Moving from Ames, it is not as easy as it seems.
My job application experience
My job hunting experience as an international PhD student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, based in the US, from day 0 to the end.
Things nobody had told me before I moved away
A few years ago I wrote a blog post telling how sad I was to miss out on national events and holidays in Vietnam. Little could I imagine, fast forward four years later, I have not only missed all Vietnamese holidays and national events, but also been missing my friends and family's major personal events. [...]
We are just smart in different ways
My whole life before grad school was always submerged in math. For me and many people, being able to solve math problems and understanding mathematical concepts was the definition of intelligence. I, despite majoring in math, could only do a handful of problems, and definitely never solved them as fast as my peers. Deep down [...]
About 2021
1. What have you felt proud of yourself in 2021? What were you doing? I decided to pursue a research idea that was totally out of my comfort zone and I may have to put a lot of things at stake for it. Some people around me did not think it was a good idea [...]
Ha Vu 