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Supervisor Emails and My Heart Rate

· phd-life

"Can we talk tomorrow?" with no context has ended many students' sleep. How to build a supervisor relationship where emails don't feel like a medical event.

Reading Research Papers Efficiently: The Three-Pass Method

· phd-life

You don't need to read every paper from start to finish. A practical way to skim, understand and deeply study papers, with a note-taking template.

PhD Life: The Reviewer #2 Saga

· phd-life

Reviewer 1 liked it. Reviewer 3 had small comments. Reviewer 2 wants a different paper, written by a different person, about a different topic. How to respond without crying.