Mentoring Advice Part 2
By Adam Boocher
As Dan mentioned in his post a few weeks ago, we’ve just revamped our mentoring program at Berkeley. I think Dan gave some excellent tips on the academic side of things, and so I thought I’d write some advice from a different angle. I’m finding more and more that grad school isn’t all about the research and the math. To give an example, the math department ran a workshop a few weeks ago that I’ll call “A friendly visit from the university psychologist.” The discussion basically centered around the stress involved in being a graduate student and ways of managing it. It was really useful to have a candid discussion about this side of the graduate school experience, and we got some useful tips, which I’ll share below as well as some of the things I’ve found helpful. Continue reading ‘Mentoring Advice Part 2’ »
