First year experience/pressure/drama

LAGator
Fri, 04 May 2007 13:58:32 +0000

First year:

Experience - A good amount of coursework and exploration of possible Thesis topics, in addition to teaching/research duties.
Pressure - Not too much. Just don’t make a C in a course.
Drama - Didn’t see any. Not saying that it wasn’t there or that you won’t see it, though.

As for feelings of inadequacy, I suppose that they are natural given that it is easy to feel overwhelmed in Grad School. You are learning a new “game” and you come side-by-side with people who have played it longer and have more skill at it. Just remember that even the most senior Professor Emeritus was in the same situation and probably had similar feelings.