I really needed to see this video. Thank you very much! I had no idea it was so common, but it makes me feel good to see this happening and that I am not alone. Thanks a million!

Hello Sir! First I just want to say thank you so much for this channel it has literally been a godsend. I too am a first generation college student and now graduate school student. I really appreciate how you have talked about the emotional aspects of academia for first-generation students as well as given program information. This particular video is right on time for me as I am considering this right now. I am considering switching masters programs Because I find that my heart is just not in to the field I am currently in and have found something that interests me more that I could see myself pursuing a PhD in. Again I can’t thank you enough for these wonderful videos. Thank you for your good heart and wanting to pay it forward!

This video and your R3ciprocity Team channel are wonderful resources. Thank you!!!

I specifically needed to hear this today.

Dear Prof Maslach. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. Even though you describe really well some personal aspects of deciding to switch PhD programmes, I think there are other reasons, external to students themselves, that are worth considering. For instance, lack of PhD funding (that happened to me in Germany) or undesired changes in your supervision arrangements. In my current case, after my first year my main supervisor has suddenly decided to retire and there is not another suitable mentor in the same programme. My University has decided that I must change from my PhD in Law to the PhD programme in Arts, Design and Architecture where my second supervisor is affiliated. Despite having an interdisciplinary project between law and arts, that change makes not sense for me, not only from an epistemological perspective but also in terms of my future academic career. Maybe this fear is baseless, as a person in my university said the important thing is to have a PhD degree no matter what the PhD is "in". I am still not convinced...

Great advice, thanks!

Great information.

Hello! thank you for the video. I am in my 2nd year of Ph.D., and the PI lacks th eresearch aptitude and is not at all supportive for collaborative work. His agenda is to make me stay in the University for 5 years, and somehow complete the formality. two seniors in my lab have left already for the same reason. i will be receiving phd candidature certificate (course credits) in a month, I'd like to know if i should apply to other universities as a fresh candidate or transfer the credits. i really love my work and i m extremely passionate about it.

Any advice on applying to new programs if previous advisor left academia? Saw other videos of yours on the subject but ultimately I tried to switch projects with a different advisor for a year and I just don’t have the same passion I do for what I originally came here to do. Should I transfer or gut it out for 2-3 more years?

Hi, thank you for the video...I am a little more than 6 months into my PhD...I do not dislike the coursework but absolutely am failing miserably to like my current project...I am trying very hard to like it...and now that I think about it...maybe transferring is a good idea...I do not see this project aiding me much in the future...I have sought my PI's help multiple times to see the bigger picture but he has not been very convincing or forthcoming with providing me the necessary information...any advice other than what you have said in the video

In my case, I'm considering transferring bacause I'm taking useless coursework on education that I won't even use in linguistics.. I wanted to focus on my PhD and the projects I want to do... but the readings take up my time. They don't require you to get an A in coursework, but there's fucking discussions every time, projects that require you to comment on each other's thoughts. So what do you do? You read and prepare because you don't want to look stupid. I tried this week - and professors would check if I'm okay. so what do I do? I'm sorry I;m so frustrated, so pissed. I'm not getting things done because of coursework I don't even need in my project.. I'm so tired of this. I made a bad decision, a really bad decision... and it's hard to get out. It's been a month into the program and I'm searhing how to get out

In my current program, I can't even find anyone on the faculty who can supervise my project. What do I do?

Sir. I recently got email from a professor she's offering me a position ( i scored good in interview) and final. Merit list will be published soon. But she wants me to confirm that i will work on her project. Now I am. Confused since I also applied to other universities too. And i am waiting for thier results too. So what shud I do in this situation sir? Should I say yes to her. But If got selected in other university then it will be fine to say no after saying yes before? Or shud I leave this opportunity? Please guide

Is it a good reason to Transfer PhD because someone got chance to a "Better Ranked" University?