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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Headed to MIT for an architecture/engineering graduate program—Masters with an option to continue to PhD. [/quote]
I’ve never heard of this. Almost always a PhD admission is separate of masters admission and masters students typically can’t just continue onto a PhD program, since those are funded opportunities that drain resources. Is it an unfunded PhD offer?[/quote]

It’s funded. [/quote]
Then he got into a PhD program. No one accepts a student to a masters and an unconditional PhD offer, with the option of just initially not having a PhD at all. That’s nonsensical from a Departmental finance and planning perspective [/quote]

Oh, ok. I’ll be sure to tell my child that MIT is lying to her. [/quote]

+1. PhD here. My grad program in the social sciences commonly admitted students to PhD program straight out of undergrad, who then earn an MS and a PhD. The dept prioritized funding for these students to the same degree that they did for students coming in with a Masters already. [/quote]

Science masters here—don’t know what that person is talking about. I was accepted to several top programs and at all you could get masters or phd or both—your choice.[/quote]
You apply to a masters or PhD program. Masters are typically not funded and lowest priority for TAship. In general, if you’re admitted to a PhD program, you first do coursework to get through a masters, then you move on to ABD. Typically a masters student isn’t getting a PhD at the same institution without having to reapply, since PhD admission costs money and they have to pay for your tuition/fees while providing a stipend.

No department with money sense gives a masters student a PhD “option,” without reapplication, because the funding streams are entirely separate.

This isn’t Europe, where a masters is expected for a PhD and a PhD is 3 years.[/quote]

Not how it worked in my program—everyone admitted to the graduate program. Your choice what degree to get. Tuition covered for everyone. Everyone on a stipend. No reapplying to get the PhD. Same for every department I applied to. Top tier science programs.[/quote]

What university was this? It seems an unusual approach. Also universities are struggling with funding these days [/quote]

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