advisor problem

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I'm in a Master's program in MCB right now and will be done in May 2010, my advisor is an assistant professor with no research funding and refuses to give me a TA from the department, and said that he doesn't care if his students will quit because of not being able to pay for tuition and fees (one of his PhD students is going to sit out for a year because of lack of funding, and he didn't try his best to find this PhD student a TA!). He's really nasty. I really want to get a TA from the department so to gain some experiences, also to save some money for Medical school next year.

My question is: is it worthy to change to another advisor and get a TA and start all over again?

Please give me some suggestions if you could, thank you.

[historygirl23]

I'm in a Master's program in MCB right now and will be done in May 2010, my advisor is an assistant professor with no research funding and refuses to give me a TA from the department, and said that he doesn't care if his students will quit because of not being able to pay for tuition and fees (one of his PhD students is going to sit out for a year because of lack of funding, and he didn't try his best to find this PhD student a TA!). He's really nasty. I really want to get a TA from the department so to gain some experiences, also to save some money for Medical school next year.

My question is: is it worthy to change to another advisor and get a TA and start all over again?

Please give me some suggestions if you could, thank you.

In my experience, having a good supervisor gives you good grounding in the program. Professors are giving a pass in the attitude department--most feel that they've earned that 'air of superiority- but regardless of that, if they aren't willing to go to bat for you after they blew you off... switch. See if there is another advisor that will take you on.