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I recommend the anonymous comment starting: It's unfair to characterize a UK PhD as "a good US Master's thesis"... http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2010/09/so-you

by imurray 16y ago

I recommend the anonymous comment starting: It's unfair to characterize a UK PhD as "a good US Master's thesis"... http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2010/09/so-you-want-to-go-to-grad-school.html?showComment=1284106457670#c5898977344578639248 http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2010/09/so-you-want-to-go-to-... — it's pretty fair and accurate.

gaius 16y ago
The thing with the UK system is we specialize a lot earlier. A 16 when you choose your A-levels you are already making choices, then you go to university to focus on one subject, there's no "choosing your major" after a year or two. And it's not even the case that the US system produces noticeably better generalists; UK people just pick that up as they go.
- imurray 16y ago
  That's true, but as you say UK students aren't necessarily that tied down. I moved (in the UK) from a physics undergrad to research in machine learning and statistics. This sort of move is common.