I confess I don't actually know what you're asking here, but I'm almost certain the answer is that not I cannot.

My videos on statements of purpose and on CVs might help!

​@@CaseyFieslerPhD thank you so much, I'll be sure to check them out. I wish I would have found you before submissions this year! 😂 I guess I'll just have to wait and see how it goes.

I have an entire video about this! kzbin.info/www/bejne/joGwY2WYjLmdiM0si=fVuo00Dm5lzMF_tH

It sounds like research to me!

Good luck!!

Great question! I think that your questions could be much the same, but just recognizing that some of them might be speculative. What kind of research are you most excited about doing? You also might ask if there are particular other faculty in the department they might be collaborating with (as this is a way of getting at in part the kind of support network you might have, but is also a thoughtful question). You also might ask about their experience as a PhD student and what they're hoping to do now. Remember that questions you ask at an interview would be slightly different than questions you ask after you're admitted - because at this point they're still interviewing you as opposed to you interviewing them. After you've been admitted I'd probably have some more pointed questions about their support structures and resources and that sort of thing.

@@CaseyFieslerPhD fantastic! Thank you Casey!

@@MyEdTechLife feel free to reach out!

@@solomonbonty If you were considering my PhD program our deadline had already passed! But good luck with wherever you decide to apply.

@@xokferg894 No idea! I’ve never heard of that degree.

If it’s actually true that the job you want requires a PhD then that’s a great reason. There are just limited jobs that require a PhD that don’t involve research (or teaching) at all… (Venture capital? Why?)

@@CaseyFieslerPhD Cool thanks - then I will definetly mention it in my motivational letter as I have 0 aspirations of staying in the lab. For biotech VC a PhD is required as one needs to evaluate whether the concepts presented by start-ups have scientific merit (this is especially crucial after the Theranos scandal). VC is so intriguing as it allows to stay very close to cutting-edge translational science (my passion), while being even closer to actually advancing science that benefits the world than when just working on one project for several years in a lab. :)

@@nikopolonikopolo683 Well as incorrect as I think your last statement is, I wish you the very best of luck!

@@nikopolonikopolo683 Also I strongly recommend that you do NOT say anything like your sentiment in that last statement in your application materials or interviews. Insulting the entire field would probably not go over well.

@@CaseyFieslerPhD Yeah, I commented to see how academics would react if I noted in my motivations that I wanted to use my PhD to achieve something outside of pure research - honestly, your reactions make me quite hesitant. It seems like academics don't value using a PhD for something else than for pursuing an academic career, don't know how to use it, respectively. Maybe I just say that I want to be a professor like everyone else....

Some PhD programs require you to be full time in general, some require you to be full time in order to have an assistantship. I think it's very unlikely that you'd be able to have an assistantship while still working, but that's a question you'd have to ask the program. It's very common to pursue a PhD in a different program than where you pursue a Masters, and questions about timelines would be best addressed to the program as well.

You should look at the department's webpage...

This can be answered by looking at my channel and seeing what I’ve been posting. :)

@@CaseyFieslerPhD thanks Dr. Casey, i will be following you, i hope you can drop me your email.i wanna reach you out to get more information about assistant professor position in the US.

(1) I think this depends on the program and how and when they review applications. (2) That can only be a good thing!

Your second two sentences are totally true but I have no idea what they have to do with the first sentence. (Which I think is just an incorrect statement though I guess that depends on “less impact than what?”)

@CaseyFieslerPhD I mean PhD research topics are mostly not chosen, keeping in mind the real-world challenges. Enhancing the theoretical knowledge without any practical applications can not be considered an impactful research.

@permvirsingh I’m not sure why you think this, but fortunately this isn’t true.

If you have 5 sure! Though that's a lot.

I don't know how any program could enforce an actual policy against it. I would just say that you should be careful about how it might impact your writing. (You also might consider using something like Grammarly that is more explicitly designed to help improve your writing.)

@CaseyFieslerPhD thank you. As a native reader can you recognize the text edited by chat gpt?

@@sajedeht5170 It's not a question of whether it's recognizable as AI or not, it's a question of the quality of the writing. Often AI generated writing is not great. I would recommend using it for editing and not for generating text.

@@Digits90 Still here! My last livestream was in August.

That video would be completely irrelevant to a conversation about college professors.