Eugine_Nier comments on Grad School? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 March 2012 04:11:19AM 4 points [-]

In a lot of fields having a Masters without a PhD signals that you couldn't handle the demands of getting your PhD, and is worse then not having a Masters at all. Or, as they say "If at first you don't succeed, cover up all evidence that you tried".

Comment author: tadrinth 01 March 2012 04:40:46PM 0 points [-]

Does that include biology? If so, I will be rather annoyed that no one warned me.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 March 2012 04:45:46PM *  1 point [-]

I polled three Ph. D. biology students and they had mixed opinions.