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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All I know is that, when I graduated with a J.D., I was given a doctoral hood.  That is what I wear on the few occasions I have been asked to participate in academic processions (investiture of a new dean of the university, etc.).  On those occasions my hood has "ranked," for purposes of the procession, as a doctoral hood.

I don't know anyone whose Ph.D. took 6 to ten years, unless they were doing it very part time while raising kids.  Most people I know finished both their masters and their Ph.D.s within three to four years of graduating with a bachelors.  There are a lot of one year masters programs out there, especially if you went to the same school as an undergrad.[/quote]

I don't know any phd, in the sciences or humanities, who finished in three to four years.  The median degree time, according to the Natl. Science Foundation, is 7.5 years.  I do know a number of biotech patent attorneys, who hold bio or chem phds as well as jds, and everyone of them talks about what a breeze the jd was in comparison to earning their doctorate.[/quote]

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