Didn't win a science poster competition, i feel like i let down my advisor and really disappointed

He's going to beat me. I let him down. I deserve it. I deserve to get beaten. I hate this.

Thanks. That makes me feel better. I'm still very scared of my advisor, but those kids can go eff themselves.

sbeefyk1 wrote:

Guhhhhhhhh wrote:

Didn't win and what's worse, a student from the "rival group" won. This means at our next weekly meeting they'll keep talking about how this student won and I didn't.

This would be like the 5:45 mile kids talking about how the 4:15 miler had a bad day and ran 4:25and got last at the state meet. Those losers can't talk if they weren't good enough to be in the competition. If they do, just ask them, "where's your poster?"

Buddy, if your advisor is a good scientist, he won't give a rats a$$ about one of his students failing to win a poster prize. His focus will be on, you know, doing good science: publishing meaningful results that will advance his (and your) field of study. That's hard work and doesn't much leave time and energy for fretting over prizes in undergrad/grad conference competitions.

If he isn't a good scientist, you should think about finding a better advisor.

No he's just had a different one win it each year.