just get ur top 10 Phd and tenure track gig after the post doc and let do

should I go get PhD? I have a serious research interest in a non-stem field

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660718&forum_id=2Reputation#26235221)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrKHhiTdzmY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660718&forum_id=2Reputation#26235243)

not sure i'd recommend it. even post-docs are hard to get these days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660718&forum_id=2Reputation#26235239)

what the FUCK compels these people to still get a PhD? srsly? how do they justify it????

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660718&forum_id=2Reputation#26235286)

i'm here because i'm aspie and don't really care about normal people things, and have convinced myself i can beat the system. i suspect most people think they can win through ambition and talent, despite the odds.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660718&forum_id=2Reputation#26235293)

basically I have given up on ever living the upper middle class life I was raised in, but I do have legit interests in teaching/this area of research/the small chance of being able to do consulting work outside of academia. I plan to just dedicate myself to the research and I do not plan to ever have children, most likely never get married

im surprisingly not aspie IRL but just a cynic, I guess

make more sense to apply for dat phd?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660718&forum_id=2Reputation#26235316)

When I applied to graduate school in 1991, I had literally straight-A's from Stanford (except for an A- and a B+ my very first term and one A- later) with a liberal sprinking of A+'s (one semester I took four courses and received four A+'s), very strong GREs (800/790/750, back when it had three sections), what seems to me now in retrospect to be a good writing sample, and letters from leading philosophers (Fred Dretske, John Dupre, and P.J. Ivanhoe) one of whom later invited me to contribute to an anthology based on one of my undergraduate essays (and so presumably wrote a strong letter). I was not admitted to Harvard.

Although I haven't seen data on this, my impression is that most philosophy Ph.D. programs have completion rates of 50% or less; that most of the people who do finish take longer than advertised, often 7-9 years (though Stanford and Princeton have reputations for being quick); and that most of the people who drop out do so during the dissertation phase, after already having completed several years of study. I also suspect that women complete at substantially lower rates than men. (Why that should be is an interesting question!)

Those students who do complete their degrees don't always find tenure-track teaching jobs -- and those who do find tenure-track jobs often have to apply for several years, be willing to move anywhere in the country, and settle for schools they've never heard of. (If you're in a large metropolitan area and willing to teach at the community college level, and if you're patient about piecing together temporary "freeway flier" jobs for a few years, you may be able to stay local after graduation.) Students completing their degrees at top ten universities have a better chance of finding a job at a school they've heard of before, but are often not taken seriously as applicants at lower prestige schools.

Here's what happened to my entering class of eight at U.C. Berkeley (ranked about #3 or 4 nationally at the time were were admitted): One dropped out after the first year, two dropped out after 7-9 years, two completed their degrees after 7-9 years but never found permanent teaching positions, one ended up at a respectable but not renowned liberal arts college (Marquette) after about 12 years of study, one went to SUNY Albany after 6 years of study (then later moved to U.T. Austin), and one (I myself) went to U.C. Riverside after 6 years of study

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660718&forum_id=2Reputation#26235322)

if you dont know who that is just yeah substitute 4.0 at stanford ug, his gre, and a big name in your field stroking your ug clitdick in an anthology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Nicod_Prize

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660718&forum_id=2Reputation#26235422)

teaching cholos at a community college has been my dream since childhood...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660718&forum_id=2Reputation#26235363)