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[quote=Anonymous]I have a PhD--I don't know that you need to have a burning passion, but you do need to have a lot of self-discipline/self-regulation to make it through the post-coursework phase. I think you should also find the general learning process-- and more particularly research-- to be intrinsically motivating. I have always loved learning and like to have a community of serious learners around me. My undergraduate was a double major in science and humanities. I went the STEM route for my PhD and have since done post-doctoral study in social sciences--public health policy (which I love even more but didn't study much in undergraduate). The people I knew who didn't finish their PhDs tended to be people who liked taking classes but struggled with finding and pursuing a research agenda in a more self-directed way.[/quote]
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