So here's my graduate school choices (potential thesis subjects in parentheses):
University of Montreal (exoplanets or white dwarves)
McGill (neutron stars or hard coatings)
Polytechnique (risk management)
Tufts (extragalactic physics)
So here's my graduate school choices (potential thesis subjects in parentheses):
University of Montreal (exoplanets or white dwarves)
McGill (neutron stars or hard coatings)
Polytechnique (risk management)
Tufts (extragalactic physics)
Anyone have experience in COMM 212? I had to sit through my teacher berate the entire class on how bad our presentations were. I felt like we were in grade school.
So here's my graduate school choices (potential thesis subjects in parentheses):
University of Montreal (exoplanets or white dwarves)
McGill (neutron stars or hard coatings)
Polytechnique (risk management)
Tufts (extragalactic physics)
Dude, I'm an astronomer too, awesome !!
It's a great field to be in, and all the ones you list are good choices.
Exoplanets are a very hot topic now, and neutron stars and white dwarves have a high potential to be hot topics. All are good choices, so I wouldn't worry too much. Just go where you feel the most comfortable, i.e. where you'll be most productive.
I have never heard anybody say anything negative about Andrew *******. Haha, the website filters his British name.
"Extragalactic physics" is broad, I'm not sure what it means. It's a hot topic in that it's like 70% of astronomy in North America, so you can get a lot of citations on a high tide, but a lot of it is garbage and it may be hard to stand out on the basis of quality of work.
BTW, you don't necessarily need to know your thesis topic on day one ...
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I'm correcting exams for the first time ever as a T.A. Funnest thing ever!
I want to apply as a TA and marker for next semester. My only worry is if I remember enough of the course and the fact I'll be teaching people I know. I don't feel like being asked for help by friends. I told a few I might apply and already got the "you'll give me 100% right?"...Nope, I won't.
I want to apply as a TA and marker for next semester. My only worry is if I remember enough of the course and the fact I'll be teaching people I know. I don't feel like being asked for help by friends. I told a few I might apply and already got the "you'll give me 100% right?"...Nope, I won't.
If they really nag you afterwards for doing your job then they are not your friends.
You need to remember the material to be a grader but it doesn't need to be perfect; as long as you did once learn it properly it will come back as you grade.
If they really nag you afterwards for doing your job then they are not your friends.
You need to remember the material to be a grader but it doesn't need to be perfect; as long as you did once learn it properly it will come back as you grade.
Well, I wouldn't be surprised if I give people wrong impression by not giving them benefits but I hardly care. In my experience, when you try to please one you'll upset others so its best to just be fair to everyone and I save myself the problems.
That's what i'm hoping for. I did well on 1st half of the course but had less success on the 2nd portion. I still got an A but didn't like it very much. Might as well re-learn it.
Unfortunately, the courses I am doing now and find relatively easy conflict with my schedule next year so I don't think i'll be able to be a TA for them...which is disappointing.
I am a second year student in 'Science de la nature' and would like to know if you have any opinion on Calculus Three (Calcul différentiel et intégral III) and Statistics (Probabilités et statistiques). I am thinking about going in actuary or comptability or any other maths/stats domain in university. Which course could help me the most in University?
I am a second year student in 'Science de la nature' and would like to know if you have any opinion on Calculus Three (Calcul différentiel et intégral III) and Statistics (Probabilités et statistiques). I am thinking about going in actuary or comptability or any other maths/stats domain in university. Which course could help me the most in University?
If you don't do them in Cegep, you will have to do them once you get to Uni. So you can get a head start by doing them in cegep but I doubt it's required.
Well, I wouldn't be surprised if I give people wrong impression by not giving them benefits but I hardly care. In my experience, when you try to please one you'll upset others so its best to just be fair to everyone and I save myself the problems.
That's what i'm hoping for. I did well on 1st half of the course but had less success on the 2nd portion. I still got an A but didn't like it very much. Might as well re-learn it.
Unfortunately, the courses I am doing now and find relatively easy conflict with my schedule next year so I don't think i'll be able to be a TA for them...which is disappointing.
Do they have different requirements for TAs at Concordia or something? My room mate was a TA during her undergrad at Concordia. At McGill an undergrad has virtually no chance of being a TA.
I am a second year student in 'Science de la nature' and would like to know if you have any opinion on Calculus Three (Calcul différentiel et intégral III) and Statistics (Probabilités et statistiques). I am thinking about going in actuary or comptability or any other maths/stats domain in university. Which course could help me the most in University?
Do it. It helps with your university course levels, especially if you're going into math. I should have taken those courses in CEGEP because they were pretty similar to the ones I took at Concordia.
Do they have different requirements for TAs at Concordia or something? My room mate was a TA during her undergrad at Concordia. At McGill an undergrad has virtually no chance of being a TA.
It goes by PhD then masters then undergrad. I'm not in a big program so there's chances I can be a TA. That being said, i've had undergrad TAs in engineering but I've never ever had undergrad TAs for classes related to my engineering option.
You need A to be considered and are pretty much last resort.
Simple google search reveals:
•The salary for graduate students serving as teaching assistants is currently $26.51/hour. In exceptional cases where no qualified graduate students have applied to a position, undergraduate students might be hired as undergraduate course assistants, at an hourly rate of $12.00.
Depends the field. In engineering it is much much easier because of the large number of tutorials and labs.
At concordia I have yet to meet an undergrad TA for arts related courses. In engineering it's not too common but it happens.
I think it's more related to the fact concordia has more undergrad students than Mcgill which having similar grad student numbers.
I don't know. Most classes in Arts at McGill have conferences (I have never had a class without conferences), which are run by TAs. I have never seen an undergrad TA in any of my classes, nor heard of one having a position.
I think the last point is crucial here. McGill's ratio of grad students to undergrad students is much higher than Concordia.
McGill:
9000 Grad Students : 26,000 Undergrad Students (more than 1:3)
Concordia:
7,300 Grad Students : 36,000 Undergrad Students (almost 1:5)
Shortages of TA applicants are much more likely at Concordia than McGill I would imagine as a result.
I had no idea Concordia had so many students, christ.
I am a second year student in 'Science de la nature' and would like to know if you have any opinion on Calculus Three (Calcul différentiel et intégral III) and Statistics (Probabilités et statistiques). I am thinking about going in actuary or comptability or any other maths/stats domain in university. Which course could help me the most in University?
I would recommend doing both. You'll probably have to retake them at the University level, it will be easier then if you have taken them both already.
Your last semester CEGEP grades should count for... nothing at all. Don't worry about an 80 versus an 85. just focus on enjoying and learning the material.
It's very important to enjoy the summer between CEGEP and university.
I don't know. Most classes in Arts at McGill have conferences (I have never had a class without conferences), which are run by TAs. I have never seen an undergrad TA in any of my classes, nor heard of one having a position.
I think the last point is crucial here. McGill's ratio of grad students to undergrad students is much higher than Concordia.
McGill:
9000 Grad Students : 26,000 Undergrad Students (more than 1:3)
Concordia:
7,300 Grad Students : 36,000 Undergrad Students (almost 1:5)
Shortages of TA applicants are much more likely at Concordia than McGill I would imagine as a result.
I had no idea Concordia had so many students, christ.
In the math department, for example, I know of no one who TAed as an undergrad. You can be a grader, at which point you're also likely to give tutorials; I and most of my friends gave tutorials when we were graded. Responsibility level is similar, but not the pay lol :-)
I think one of my friends may have taught a class as an undergrad, but that was an exception.
