Incoming Graduate Student Resources

Navigating the Biological Sciences Department can be challenging for new graduate students. This form aims to gather advice from current graduate students in the BioGrads community to provide diverse perspectives on how to navigate graduate school in the Biological Sciences when starting out as a new student.

Please complete as many prompts as you can to help us offer the most up-to-date and useful resources for incoming students. Thank you for your input! If you have any suggestions or comments, email me at ijohn43@lsu.edu.
What is the best way to form a committee? How do you find committee members?
Additional instructions for the previous question. Please fill out your advice to new incoming students


What are some questions new incoming graduate students can ask their PI to make sure they're a good fit?


What advice do you have for finding a place to live around Baton Rouge?


What are some resources or advice you have for INTERNATIONAL students specifically? Is there anything about American culture that you think is important for navigating the Biological Sciences department?


Do you have any other general advice for new incoming graduate students?