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I understand that PhDs tend to take several years to complete due to a variety of reasons. It depends on your field and the type of research as well as personal factors I am probably not aware of.
I was wondering how people complete their degrees in as little as three years. I'm not going to try to foolishly rush through anything, I understand that would probably do some serious damage to the quality of any research I would be able to put out. I'm simply asking how these degrees are even feasible. Most PhDs require a certain amount of coursework and then some form of qualifying exam, at least here in the U.S. and I thought that working through this process usually took about 2 years by itself. Is it possible at some schools to simply pass quals and move on or something? While I don't plan on rushing, I would like to have direction when I start grad school and I am intending to be as productive and time efficient as I can without jeopardizing quality work.
I am not quite there, but I was wondering what sort of timeline was reasonable for a PhD in HEP Theory. I know that is quite broad, but if someone could link me to some statistics or even share their personal experiences it would be fantastic.
I believe I saw a site with pdfs of the stats for acceptances, average degree times, etc. for major universities [something like gradschoolshopper?] but I couldn't find what I was looking for again. Maybe I imagined it...
I was wondering how people complete their degrees in as little as three years. I'm not going to try to foolishly rush through anything, I understand that would probably do some serious damage to the quality of any research I would be able to put out. I'm simply asking how these degrees are even feasible. Most PhDs require a certain amount of coursework and then some form of qualifying exam, at least here in the U.S. and I thought that working through this process usually took about 2 years by itself. Is it possible at some schools to simply pass quals and move on or something? While I don't plan on rushing, I would like to have direction when I start grad school and I am intending to be as productive and time efficient as I can without jeopardizing quality work.
I am not quite there, but I was wondering what sort of timeline was reasonable for a PhD in HEP Theory. I know that is quite broad, but if someone could link me to some statistics or even share their personal experiences it would be fantastic.
I believe I saw a site with pdfs of the stats for acceptances, average degree times, etc. for major universities [something like gradschoolshopper?] but I couldn't find what I was looking for again. Maybe I imagined it...