Sara Cannon Don't forget to make time for yourself! It's okay to take a day off every once in a while. Self-care will help you get through the dark winters and the super busy periods. Read More David Wakeham Having a good work-life balance is essential to being successful! Taking breaks helps you recharge and stay enthusiastic about your research. Read More Rabe Arshad UBC offers a number of scholarships to graduate students. The chances of getting these scholarships are quite high if you come up with some prior research experience. I would advise prospective students to conduct some research during their... Read More Rafiuzzaman Mohammad Try to be sure about what you want to do in your life and what is your ultimate goal. Always try to do what you like rather than relying on other's instructions. Read More Temitope Onifade My top piece of advice is to stay healthy and have work-life balance. Fortunately, Vancouver is a great city to do so. Read More Yasha Pushak Try as many new things as you can. Get involved and gain new experiences. Figure out what motivates you, and seek opportunities that do. But equally importantly, don't forget about yourself: go outside, enjoy the sun, meet new people, make... Read More Santiago David Be nice! Trust yourselves! There might be many ups and downs in grad school, but it is very important to keep calm and not to get frustrated. Also take breaks when you need them. Make plans for your different goals, but do not stick to them 100... Read More Ellen Koch Try to enjoy your experience in research, and not worry too much! Read More Tonya Smith In my experience, the best idea has been saying yes to opportunities as they come, and trying to not worry about the future. Saying yes has brought me to wonderful and unexpected places and people. Also, I have been fortunate to work with a... Read More Stefan Bourrier Graduate programs, especially when starting out, can quickly seem like an insurmountable challenge. Pacing yourself, excepting failures, adapting, asking questions, and taking downtime are all things that are necessary for success. Taking... Read More Brett Schrewe I'm not sure I have a ton, really. But I suppose I would say that many of us are balancing multiple lives in addition to being a graduate student - other professional identities, other occupations, family life, being a committed citizen, the list... Read More Lee Rippon Start drafting your thesis early and stay organized throughout your studies. Read More Anna Smith Apply early. Read More Anthea Pun I would advise new graduate students to remain focused on their passion for their studies, and why they came to graduate school in the first place. There are a lot of challenges in the first year, which can both be work and personal related (such... Read More Lisa Brunner If you're struggling to choose a research focus/question/methodology, take the time you need to decide – but only that. We each contain multitudes and can potentially do an infinite number of projects; a graduate thesis is (hopefully!) just one... Read More Shelley Moore Time. Give yourself time. Everything takes longer than you think, and as one of my instructors Handel Wright said once, "You need to give yourself time to think!" Read More Ryan Huff Be adaptable, there is no one path to success in graduate studies. Opportunities will often take you by surprise and in a different direction from what you had originally planned, and it is up to you to go after them. Also, take the time to make... Read More Pages« first ‹ previous … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sara Cannon Don't forget to make time for yourself! It's okay to take a day off every once in a while. Self-care will help you get through the dark winters and the super busy periods. Read More
David Wakeham Having a good work-life balance is essential to being successful! Taking breaks helps you recharge and stay enthusiastic about your research. Read More
Rabe Arshad UBC offers a number of scholarships to graduate students. The chances of getting these scholarships are quite high if you come up with some prior research experience. I would advise prospective students to conduct some research during their... Read More
Rafiuzzaman Mohammad Try to be sure about what you want to do in your life and what is your ultimate goal. Always try to do what you like rather than relying on other's instructions. Read More
Temitope Onifade My top piece of advice is to stay healthy and have work-life balance. Fortunately, Vancouver is a great city to do so. Read More
Yasha Pushak Try as many new things as you can. Get involved and gain new experiences. Figure out what motivates you, and seek opportunities that do. But equally importantly, don't forget about yourself: go outside, enjoy the sun, meet new people, make... Read More
Santiago David Be nice! Trust yourselves! There might be many ups and downs in grad school, but it is very important to keep calm and not to get frustrated. Also take breaks when you need them. Make plans for your different goals, but do not stick to them 100... Read More
Tonya Smith In my experience, the best idea has been saying yes to opportunities as they come, and trying to not worry about the future. Saying yes has brought me to wonderful and unexpected places and people. Also, I have been fortunate to work with a... Read More
Stefan Bourrier Graduate programs, especially when starting out, can quickly seem like an insurmountable challenge. Pacing yourself, excepting failures, adapting, asking questions, and taking downtime are all things that are necessary for success. Taking... Read More
Brett Schrewe I'm not sure I have a ton, really. But I suppose I would say that many of us are balancing multiple lives in addition to being a graduate student - other professional identities, other occupations, family life, being a committed citizen, the list... Read More
Anthea Pun I would advise new graduate students to remain focused on their passion for their studies, and why they came to graduate school in the first place. There are a lot of challenges in the first year, which can both be work and personal related (such... Read More
Lisa Brunner If you're struggling to choose a research focus/question/methodology, take the time you need to decide – but only that. We each contain multitudes and can potentially do an infinite number of projects; a graduate thesis is (hopefully!) just one... Read More
Shelley Moore Time. Give yourself time. Everything takes longer than you think, and as one of my instructors Handel Wright said once, "You need to give yourself time to think!" Read More
Ryan Huff Be adaptable, there is no one path to success in graduate studies. Opportunities will often take you by surprise and in a different direction from what you had originally planned, and it is up to you to go after them. Also, take the time to make... Read More