{"id":19,"date":"2025-12-30T19:44:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-12-30T19:44:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T19:44:56","slug":"choosing-an-advisor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/choosing-an-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing an Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do and consider when choosing an advisor and research group:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be sure to talk to several different faculty members whose research you find interesting based on your search of their websites, literature, and suggestions from others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Come to your meetings prepared with questions.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How do your research interests fit with that of the faculty member? Will they pick your research project or can you decide the direction your project will take?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What types of mentoring and professional development activities do they offer or require of students?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are their expectations or quidelines for students in their group?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does their management or mentoring style fit with how you best learn and work?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is important to consider research interests when choosing an advisor, but don\u2019t forget to talk to group members about the questions you asked the faculty member as they can provide additional insight for making your decision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/SP19-Dinner-at-Bar-Louie.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/SP19-Dinner-at-Bar-Louie.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/12\/SP19-Dinner-at-Bar-Louie-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to do and consider when choosing an advisor and research group:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"microsite":[],"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"microsite","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/smse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/microsite?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}