(WSU) I am happy to have met my mentor and

How this student rated the school

Research Quality	C	Research Availability	B
Research Funding	F	Graduate Politics	D+
Errand Runners	A	Degree Completion	B
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]	F	Sufficient Pay	F
Competitiveness	B	Education Quality	B-
Faculty Accessibility	A	Useful Research	B
Extracurriculars	-	Success-Understanding	-
Surrounding City	D	Social Life/Environment	C
"Individual" treatment	C	Friendliness	B
Safety	B	Campus Beauty	F
Campus Maintenance	D	University Resource/spending	D

Describes the student body as: Friendly, Approachable, Broken Spirit Describes the faculty as: Unhelpful

Male

Lowest Rating Research Funding	F

Highest Rating Errand Runners	A

He cares more about Campus Beauty than the average student.

Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Other (This Major's Salary over time)
I am happy to have met my mentor and conduct research within his lab, but I am unhappy with the institution. My department has a bias and wants students only to go into academic research. I find little support in my department for my careers goals. Luckily, my mentor is supportive.

Very important isssue is Wayne State provides very poor stipend support around 20K. Comparable schools offer at least 25K. Wayne State is within the bottom quartile of schools nationwide for stipend support. Combine this with tenured faculty (science-related) who do not have funding and stopped publishing, it becomes difficult to find a good lab. I had to attend a local university due to personal obligations and wish I would have choose the University of Michigan.

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