Yeah PhD is entirely different kind of animal. My daughter got accepted and decided against it (I kind of hoped she wouldn’t but I understand her), she’d have to continue working and it would be just too much, but it wasn’t affordable not to work full time. The offer still stands, they gave her time to think but I doubt she’ll go for it. I have a colleague who is in PhD program and it’s very very time consuming if you continue working at the same time. It’s hard to afford not to work though

It’s hard. But then again. It’s absolutely necessary or desired for certain lines of work.