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Postgraduate study

Postby Warrior4Christ » Wed May 14, 2008 6:43 pm

Has anyone done/doing postgraduate study? If so, what in?

I'm considering doing a PhD in Engineering, but I'm not sure at this stage...
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Postby Doubleshadow » Wed May 14, 2008 7:17 pm

I'm currently going for a Ph. D in chemistry, specifically biological chemistry with a heavy dose of analytical. I just finished my first year and am working on my research this summer.
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Postby Warrior4Christ » Thu May 15, 2008 4:35 am

I was under the impression that PhDs were purely research-based.
It is true that PhD students have much less of a life than undergraduates?
What was your motivation for doing a postgraduate study? (could be aimed generally at everyone in the thread too)
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Postby Technomancer » Thu May 15, 2008 5:49 am

I'm near to the end of my own (Thank God!). I've had to put up with so much BS from our corporate partners, I really lose sight of why I started this whole thing sometime. I did it because I wanted to go further in my field and to learn more through research.
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Postby Ashley » Fri May 16, 2008 12:39 am

I am contemplating pursuing a master's degree in International Studies/English, because I think I might want to teach English as a Second Language at the university level. I don't really want to do more papers/midterms, and I have no idea where I'd get the money...but it beats waiting tables again while I wait for my boyfriend to graduate.
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