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Hello,
Since no one wanted to touch my last topic, let me ask something a little more narrow.
I'm curious how many of you have seen 30+ year-olds in grad school? Also, how many of you have worked with/hired 30+ year-olds that have recently finished grad school?
Money is not much of an issue; I'll be pretty financially stable; but time is an issue. I feel I can succeed in a grad program, but I don't want to finish a 4-year physics degree and wind up working back in construction because no grad program wants to take in a guy 10+ years older than the typical student. I also don't want to finish a grad program and not be taken seriously for post-doc/ national lab positions because I'm a non-traditional student.
I'm just looking for any examples of older, successful physics phd's that some of you might be able to share with me.
Thanks for your time.
Since no one wanted to touch my last topic, let me ask something a little more narrow.
I'm curious how many of you have seen 30+ year-olds in grad school? Also, how many of you have worked with/hired 30+ year-olds that have recently finished grad school?
Money is not much of an issue; I'll be pretty financially stable; but time is an issue. I feel I can succeed in a grad program, but I don't want to finish a 4-year physics degree and wind up working back in construction because no grad program wants to take in a guy 10+ years older than the typical student. I also don't want to finish a grad program and not be taken seriously for post-doc/ national lab positions because I'm a non-traditional student.
I'm just looking for any examples of older, successful physics phd's that some of you might be able to share with me.
Thanks for your time.
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