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Im just wondering that who has a PhD in this forum?
arunma said:I thought I got a PhD in the mail last week. Turns out it was only a couple of BS degrees, so I tossed 'em in a corner.
Math Is Hard said:You couldn't trade up those two BSs for a PhD? What's the world coming to?
FaNgS said:i'm just wondering, how long does it usually take to acquire a PhD degree? on average
FaNgS said:hmm...weird i thought that master's degrees takes 1 to 2 years max and PhD a year maybe, mostly depends on the individual
i'm doing my BSs in chemical engineering still a freshman
Moonbear does. Monique and Ian Smith are both close to getting theirs, if they haven't already.Tom Mattson said:I don't have one (yet), but many of the PF Mentors do (Doc Al, ZapperZ, ahrkron, vanesch, HallsofIvy,...) I suspect Hurkyl does too, that smart cookie.
I know that a piece of paper means nothing when it comes to dating.Math Is Hard said:I had a PhD once. But he was a whiney guy, so I dumped him.
*bah dum dum shhzz*
arunma said:That's what I told them! You'd think I could trade a couple BS degrees in physics and math for at least one PhD in psychology, or something. It's inflation, I tell ya!
Indeed, it seems to be quite a thing here in USA. For instance, someone who wrote a book might notify that he has a PhD degree, like this would give credit to the book.Moonbear said:You'll find that most of the people here with PhDs don't really flaunt it, so might not reply to this thread. That's not what we're here for. (I'm just one of the shameless ones.)
humanino said:Indeed, it seems to be quite a thing here in USA. For instance, someone who wrote a book might notify that he has a PhD degree, like this would give credit to the book.
It's very hard, but mainly requires hard work for a long time.mathwonk said:gosh i thought it was the hardest thing i ever did.
mathwonk said:gosh i thought it was the hardest thing i ever did.
you guys must be really smart, huh?
Well what are you here for? Puzzles me to hell sometimes. I wouldn't hang around first years & I'm only a fourth year (college). Maybe I should make a post on this.Moonbear said:You'll find that most of the people here with PhDs don't really flaunt it, so might not reply to this thread. That's not what we're here for. (I'm just one of the shameless ones.)
Thrice said:Well what are you here for? Puzzles me to hell sometimes. I wouldn't hang around first years & I'm only a fourth year (college). Maybe I should make a post on this.
humanino said:I just had one a few weeks ago (in experimental nuclear physics)
Math Is Hard said:
(I'm a psych major and that's still funny!)
I'm not sure I get the joke, but actually maybe this is not a jokeIvan Seeking said:Do you have all of your romantic encounters in the lab? Or were you saying that this exercise was experimental...?
Thanks for bearing with my dumbnessIvan Seeking said:Just a play on words.
humanino said:Actually, there's this story [censored]
denverdoc said:Last time I looked into this, getting a PhD in experimental psych is very difficult--mainly because getting into such a program is so difficult, harder by a long shot than grad school in general, and in ascending order of rejection rates: law school, med school, and even Vet school.
Now they have PsyD's etc which is usu a 2 year gig, without a strict dissertation requirement. My ex had one of those. But Brain science these days is not for the faint of heart.
Counseling is more like advanced vocational/OTJ training as the theories don't amt to a hill of beans. I recall some nonsense about degree of difficulty, and supremacy being: social sciences are not on the map, then biology must defer to chemistry, and chemistry to physics, and physics to math, and math to God. Silly. However, making a living demands more from an astrophysicist/cosmologist than as a cosmetoligist. But then they are in lesser demand.
Well,did you learn how to learn then?Math Is Hard said:denverdoc - we were joking. I am a senior completing a BS in cognitive science.
Moonbear said:You'll find that most of the people here with PhDs don't really flaunt it, so might not reply to this thread. That's not what we're here for. (I'm just one of the shameless ones.)