First year PhD - 5 tips to help you Succeed!

Hi👋, today I want to give you some tips for starting PhD students, hope you enjoy ❤️.

00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Have a research bank
04:33 - Think of the future
05:36 - Take care of your health
06:52 - Start a side project

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🙋‍♀️ Hi, my name is Charlotte Fraza a second year PhD student in Computational Neuroscience at the Donders institute in the Netherlands. With this Channel I hope to teach the world about Computational Neuroscience and give current and prospective students the tools to enter this field. I hope you enjoy the videos ❤️.

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[leodu]

As a fellow PhD student in a (somewhat) related field, these are all great points -- some are also suggestions my advisor gave me, such as writing down all the ideas very soon after you had them.
Another tip related to those in this video: my senior lab mate had suggested to me a daily strategy which is "manage energy instead of time". The energy to do complex intellectual labor is actually very limited on a day-to-day basis and it is not equivalent to time.

[manueljulca]

I'm a sophomore student but I try to do research as hard as a Phd. Greetings from Perú Charlotte!

[Heyuher]

I finally started doing #1 on Notion as well! Excited to build that out and actualize some of the ideas

[johnmongver]

Starting my PhD in Germany this October and your channel really helps and inspires me a lot.

[kellyyunqianwei]

Thank you so much for sharing! I am a working professional who is hoping to work on a part time Phd and so far made little progress. One thing I learned is that time is the only thing that cant be created.. You have to guard your time as the most precious jewels.

[cool]

I want to say thank u for making this video, it may help me a lot as a new phD student this fall, I really like this idea of starting a side project, and begin to think about mine

[risinglai]

new PhD student here, thanks for the tips :))
I'm studying in Flanders so I think the situation is quite similar. Very useful!
My PhD focuses on (applied) design in healthcare. Things I take on besides my PhD is learning Dutch!

[cristianmansillaantilef]

I'm about to start my master in neuroscience in the UK. You really inspire me a lot! Hope to be a fellow PhD in a couple of years

[noriander]

loved it! not yet starting my PhD but soon :)
and would love to see some Vlogs, just videos about your daily life as neuroscientist. that would be so cool!

[terrialexanderyoga]

Hello Charlotte, this spring 2023 I will start my PhD in Special Education at Penn State. My focus is on Autism and Advocacy.

[thesiliconscholar]

Hello Charlotte, I am fellow PHD student but I am studying part time. Thinking of your future and having a post PHD plan is definitely a great tip because it gives you something look forward to post PHD completion

[ayodejimatuluko]

These are all really great tips for new PhD students!

[TSCHANNELSHORTS]

Hi Fraza,

I don't know how I got recommendation for your video. However, I enjoy listening to your videos. All the best for your PHD

[soroushzare]

Thanks a lot for your great effort. I wonder if you make a video of how you set up your notion pages.

[samiahamed]

thanks for the great tips what software you have used?

[parkourroarx]

Started my PhD during fall 2021, thank so much for your content, Charlotte! I'm trying to get situated with Notion to see if it works for me. Do you have any additional tips for developing a work/research schedule?

[nikolaykolev]

What is your motivation of sharing "know how" with the world?