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This is also my experience. Almost everybody doing a PhD that I have met is doing so out of personal interest in the subject area. I think pretty much everybody
by anonymouz 13y ago
This is also my experience. Almost everybody doing a PhD that I have met is doing so out of personal interest in the subject area. I think pretty much everybody understands that as a career path academia sucks, but they do it because they love the research they are doing (well, most of the time, from time to time you've got to hate it ;)). People doing a PhD generally seem to understand that this is not the path to making a lot of money, and most of them seem qualified enough to do something in industry if they wanted to.
- 001sky 13y agoPersonal interest in the subject area. How many of these people pay tution, just curious...Any?
- MidsizeBlowfish 13y agoA PhD worth getting should not involve you paying tuition. Much of the time your tuition is waived and you earn a small stipend (just enough to live frugally off of) teaching/working in a lab. From a university's perspective, grad students are cheap labor that can eat a lot of sections of low level undergrad classes.
- HarryHirsch 13y agoIt's expected that your supervisor pays your tuition because he has grants. This is important signalling. No stipends means no grants and a worthless program.