That's not accurate. 'ABD' (all but dissertation) [1] is an an important milestone because you are not typically done with coursework when starting out (in the

That's not accurate. 'ABD' (all but dissertation) [1] is an an important milestone because you are not typically done with coursework when starting out (in the US). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_but_dissertation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_but_dissertation