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i always read about people complaining about grad school

terrible pay, alot of work, no social life, painfully repetitive, you always do whatever your advisor wants not want you want, no clear future, no payback, you finish your tesis, so 6 guys atmost will read it.

so gradfags... whats the point of going to grad school?

>> No.997424

any graduate students around?

>> No.997420

I plan on going because I can get a better job and get paid more in my field.

But also, why the fuck not? I'm not really worried about money so I figure why not spend 1-2 years more in school instead of spending those years working?

>> No.997435

>>997420
1 year? wtf im talking about phDs here. The average is 6-7 years and most of them go for post docs or RAs... no gain there.

>> No.997440

>>997435
Well I was talking about getting a Masters. You said grad school, not specifically PhDs. Also I don't even know what an RA is.

>> No.997454

>>997420
>talk about planning to get paid better in field then claim not to care about money
......cool story bro

>> No.997457

>>997440
yeah even 1 year for a master seems wishfull thinking, im not sure you realize what does grad school actually mean.

>> No.997466

i know that the median pay for grad students is around 14-19K a year when the maximum well fare check u can get for being unemployed is 20-21k for a year.

ISNT THAT AWESOME?

>> No.997472

>>997457
I can get a combined bachelors/masters with 1 extra year. Probably this wont happen though.

>>997454
>doesn't understand long term thinking

>> No.997489

>>997457

One year is doable, like in enginnering for example. There is at least three people in my dept. that doing a one and done masters. It's not easy but it'd doable.

>> No.997494

>>997472
no decent school will graduate someone with a master degree in 1 year.

>> No.997502

>>997466

That pay is about right but it doesn't count in the tuition waivers.

>> No.997499

uh, you learn more obviously and your starting salary is about 20k more.

>> No.997506

>>997494
It is a combined bachelors/masters. The idea is that I take all masters tech electives instead of undergrad tech electives, which gives me a head start on the masters courses. Also my school is decent.

>> No.997511

>>997494

I know Berkley does and so does U of Washington.

>> No.997519

>>997506
>>997511

Don't bother responding, he'll just greentext or otherwise insinuate that whatever school does this is not decent.

>> No.997520

I'm 22 and starting grad school this July in a PhD program for what I guess you would call the biological sciences.

I'm doing it cause you can't really do shit with a bachelors degree when it comes to doing your own research, you'll just be working for someone else. And I want to learn more about my field.

The average for most schools I visited they said was 5.5-6 years.

I'm getting 25k in stipend, plus health insurance, and they pay the 30k tuition for me.

I also have a friend who is going to get her Masters in biochemistry and she said her program is 5 quarters, so like 1.25 years followed by an internship.

>> No.997532

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>> No.997542

any more thoughts?

>> No.997555

>>997410

The main line of thought is by completing your accreditation more fully, you gain a higher salary for the field you're accredited in. Since people who do this expect to work at their fields for a long time, if not their whole life, using 3-4 years on going the extra mile makes financial sense, plus they might have genuine interest in the field which means "work" to them isn't as bad as it otherwise would be.

>> No.997583

I am going into nuclear engineering where most companies want masters or higher.

I plan on going for a PhD in Nuke, but mainly for personal interest and the ability to teach later in life.

>> No.997763

bump for a discussion that was semi relevant and sorta intelligent

>> No.997778

>>997583
Nuclear engineer here.

All of my nuke friends that graduated this year with bachelors had jobs waiting since the beginning of the year. All the people I know getting masters/phd are going into research.

You definitely do NOT need anything higher than a bachelors for nuke eng.