PhD - intelligence or persistence?
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Anonymous
| both I think. My husband finished his phd in a mathematical field in 2.5 yrs. He both has a genius-level IQ but is incredibly driven and high energy. |
Anonymous
+2. Who pays? |
Anonymous
School paid. |
Anonymous
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Both. And despite the nasty comment from a PP, yes, you do actually need to be intelligent to get a PhD in the "liberal arts."
And as far as financing is concerned, I think the majority of PhD programs pay the student and are therefore "free," other than the opportunity cost of lost wages at a higher paying job during the PhD period. |
Anonymous
| I know a number of people who went into a PhD programs with the sole purpose of getting financing for masters degree (combo program) as it was much easier to find financing. Majority actually got PhDs. STEM and econ. |
Anonymous
| I know someone who is paying for a PhD in Occupational Leadership from a no name school. My assessment on the value of this PhD is obviously different from someone who is receiving a stipend from a university while they pursue their degree in Physics or whatever. |
Anonymous
| I think you need both and I also think you have to have determination and focus. The ones I know who did not succeed in my program weren't sure what they were doing and so ended up failing. I knew what I wanted to do the moment I stepped in and finished my degree in 5 years, working full time (outside academia) for the final 3... |
Anonymous
Yep! You make it financing of the school but you need money to live on as well. |
Anonymous
You're paying for it in lost income even if you're paying nothing up front. |
Anonymous
There's something new to say about geography? |
Anonymous
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There's something new to say about geography? Not PP but this, boys and girls, is the reason we need to keep funding our research programs. Most people (myself included) have absolutely no idea about what's going on in all these fields. But just to pick one, say Geography, in fact, things are changing in Geography all the time. And, in fact, they do matter. Climatology, for instance, is a subfield of Geography. |
Anonymous
Every singhle person who I know who went into a PhD program got money for both. Money for living come from TA, RA and additional research projects. |
Anonymous
Both. |
Anonymous
It is both |
Anonymous
Not PP but this, boys and girls, is the reason we need to keep funding our research programs. Most people (myself included) have absolutely no idea about what's going on in all these fields. But just to pick one, say Geography, in fact, things are changing in Geography all the time. And, in fact, they do matter. Climatology, for instance, is a subfield of Geography. PP here (fiancé is a geographer). He is a hydrologist and yes, there is more to know about this field along with many other sub fields of geography. |