Baller Day (for a grad student)
 

I think this is the grad student equivalent of winning the lottery.

I went to speak with my advisor today about my schedule for next semester, and she tells me that she had recommended me as a TA for the upcoming semester - this is pretty surprising as the TA jobs are usually reserved for PhD students, and I'm in a Master's Program.

Soo after she approves my schedule, I head over to the TA director's office, and she hooks it up with the last available TA spot, and a cushy one at that - just a couple of discussion sections, no lab.

Ship the free tuition monies, $4500 dollar stipend, and lots of undergrad girls!!

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total winnings: $8500

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education is not baller

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education is not baller

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but this is a very big brag

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education is baller

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Perhaps not.

That's why I had to classify it as a baller day - for a grad student.

$8500 > My savings account >> My poker bankroll

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Hey give the guy some credit, I think this is baller.

Nice work scat.

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but this is a very big brag

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ship the undergrad girls and siihp. holla.

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nh scat

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Added brag: course is required for nursing/pre-med majors; ~2:1 girl:guy ratio [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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education is baller

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this is a very big brag

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ship the undergrad girls and siihp. holla.

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Taking advantage of education for sexual purposes IS baller

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wanking nuts!

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jesus, i didn't realize that GSI's got such a great deal. but, i guess it prolly depends on the school.

anyway, that's pretty cool except your idea of banging girls in your class may be a lil idealistic.

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Perhaps not.

That's why I had to classify it as a baller day - for a grad student.

$8500 + My savings account = My poker bankroll

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FYP to make you more balla.

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Added brag: course is required for nursing/pre-med majors; ~2:1 girl:guy ratio [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Beat: Having to waste a bunch of time with annoying pre-med kids who want to argue with you about 0.5 point on every question on every assigment.

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congrats, even tho i dont have any idea wth is TA and PhD and other sexual deceases.

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I got a pretty awesome TA job as well. I'm kinda broke and I got hooked up with teaching a class (I'm considering being a professor as my career) and doing some easy work for another professor - I'm psyched about this semester [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Taking advantage of education for sexual purposes IS baller

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thank you.nh.

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future brag: going to be a doctor?

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please explain what TA means, thank you

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No, I'm going for a Professional Science Master's in Applied Genomics - which I am actually pretty stoked about. After getting a B.S. in biology and not being too thrilled with the job prospects, I found this program; I'm looking to get involved in either the business end of the biotech industry or possibly patent law.

If anyone has experience in this field I'd definitely be interested; I'm trying to hopefully find an internship by the summer but still am not sure exactly what I'd like to get into.


The class is Human Genetics - which is required by several different majors, including Pre-Med.

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business end of the biotech industry or possibly patent law

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please explain what TA means, thank you

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TA = teaching assistant

In bigger classes, there's often a couple of lectures per week which are taught by the professor (at my school they'll be up to 250 students in a lecture hall), as well as either a lab or a discussion, which typically have only 10 or 20 students and are taught by a TA, who is a grad student studying something relevant to the class.

I got very lucky as I'll be teaching a discussion session - a 50 minute class where there's usually a problem set or some sort of group work. The labs are a pain in the arse to TA; they're 2 or 3 hours long with a lot of setup and clean up.

TA's also would help professors in proctoring exams, correcting exams and assignments, etc.

Beat: TA's are generally strictly prohibited from dating undergrads... (but only during the semester. holla.)