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--- grad_school [2019/09/09 22:30] – ethanminot
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 "Do you find it boring to probe 1e6 devices for electrical resistivity? Well, if you play your cards right, you can recruit an undergrad to work on this project for you. If you find the right person, and frame the opportunity properly and train them correctly, they will be happy to do literally 100s of hours of work for you, at no cost, if it's part of a research agenda. They are lucky to have this opportunity. Believe me. I was an undergrad interested in science, but with no idea how to find my way into the world of research. I really wish I had the kind of opportunity that you guys can offer these incoming students.
-"Being a TA is probably going to cost you 4-6 hours per week. What you can get in return in terms of time contributed from students can quickly make up for this - if you go into it with the right attitude. Of course if you show up and view the task as nothing more than a burdensome exercise, then don't expect to get anything back.
+"Being a TA is probably going to cost you 4-6 hours per week (**At OSU, a full time TA position — 0.4 full time equivalent — is 16 hours a week**). What you can get in return in terms of time contributed from students can quickly make up for this - if you go into it with the right attitude. Of course if you show up and view the task as nothing more than a burdensome exercise, then don't expect to get anything back.
 "A long time ago, I was a TA back at Caltech. Probably 60% of the class had a bad attitude, and complained bitterly at having to solve the differential equation: