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newpua_bie t1_j3agmga wrote

Reply to comment by PalpitationFine in [OC] Apple VS 110 Countries by rubenbmathisen

As someone who worked as a professor for 6 years, I'm not surprised (though I sincerely hope it's not in econ). Many PhD students are dumb as rocks. After you get in it's very hard not to graduate. Sure, they make you jump through various hoops but in the end it's mostly just for show and you get your degree in the end.

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gunfell t1_j3d59mv wrote

Um, what? Maybe in whatever field u work in.

Try that shit in a serious field that is not a degree mill and you will be done immediately

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newpua_bie t1_j4h5ddb wrote

Lol. I worked as a physicist at an extremely well-known university on the East Coast that I'm sure is ranked higher than wherever you graduated from.

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gunfell t1_j4iy6wc wrote

"The Council of Graduate Schools produced a study on the PhD completion and attrition. The study looked at 49,000 students attending 30 institutions in 54 disciplines comprising 330 programs. Astonishingly, the completion rate ten years after students begin their doctoral program remains low at 56.6%."

even when accounting for external factors that could lower that number, it is pretty low.

but you say

"Many PhD students are dumb as rocks. After you get in it's very hard not to graduate."

your school is ranked higher in what? nonsense?

what you're saying doesn't add up. so i am just going to go with the reasonable path of ignoring you.

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bostonhockey_80 t1_j3bucuj wrote

No real world feedback on your thinking for a decade will lead to posts lose this

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