>In engineering the quip was always "if you're paying for graduate school you're doing it wrong" This is what I faced pursuing graduate studies in physics as w

>In engineering the quip was always "if you're paying for graduate school you're doing it wrong" This is what I faced pursuing graduate studies in physics as well. Problem was, I graduated from undergrad in 2009 and the only grad school willing to pay for me during the economic downturn had a new, very poorly run program. I (voluntarily) dropped out after a year.