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Originally Posted by divine1966
Oh I don’t think anyone questioned or argued. I think PhD is very cool, any education is wonderful, I would never discourage anyone to get any kind of additional education! Only because you shared how overwhelmed you are, the question about PhD even came up. But like I said it’s very much desired in certain fields. Good luck with applying! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Exactly. I was not trying to question you, Seesaw. I was responding to how you said you felt overwhelmed with everything already on your plate and working 40-45 hours a week. I was just saying what I say to my students (and wish had been said to me) when I was applying to my PhD program. I didn’t know that I’d be putting in double the hours (a PhD is like 2 full time jobs), and that my stress would increase so much more than working a regular job. I’m still glad I got my PhD (I’m a prof now, so I needed it) and wish you the best on your applications. Academia can be wonderful.