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gkhouston

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39. Probably because that's not what he's been thinking about for months.

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Wed Jul 25, 2012, 01:02 AM

Jul 2012

He likely spent most of his time fantasizing about and planning the shooting.

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Sounds like something Sheldon would say Gman Jul 2012 #1

He wasn't even a second year grad student. He quit at the end of first year. LisaL Jul 2012 #13

Seems like maybe he had come to the end of his intellectual ability Lex Jul 2012 #2

I think they'll be tightlipped about any incidents where he hit a wall at school flamingdem Jul 2012 #5

Sounds like he tanked his prelims, but it might not have been for intellectual reasons. gkhouston Jul 2012 #8

These were some the pre-grad school things that caught my eye Lex Jul 2012 #11

It was pre- undergrad school. LisaL Jul 2012 #12

If it was pre-undergrad, then it was pre-grad too Lex Jul 2012 #14

The point is, he was still in high school. LisaL Jul 2012 #15

Without knowing what the other kids at the summer program were like, it's hard to gkhouston Jul 2012 #16

If THIS GUY was "one of six students admitted to the University of Colorado's graduate program"... Zalatix Jul 2012 #3

That's a pretty strange thing to say, considering one guy knew Holmes when Holmes was LisaL Jul 2012 #21

What do you think an employer will say if one of six neuroscience grad students Zalatix Jul 2012 #28

Maybe you should re-read the darn article. LisaL Jul 2012 #30

Maybe YOU need to re-read the article. Perhaps you missed this part? Zalatix Jul 2012 #31

He was accepted into program not based on his high school record (whatever it was) LisaL Jul 2012 #33

If he graduated with honors then why did he have so much trouble handling his first year grad exam? Zalatix Jul 2012 #38

Probably because that's not what he's been thinking about for months. gkhouston Jul 2012 #39

U. Calif. has structure. Igel Jul 2012 #41

His up-coming exams were probably the last thing Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #43

That "actual professor" is a competitor at Baylor with his own self-serving agenda. pnwmom Jul 2012 #47

Hardly. He had graduated with highest honors from U.Cal/Riverside. pnwmom Jul 2012 #46

"He was just a second-year grad student," he says. "He didn't know anything." alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #4

Sounds like the sort of faculty we used to call walruses. gkhouston Jul 2012 #10

ROFL! I've never heard that, but now I'm picturing half my colleagues with big petronius Jul 2012 #20

I hope it will provide a useful degree of detachment gkhouston Jul 2012 #22

That's good. Igel Jul 2012 #42

In academia, yes. In the wild, I don't know. n/t gkhouston Jul 2012 #44

When I read Holmes had said that, I frogmarch Jul 2012 #6

Scientists tend to be super-competitive. Maybe Holmes was a dolt or maybe pnwmom Jul 2012 #7

Grad students in most programs can be pretty hostile to one another Posteritatis Jul 2012 #36

Let's put it this way jberryhill Jul 2012 #9

Agreed, but let me add... gkhouston Jul 2012 #17

Oh, absolutely jberryhill Jul 2012 #18

Oh, yes. I'm kind of surprised the target was a movie theater, and gkhouston Jul 2012 #19

What was that Malcolm McLaren movie where he shot up the college? flamingdem Jul 2012 #25

Do you mean Malcom MacDowell and "If..." ? gkhouston Jul 2012 #27

That's probably the main adjustment with graduate studies Posteritatis Jul 2012 #37

I'd say that depends on what your undergrad experience was like, and also what gkhouston Jul 2012 #40

Classic doctoral professor remark. Mine told me not to show up for my masters hooding... aikoaiko Jul 2012 #23

I'm beginning to think the program contributed to pushing carrot top over the edge flamingdem Jul 2012 #24

Oh give me a break already. LisaL Jul 2012 #26

A rough grad program can certainly push an unstable person over the edge. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #32

A lot of things can push an unstable person over the edge. LisaL Jul 2012 #34

Of course. aikoaiko Jul 2012 #35

Snorf. That is *so* typical. n/t gkhouston Jul 2012 #29

He graduated with "highest honors" from University of California/Riverside. pnwmom Jul 2012 #45