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How to Decide Which Grad School to Attend. A Thread.
Dra. Nicole 🏳️🌈
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Dra. Nicole 🏳️🌈
@jazztronomy
Astrophysicist turned social impact entrepreneur | CEO of Movement Consulting (@wearemvmt) | She/They/Ella | #LatinaInSTEM | I have the best ideas
- STOP 👏🏼 TELLING 👏🏼 GRAD 👏🏼 STUDENTS 👏🏼 THE 👏🏼 AVERAGE 👏🏼 PHD 👏🏼 TAKES 👏🏼 FIVE 👏🏼 YEARS 👏🏼
- interesting how we call it a “two-body” problem and not an “academia doesn’t give a fuck about families and community” problem. placing the onus on the academic(s) for being partnered rather than the system for being individualist and inhumane.
- PhD rejections: University of Hawaii Harvard UC Berkeley UCLA Columbia PhD Acceptances: Georgia State University And now I have my doctorate 💅🏼I love seeing people more open about struggles along the journey PhD rejections: UC San Diego Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis PhD Acceptance: UC Irvine I used to be embarrassed about this but it really only takes ONE 🙌🏾 and I am thriving ✨
- Hey STEM academics, it's time for some mutual aid/reparations. #BlackAndSTEM students, drop your venmo/cash app/paypal below so we can support y'all financially 👇🏼👇🏼
- Replying to @jazztronomydo y’all know how averages work? for 5 years to be the average it means a significant # of people need to be finishing their PhDs in <5 years. please show me who is out here finishing their PhDs in <5 years in phys/astro. I’ll wait.
- Hey academics tweeting #BLM: commit to abolishing the qualifier exam on y'all's little equity and inclusion statements. An unnecessary gatekeeping tool used to push Black students out of PhD programs in the U.S. Quals are racist, ableist, and classist AF. Get rid of them.
- To my irritation, I'm hearing a lot of misrepresentation of imposter phenomenon (widely known as imposter syndrome) so I'm gonna break this down for y'all (a thread)
- I need y’all to realize that there are white men and white women in this field who have passed off POC’s DEI ideas/initiatives as their own and enjoy funding, titles, and accolades while Black women struggle to get research positions for being “too political”
- Tip: ask POC how to pronounce their name. If you can’t get it right, ask if they can write it phonetically. Practice at home until you can do it correctly + without hesitation. POC deserve to own their names with pride, without resorting to a nickname for your convenience
- I really wish European #astronomers would sit the fuck down when Black Americans are speaking. The "I dOnT gEt CoLoNiZaTiOn oR rAcIsM BeCaUsE I'm FrOm EuRoPe" bit, when y'all colonized half the world. Sir if you don't shut the hell up because literally no one asked you!The way that astronomers in these “professional” FB pages act when presented with something concerning a Black woman’s decision to leave astronomy because of its hostility is telling. Gaslighting galore. Gymnastics 🤸♂️ to miss her point. Y’all snitching on ya self! #BlackInAstro
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