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 It is natural to feel stupid sometimes. Here is an article that speaks to "​importance of stupidity"​ in research. I found this article very encouraging as well as insightful. It is natural to feel stupid sometimes. Here is an article that speaks to "​importance of stupidity"​ in research. I found this article very encouraging as well as insightful.
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 +===== Grad Student Freebies =====
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 +As a grad student in the math department (and sometimes just as a student) you will have access to many free items that can be useful to you and your research. ​ Here is a list of things you can take advantage of:
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 +1. Matlab
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 +You have free access to matlab on the department computers, but you can also download it on your personal computer if you'd like.  You can get it, as well as 14 toolboxes, at this link: [[https://​www.mathworks.com/​academia/​tah-portal/​university-of-california-davis-589250.html|Matlab]]
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 +2. Microsoft Office
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 +You have free access to word, excel, powerpoint, skype, and all the other Microsoft Office tools here: [[https://​iet.ucdavis.edu/​content/​free-microsoft-office-365-now-available-all-uc-davis-students|Office]].
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 +3. Apple Store Priority Check-in
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 +If you break your iphone, or spill coffee on your mac, you can rush to the mac store in Sacramento for repairs. ​ Usually there is a terribly long line, and every second of your time is valuable. ​ It turns out that if you can prove to them that you can sign in to the ucdavis network with your kerberos password, then you get pushed to the front of the line as a VIP.
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 +4. Unlimited Cloud Storage
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 +The university has partnered with Box to give everyone affiliated with the campus unlimited cloud storage. ​ You can setup and sign in here: [[https://​ucdavis.account.box.com/​login|Box Login]]. ​ You even get to keep your unlimited box account once you leave the university. File size is limited to 250 MB.
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 +5. "​Free"​ Use of the Gym
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 +Technically you pay fees every quarter that allows you access to the gym, but that's beside the point. This also allows you to join the intramural teams if that's how you want to get exercise. ​
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 +6. Professional Journals
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 +As long as you are signed into eduroam or the math wifi, you can access tons of journals through the university library subscriptions for free (even no-nmath ones like IEEE). If you want to do this off-campus, and are using Mac or Windows, [[https://​www.library.ucdavis.edu/​service/​connect-from-off-campus/​|the library has a vpn]] (If you're using linux, I suggest contacting the math IT). This is extremely valuable once you are doing research.
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 +7. FOOD!
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 +There are lots of opportunities throughout the year to get free food as a math grad student. ​
 +  * [[https://​www.math.ucdavis.edu/​research/​seminars/?​type=2&​when=future| Math/​Applied Math Seminar (aka the Pizza Seminar)]]
 +  * Other seminars have historically provided food (like the PDE seminar)
 +  * [[https://​gsa.ucdavis.edu/​events/​cbdd/​|Coffee,​ Bagels and Donuts from the GSA every week]]
 +  * Fall Welcome and Fall orientation BBQ
 +  * Department Tea every week 
 +  * If you volunteer to help with the end of quarter calculus tutoring fundraiser, you will be well fed
 +  * Happy hour!  The Galois Group provides funds for appetizers when a happy hour is organized (although not alcohol, sadly)
 +  * Dual pair lunches! ​ Get a free (i.e. reimbursed) lunch with your dual pair
 +  * The little green coupon machine is a little booklet of coupons that is sent out quarterly. ​ In it are many good deals, including some freebies like free froyo or fountain drinks, or free flat tire repair at local bike shops
 +  * [[http://​cityofdavis.org/​city-hall/​public-works/​bike-pedestrian-program/​bike-month|May is Bike Month]]. ​ On May 9th, 3rd street gets closed down from A street to B street and all the bike places in town give away free stuff, including lunch for the first 100 attendees. ​ Get food and free lights and reflectors, pedals, frisbees, caribiners, and enter to win a nice road bike.
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 +8. School Supplies
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 +The department provides red, black and blue pens, pencils, whiteboard markers, white and colored chalk, sharpies, notebooks, printer paper of all sorts of colors, staples, rubber bands, ... in the mail room.  Obviously you shouldn'​t take **all** of one item, but at least you don't have to go out and buy your own supplies for discussion.
  
  
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 To be considered for many forms of financial aid or assistantships,​ a student must file the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). We recommend that all graduate students fill out an FAFSA because the department uses many funding sources that require this form. To be considered for many forms of financial aid or assistantships,​ a student must file the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). We recommend that all graduate students fill out an FAFSA because the department uses many funding sources that require this form.
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 +====== Links to other grad student advice articles ======
 +[[https://​stearnslab.yale.edu/​some-modest-advice-graduate-students|Some Modest Advice for Graduate Students]], by Stephen C. Sterns
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 +[[https://​medium.com/​@dorsaamir/​modest-advice-for-new-graduate-students-b0be6b8dbc22|Modest Advice for New Graduate Students]] by Dorsa Amir
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