wedrifid comments on Open Thread: February 2010 - Less Wrong

1 Post author: wedrifid 01 February 2010 06:09AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 03 February 2010 02:07:35PM 0 points [-]

Wow. I keep forgetting PhD students over there do actual coursework. research only over here. Apart from that little difference I can empathize somewhat with graduate programs becoming draining, particularly when the process becomes predominately political.

Comment author: wnoise 06 February 2010 08:21:23PM 0 points [-]

It varies not only from country to country, but even just department to department. Different fields have different expectations for what a PhD (and Master's!) means.