20240709 - other criteria

prospective-gradStudent.Rmd

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 - writing skills, especially in scientific writing
 - quantitative/statistical skills
 - academic preparedness for graduate school
+- whether they will work well with others—including our team and others in the program
+- their intellectual curiosity
+- whether they are "hungry" and have a "[fire in the belly](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fire_in_the_belly)": "the emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something"
 - whether the trainee will not only meet, but will exceed the [lab expectations for graduate students](expectations-gradStudent.html)
   - for instance, my lab looks for students who will both benefit from—and contribute to—our team and the collaborative environment, and who will work regularly in the lab (i.e., during the workday, as described in the [lab expectations for graduate students](expectations-gradStudent.html)); we are not looking for "lone wolves"