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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, top grads usually have better things to do than get a 1-year master’s, even if it is paid for. Say, a fully-funded Ph.D program? This is nice and all, but not as prestigious as you think.

Anyhow, doesn’t Williams offer something similar, exclusively for 1-2 of its grads? Pomona gives out 2 every year to its grads….[/quote]
A funded masters is sweet. You’re also gonna get a top advisor and great recommendation letters if you want to go into the best PhD program. There’s not really a reason to reject the offer.[/quote]
If you are already in one of the best, funded Ph.D programs, that is “really a reason to reject the offer.”[/quote]
No not really. Maybe if you’re very short sided, but having an international network of scholars to reach out to and collaborate with is essentially what academia IS. You’re not studying abroad lol, you’re literally getting the opportunity to do research and learn at the best university in Europe.[/quote]

You have a very limited understanding of the Ph.D. opportunities available to the very top undergraduates from elite universities; it is called direct admission to a top Ph.D. Program in the field, with 5 years of full funding. But if you want to tell a kid with such an offer in hand, no, go get a terminal master’s at Oxbridge first, you go right ahead.[/quote]
I don't get it. A masters at Oxbridge isn't terminal. You can go onto a phd like anyone else. Direct admission to a phd doesn't mean anything other than you chose not to get a masters (likely because it was unaffordable). There's nothing wrong expanding your network-it's pretty much recommended in academia to get your name out there.[/quote]
You don’t get a lot of things. Nothing stops you from applying to a Ph.D. program after a terminal masters. But you do not seem to understand what a “direct admit” Ph.D. program is. I am not your tutor: get one, or google is your friend.[/quote]
Direct admit PhD isn’t a term in American higher Ed. If you have a bachelors, you qualify to apply to and get a PhD. Many people still get masters degrees for many reasons beyond not being able to get into a PhD program and PP is closer to the money that having a larger network is valuable.[/quote]

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