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Didn't reach the roadblock I ran into: >Professors demand you do exactly what they want for your thesis. Also, what qualifying exam? It seems like as long as
by hospitalJail 3y ago
Didn't reach the roadblock I ran into:
>Professors demand you do exactly what they want for your thesis.
Also, what qualifying exam? It seems like as long as I was worker for my professors, they couldn't give a crap. (Although I was quite credentialed, so maybe they didn't care)
If I do get a PhD, it will be on a topic I want. So far, I have done that better independently and have gotten a bunch of press on the topic without needing academia.
- zelos 3y agoI think some unis require students to start as an MPhil student and then transfer from MPhil to PhD via some kind of publication/presentation?
- jebarker 3y agoThat's what I did (~17 years ago). I was registered as MPhil then transferred to PhD after submitting a mini-thesis after about 2 years. In the end the mini-thesis actually contained all the most significant results that formed the PhD thesis and the latter just explored some applications.