Hi, All
I am a graduate student in NC state. I want to transfer to another university in the fall semester. However, my professor asked me to stay here for another semester and didn't let me go. How can I leave? Your suggestions are really appreciated.

4/17/2006 7:21:15 PM

You're an adult.

Make a decision.

Your professor will have to live with it, Lee Fowler style.

4/17/2006 7:24:23 PM

Your professor didn't let you go? How is it his decision?

4/17/2006 7:27:39 PM

1) Apply to a graduate program at a university that isn't NCSU.

2) Don't pay your fall 2006 tuition to NCSU.

3) Don't use the professor you're dumping as a reference.

4/17/2006 7:28:05 PM

4) grow some balls

4/17/2006 8:07:38 PM

uhm, have you folks ever been in graduate school, perhaps his program isn't that easy

sometimes you sign letters of commitment depending on assistantships or scholarships

and we don't even know why he wants to leave


also, most grad schools have just passed the april 15th date, which i'm pretty sure is a gold standard for the latest they go without finalizing their entries

i could be wrong about everything of course

[Edited on April 17, 2006 at 8:09 PM. Reason : `]

4/17/2006 8:09:08 PM

As a grad student, it's pointless to try to transfer. You just apply to another school & start over.

I know several people who have done this, without any problems.

It's not going to get you anywhere entering as a transfer student. Any courses/research done here isn't going to do you anygood elsewhere.

4/17/2006 8:10:03 PM

Hold your horses, you're a grad student nad can't figure out how to leave?

How'd you get in is what I first want to ask?

4/17/2006 8:14:16 PM

firmbuttgirl has spoken.

4/17/2006 8:15:02 PM

you don't want NCSU to be on your graduate diploma, G. go to PACE, DUKE, YALE, USC, UNC, UCLA, NYU or something . . . NCSU is fine for undergrad and pretty inexpensive.

4/17/2006 8:18:20 PM

Let me ask you this

Can he walk at all,

or if he moves, will he fall

4/17/2006 8:21:36 PM

haha youre a graduate and youre asking this question?

4/17/2006 8:41:46 PM

Quote :

"1) Apply to a graduate program at a university that isn't NCSU. 2) Don't pay your fall 2006 tuition to NCSU. 3) Don't use the professor you're dumping as a reference. "

GENIUS !!!

4/17/2006 8:45:18 PM

Did you even read the fucking responses?

It's not the same fucking thing as undergrad. You can't just transfer because you get the whim.

4/17/2006 8:45:26 PM

step 1: post this topic in as many sections as possible

4/17/2006 8:45:37 PM

what i love about this is that this person obviously had >3.0 and that meant to the university that he had it all figured out...yet i, with a 2.81 (in engineering, mind you), and can tie my own shoes, can not get in

4/17/2006 9:56:47 PM

If you're a US citizen and paying your own tuition, you can leave at any time.
Getting into another school for the Fall may be tough if you missed deadlines.

If you signed something in exchange for a tuition waiver or a fellowship or such, then you need to read the paperwork to find out your legal and financial obligations.

[Edited on April 17, 2006 at 10:12 PM. Reason : (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?]

4/17/2006 10:08:00 PM

^^ I don't want to be a dick, but a 2.81 GPA tells me that you just didn't try very hard, especially considering you plan on going to grad school.

4/17/2006 10:10:09 PM

If you apply to another NC system school, you have to provide transcripts of all coursework attempted at each school you attend. Im pretty sure they know which schools you have been enrolled before.

4/17/2006 10:11:52 PM

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"you don't want NCSU to be on your graduate diploma, G. go to PACE, DUKE, YALE, USC, UNC, UCLA, NYU or something . . . NCSU is fine for undergrad and pretty inexpensive."

depends on what you're studying, g.

4/17/2006 10:18:53 PM

hey amsterdam, where does uconn rank on your list, g?

4/17/2006 10:25:29 PM

extremely low, come join me foot. you are slowly missing out on your chance.

4/17/2006 10:34:19 PM

Thank you for all your replies. My situation is a little complex. I am an international student and get the research assistantship. Since the RA contract ends in May, I think I am free to leave after I wrap up what I am doing here and let other person to start easily from there. But my professor insists that I don't finish the project and request me to stay here. I don't think I have the obligation to finish all the stuff. Can I go to some places to complain about that?

4/17/2006 11:12:32 PM

http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/grad/

[Edited on April 17, 2006 at 11:25 PM. Reason : ]

4/17/2006 11:18:12 PM

Do what I did!

1. Move to California
2.
3.
4. Profit

4/17/2006 11:37:40 PM

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"extremely low, come join me foot. you are slowly missing out on your chance."

the florida ship sailed a long time ago b

its definitely Storrs

i may shoot for florida for tha phd
but Old Dominion in norfolk is starting a phd program, so that might be interesting...

4/17/2006 11:55:29 PM

ODU?

More like ODDON'T

4/17/2006 11:56:51 PM

Quote :

"I don't think I have the obligation to finish all the stuff. Can I go to some places to complain about that?"

If you have no obligation here, you can try to get a position somewhere else. I'm not sure what you plan to complain about.

[Edited on April 18, 2006 at 1:02 AM. Reason : or to who]

4/18/2006 1:01:05 AM

NCSU grad programs are only good for agriculture. for engineering go to MIT or Rensselaer Polytechnic or something . . . anything else just save all the guess work and go IVY league.

4/18/2006 4:41:19 AM

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"NCSU grad programs are only good for agriculture. for engineering go to MIT or Rensselaer Polytechnic or something . . . anything else just save all the guess work and go IVY league."

Yeah lets just find that $100,000 we all have laying around somewhere...

Not everyone wants to do something that requires them to go to an Ivy leauge grad school, saying that graduate programs from NCSU are worthless is idiotic.

4/18/2006 4:53:49 AM

A degree from an Ivy will help get your first job. As years go by, it means less and less outside academia.

4/18/2006 10:21:31 AM

Tripp Tracy went to an Ivy League school. That should tell you everything you need to know.

4/18/2006 10:29:16 AM

dooyee: You do have some freedom to switch grad schools since your RA contract is up. BUT, did you ever promise your advisor that you would be finishing your thesis/research project under him? Professors typically renew RA-ships once a year, but that doesn't mean they are ok with you leaving them whenever you please since they invested time in guiding you through independent studies, research, etc.

With that said, it is always easier to trasfer to another grad school if there is some kind of collaboration between the said school and your research group, that way your Advisor will be happier to let you go. Technically speaking as long as there is no breach of contract from your side, you should be good to go and no-one can hold you down, but it's just not very common. Plus with you being an international student, there are other implications with regard to documents that need to be furnished, application deadlines to be met, etc etc

[Edited on April 18, 2006 at 10:49 AM. Reason : .]

4/18/2006 10:48:09 AM

My problem depends on how to define the obligation. Actually, I have talked with the department head. He indicated that I have the obligation to finish the project here even if my RA expires. And whether the project is finished is defined by my professor. As a student, I don't know how to reject it.

4/18/2006 10:49:18 AM

So how much time have you spent under this prof? Has he paid your out-of-state tuition...and for how many semesters? And how many research credits do you have under him?

Talk to one of the advisors in the International Office. Since they don't have any selfish interest in you producing a thesis for them, they should give you unbiased guidance on this situation (or atleast you can hope so).


[Edited on April 18, 2006 at 11:06 AM. Reason : God, some of the responses in this thread are so dumb!]

4/18/2006 10:51:08 AM

someone really should point out that amsterdam is the guy that quit school like 6 credits short of graduating

4/18/2006 11:07:58 AM

Talk to an advisor.

4/18/2006 12:18:23 PM

One of my history professors, Dunstan, said he transfered grad schools half way through (as opposed to starting over somewhere else I believe). I'm sure you could look up his contact information on the history department if you were so inclined.

So far you seem to want to leave just because you aren't required to stay. But considering you've vested time and effort here, and people here have put time & effort into you, it seems like there would be more reason for wanting to give all those connections up.

4/18/2006 1:08:14 PM

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"someone really should point out that amsterdam is the guy that quit school like 6 credits short of graduating "

actually it was 10 hours and I should be starting back after I get my job situation straightened out. my current job sucks major ass and besides I put my perspective college degree on my resume anyway.

4/19/2006 7:27:42 PM

Quote :

"perspective college degree "

4/19/2006 10:54:42 PM

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"Do what I did! 1. Move to California Colorado 2. 3. 4. Profit"

[Edited on April 19, 2006 at 11:04 PM. Reason : .]

4/19/2006 11:04:07 PM

no i had it right

colorado is dry, boring, and shitty

4/20/2006 2:18:21 AM

Oh yeah... because this looks sooooo dry, boring, and shitty

4/20/2006 7:49:30 PM

I have to complain my transfer to some people.
After I am going to talk with the dean of engineering, who should I talk next?
Administrative Board of the Graduate School, Chancellor?
Is it ok to talk with them?
Thanks a lot.

4/20/2006 8:04:24 PM

5onyourside@wral.com

4/21/2006 11:38:42 AM

[user]Amsterdamn718[/user]

you're retarded G

first of all, you included Pace in the same sentence as a handful of prestigous schools

and then you bashed the education here

i suggest you check the thread about this in the Old School section

4/21/2006 11:55:45 AM