Fellowship is All You Need: Getting into Grad School by Hacking the NSF GRFP Last year I started having delusions of grad school. By delusions I mean that on paper, in the numeric and text fields that actually make it into the application, I looked utterly unqualified to do machine...
Abstract TL;DR: plant your crops like this and you will make the most money possible Motivation If you haven’t yet tried, consider escaping 2020’s cyberpunk hellscape into the 2D world of Stardew Valley, an open-world farming RPG where almost all actions lead to positive outcomes. The game is as non-punishing...
Does the industry route count? Many people in private labs (Google, OpenAI, etc.) got there the private route without school. That was actually going to be my backup plan. In fact, one of the first authors on GPT-3 is now at Columbia working on her PhD somewhere down the hall. She's in year 3, so do the math... Now I know the true meaning of imposter syndrome.
My unclear interpretation of the rules was that when you apply for GRFP you must state an "intended school". It felt disingenuous to state a school I didn't apply to, ergo you should apply to a school. But I have no reason to believe it is verified in any way shape or form.
Last year I started having delusions of grad school. By delusions I mean that on paper, in the numeric and text fields that actually make it into the application, I looked utterly unqualified to do machine learning research, let alone at a top school. I had no computer science publications, no masters degree, and a 3.3 GPA, in materials engineering. I was a self-taught washed up startup founder six years out of school with no advisor and three months work experience in my proposed field of NLP. Only two people had ever seen me write code; one was my... (read 3524 more words →)
TL;DR: plant your crops like this and you will make the most money possible
If you haven’t yet tried, consider escaping 2020’s cyberpunk hellscape into the 2D world of Stardew Valley, an open-world farming RPG where almost all actions lead to positive outcomes. The game is as non-punishing as they come, making it a superb unwinding after a long day or recurring date with your long-distance quarantined non-gaming significant other. Whether you spend your time watering blueberries, reeling in trout, or romancing the local townsfolk, most would say there is no wrong way to play as long as you’re having fun.
I disagree. A farm is a business and businesses should make as much... (read 1824 more words →)
This is good advice. It is very helpful to 1) have a home school that will let you stick around as a backup and 2) have a sufficiently general research topic and flexibility to apply to make many schools be good fits.