Friday, December 10, 2004
Poor us
Grad students get depressed. SHOCK!
I think the survey they used was the one I completely ignored. I'm not sure how legitimately random the response was, so I take the conclusions with a grain of salt.
But still, these numbers are pretty impressive. Folks seem to be suggesting that we need to provide more health services for these sad souls, but I have doubts about how effective that might be. The simple fact is that grad school is not for everyone, and a lot of students head straight into grad school from undergrad and probably should head to work, first, and then, perhaps, go to grad school when the skills you need to keep your sanity as a grad student are better developed. If you can't handle it, you really shouldn't be here, and I think getting people to recognize that they're following the wrong path is more important than trying to put this kind of Band-Aid (TM) over the wound.
That said, IEOR professors are really, really cool, and our grad program rox0rz your sox0rz.
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