Topics
Data science
How to enter data science
- The target
- The statistics
- The analytics
- The engineering
- The people
- Transitioning to data science from academia
Statistics
External
Projects
Building a full-stack spam catching app
Data engineering
Python
Random Python
R
Introduction to R
- Intro to R
- Random data and plotting
- For loops and random walks
- Functions and if statements
- The apply functions
Random R
- For loops vs. apply - a race in efficiency
- How to be fancy with comparisons
- Visualizing my daily commute
Academic advice
Grad school life
- 1st-year reflections
- 2nd-year reflections
- 3rd-year reflections
- 4th-year reflections
- Advice for generals/quals/prelims
Applications and writing
- How to get into a biology Ph.D. program
- How to get a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP)
- How to get a Gates Cambridge scholarship p.1 (written by Dr. Paul Bergen)
- How to get a Gates Cambridge scholarship p.2 (written by Dr. Corina Logan)
- How to write the self-contained universe
Tips for undergrads
- Retrospective advice for undergrads to make the most of their four years
- Why start grad/med/law school right away? There’s a whole world out there