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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got one because I didn’t want doors to be shut.

I was too young: went straight from undergrad.  Today, I wouldn’t.

Doing a dissertation is a drag. You are at the mercy of faculty decisions, if your adviser takes a leave or leaves.

Mine was fully funded. I don’t know if that is true today.

It is lonely, unlike law school,business school or med school you are not part of a big group of students.[/quote]

[b]All top phD programs in the US are fully funded. No one should do a phd without funding. [/b]
The better known publics and privates have large cohorts, 80+ students per year in many STEM departments at MIT, UCB, Stanford, UIUC et. Sometimes phDs can have a better experience in smaller departments that accept 6-15 every year: more attention, more likely to publish a lot, presuming it is a big name school with solid funding. Small department at a known name can be better than a large department at a similarly known name. [/quote]
This was true a year ago, but I don't know that it's true post-Trump.  He's decimated funding for the sciences.[/quote]

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