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Floatzel98
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Is doing a PhD at the same uni that you completed your undergrad degree fine? Is it bad, should you avoid it?
I'm currently in the 4th year of my physics degree, doing my honours year, and my supervisor has mentioned that I am in a good position to continue to do a PhD with him. While I'm happy my supervisor is even thinking about me potentially doing a PhD with him, would there be any downsides to this? The field is particle physics and my project is in supersymmetry.
My aspirations have always been to study well enough and get enough experience so I could complete a PhD overseas when the time comes (preferably somewhere in Europe), as I want to experience living somewhere else in the world and everything that comes along with that (maybe learning a new language etc.). I think I've put myself in a good enough position for that to happen. I'm not expecting Oxford or MIT obviously.
Would it perhaps be stupid to turn down a potential opportunity of a PhD with a supervisor I have a good relationship with? If I stayed with him, I would already have experience with all the research he does, so the transition would be a lot smoother (I even did a project throughout my third year with this supervisor on similar stuff I'm doing in my honours now, so I definitely have experience with this field and the research). If I started a PhD overseas, the transition would be a lot greater than if I stayed here (especially if the PhD was in a different field to what I am now doing). Not that that is necessarily abnormal, cause I'm sure most people do actually move when starting a PhD and don't have direct experience with the field of their PhD.
Any thoughts on this? Should I stick to my aim of doing a PhD overseas if I can? Should I be staying with my current supervisor?
I guess I'm also worried about having the talk with him about this when the time comes and I've chosen to do a PhD somewhere else haha. It feels like it would be such an awkward conversation if he expects me to stay on to do a PhD with him.
Thanks :)
I'm currently in the 4th year of my physics degree, doing my honours year, and my supervisor has mentioned that I am in a good position to continue to do a PhD with him. While I'm happy my supervisor is even thinking about me potentially doing a PhD with him, would there be any downsides to this? The field is particle physics and my project is in supersymmetry.
My aspirations have always been to study well enough and get enough experience so I could complete a PhD overseas when the time comes (preferably somewhere in Europe), as I want to experience living somewhere else in the world and everything that comes along with that (maybe learning a new language etc.). I think I've put myself in a good enough position for that to happen. I'm not expecting Oxford or MIT obviously.
Would it perhaps be stupid to turn down a potential opportunity of a PhD with a supervisor I have a good relationship with? If I stayed with him, I would already have experience with all the research he does, so the transition would be a lot smoother (I even did a project throughout my third year with this supervisor on similar stuff I'm doing in my honours now, so I definitely have experience with this field and the research). If I started a PhD overseas, the transition would be a lot greater than if I stayed here (especially if the PhD was in a different field to what I am now doing). Not that that is necessarily abnormal, cause I'm sure most people do actually move when starting a PhD and don't have direct experience with the field of their PhD.
Any thoughts on this? Should I stick to my aim of doing a PhD overseas if I can? Should I be staying with my current supervisor?
I guess I'm also worried about having the talk with him about this when the time comes and I've chosen to do a PhD somewhere else haha. It feels like it would be such an awkward conversation if he expects me to stay on to do a PhD with him.
Thanks :)