1 | Aug 19, 2009 6:31 PM | workload |
2 | Aug 20, 2009 5:29 AM | Writing thesis :( |
3 | Aug 20, 2009 5:58 AM | not being able to pursue my desired research direction without jeapordizing my graduate career |
4 | Aug 20, 2009 8:11 AM | Soul crushing guilt when not doing work. |
5 | Aug 20, 2009 3:22 PM | Not knowing how to do research, but having to learn how on my own due to advisor being unavailable.
Some faculty expressing a lack of confidence in my undergraduate education. |
6 | Aug 20, 2009 4:48 PM | Berkeley is a unique place (the city and overall school more so than the department) and I don't quite fit. |
7 | Aug 20, 2009 5:39 PM | lack of guidance from advisor |
8 | Aug 22, 2009 6:30 PM | I am interested in inter-disciplinary work but somehow I feel that the requirements set by the department are not favoring this line of thought. |
9 | Aug 24, 2009 3:57 PM | sometimes too much work, both courses and research. |
10 | Aug 25, 2009 9:14 PM | As an MSE professor said, "We've solved all the easy questions and left you the hard ones." The Microlab needs a LOT of money poured into it for reasonable device research to be possible. We are very behind Stanford/MIT. |
11 | Aug 25, 2009 9:45 PM | impostor syndrome; funding has been more difficult since my advisor retired |
12 | Aug 25, 2009 9:51 PM | there are not enough classes on offer. I feel like every semester there are 2 classes in my area, and often I have taken them both. More 294's please. |
13 | Aug 25, 2009 10:14 PM | If you don't have an advisor chosen when you come in, you can expect life at Berkeley to be extremely hard. I really don't think it has to be that way. |
14 | Aug 25, 2009 10:23 PM | Heavy Workload. Advisor's great, I'm just always busy. |
15 | Aug 25, 2009 11:42 PM | stress about research topic |
16 | Aug 26, 2009 4:29 AM | Difficulties determining what area exactly I wish to do work in. |
17 | Aug 26, 2009 5:08 AM | difficulties with motivation. no structure provided by the department; even when I ask for it. |