I know many people have conflicting opinions about PhDs, but I think this is a pretty good explanation of what a PhD is: http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-scho

I know many people have conflicting opinions about PhDs, but I think this is a pretty good explanation of what a PhD is: http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/ http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/ Disclaimer: I don't have a PhD :)