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I routinely advise students to carefully consider whether or not grad school is for them. The simple fact that each professor advises >10 grad students in thei
by ISL 8y ago
I routinely advise students to carefully consider whether or not grad school is for them.
The simple fact that each professor advises >10 grad students in their career is generally sufficient to open an undergraduate's eyes to reality.
Do it for love, not for money, and do it only with the recognition of the fiscal/life sacrifice that a Ph.D entails.
- Fomite 8y agoAs do I - it's helpful to point out to students that at steady state, the replacement rate for a tenured professor is one. If the field is doubling in size over their lifetime...it's two. But I'm also in a field where "alternative" careers don't carry quite the same stigma.