elharo comments on Grad Student Advice Repository - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Stabilizer 14 April 2013 09:28AM

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Comment author: elharo 14 April 2013 05:39:37PM 21 points [-]

Do not pay for a Ph.D. Especially do not pay for a Ph.D or MA in the humanities. Any program that's worthwhile and wants you will provide full tuition and assistantship. Not offering you a full ride plus stipend, just means the program doesn't really want you but is happy to take your money if they can get away with it.

Professional programs with a clear non-academic career path, e.g. law and medicine, are a different story.