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caraher

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4. PhD's are not about test taking, though

Reply to adirondacker (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 30, 2014, 07:46 PM

Jan 2014

While you do take tests on the way, anything past a masters is more about things like endurance rather than being a good test-taker. It's about research, not absorbing what people already know. And politics.

If you don't absolutely need a PhD for a credential (e.g. for a job in academia) it's generally not worth pursuing unless it's for pure love of your specific specialty. Your friend stopped at the right time.

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