaded letters) and depressed from time to time this semester. Luckily I have gotten out of town and stayed with my quasi-family during this time and have slowly recovered to work and study again.

I just want to vent anonymously here. I don't want to bother my friends who care about me and are stressed by their own things rn (new work; applications; working on their dissertation; etc.); I don't want to talk to some other people I know from my department who enjoy being listened to but will only throw indifferent shit at me unrelated to my situation when it is not their struggles. Looking forward to moving to a different environment in grad school too and leaving all those egocentric immature snobs behind.

Hope you have good news soon. Take it easy and do sth fun. I think at this stage, there's few things we can do but wait

Scathrules wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:54 pm

Has anyone's application status for Rutgers been updated from "Application Pending" to "Application Review" (or anything similar to this message)? Mine still says pending and I never got an email back from the admissions office.

Scathrules wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:54 pm

Has anyone's application status for Rutgers been updated from "Application Pending" to "Application Review" (or anything similar to this message)? Mine still says pending and I never got an email back from the admissions office.

YellowBee wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:29 pm

Is February the month when most results come out?

fakeName wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:55 pm

YellowBee wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:29 pm

Is February the month when most results come out?

Typically yes. From my needlessly extensive grad cafe research, this year doesn't seem PARTICULARLY slower than the last two years though, but outside of one interview I have heard literally nothing from any of my schools

uhoh wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 31, 2022 5:09 pm

Apparently some Cornell results are out. Does anyone know if these include applied ones too?