I started my PhD last year and was interested in working with this PI in his lab. My bad maybe but I never contacted anyone in his lab about their experience.
When I got here I realized the members of the lab are almost all petite white women. A common reason why they’re doing their PhD in this lab? The PI saw something in them and thought they were special when they were undergraduates.
To top it off, most of them are doing projects predetermined by the PI for their dissertation.
Goes without saying, I intend to work with another professor but still very disheartening to see.
When I got here I realized the members of the lab are almost all petite white women. A common reason why they’re doing their PhD in this lab? The PI saw something in them and thought they were special when they were undergraduates.
To top it off, most of them are doing projects predetermined by the PI for their dissertation.
Goes without saying, I intend to work with another professor but still very disheartening to see.