Timeline for Strange Interaction with Professor
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| Jul 3 at 14:52 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | @R1NaNo Perhaps it would have been good to tell the student at the start "Your GPA could stand to go up if you want to go to grad school," but I don't think that mentors should be expected to be asking students for their transcripts each quarter to make sure they're improving. Someone wanting to go to grad school should really display a bit more independence and self-reliance than not understanding GPA go down = bad. | |
| Jul 3 at 13:39 | comment | added | R1NaNo | @rainbowschubert with all due respect, that is a borderline GPA and may not be enough to get into a lot of doctoral programs (it meets most cutoffs but will likely be at the bottom end of offers made). Perhaps your advisor feels that now, when put in full context, it may not be strong enough to get into the programs you want. I think you should have an honest conversation with your advisor. Also, from my perspective, I would certainly encourage you to apply with a 3.4 but with tempered expectations, and with the idea that you may have to accept a downgrade to a masters admission to start. | |
| Jul 3 at 13:36 | comment | added | R1NaNo | @AzorAhai-him- it is not a research mentor's job to do many of the things they do in support of students. | |
| Jul 3 at 13:02 | comment | added | rainbowschubert | For reference, my undergrad GPA is 3.4 and I graduated in 2022, so it’s not changing. | |
| Jul 3 at 11:52 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | To be honest, I don't think it's a research mentor's job to keep track of their URA's GPA. | |
| Jul 3 at 2:23 | history | answered | R1NaNo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |