Research sabotaged by another student!

UneNarwhal
Fri, 25 May 2012 23:34:23 +0000

Being honest is always for the best. While it’s good to take your relationships with others into account before bringing up your concerns, you shouldn’t be so concerned about others that you end up putting yourself in a bad situation.

If your concerns are legitimate, a good adviser’s principle problem will not be the fact that you are switching but the fact that you waited a year to discuss these issues. Being up front with your adviser after your own efforts to solve a problem have failed is every bit as important as being honest.

If you are concerned about being viewed negatively, the best advice I can offer is as follows. Give only the facts, not opinions or accusations. And be fair, don’t exaggerate or cherry pick details.