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GP said in his experience "almost everyone graduated". If 56% graduate in 10 years that's far from everyone. If you think I'm wrong on any particular I welcome
by barry-cotter 5y ago
GP said in his experience "almost everyone graduated". If 56% graduate in 10 years that's far from everyone.
If you think I'm wrong on any particular I welcome correction. Feel free to cite some evidence that doing a PhD is a good decision for anyone who doesn't want to be an academic and doesn't view a PhD primarily as consumption.
- gwerbret 5y agoI was merely indicating that the person to whom you initially responded (cycomanic) offered an excellent, and very detailed, point-by-point rebuttal of your initial broad comments about PhDs. I thought it provided a more nuanced explanation of how the overall training and career prospects vary by _location_ and _field of study_.