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What does a PhD mean? (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Wait, how bad are bachelors' degrees in the US/anglosphere? I was contirbuting to research projects and had a specialization by the time I was done with my five year bachelors' equivalent.

In fairness, I think the system has since been reformatted so that the fifth year is now a (paid for) master's, but still. That graph makes it seem like it's high school with benefits.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

College is what you put into it. A lot of people don't get into the networking side of it because it's never really introduced to them. Mostly professors look for those who are "turned on" to bring onto projects like that, that is, those that are engaged and asking questions and curious.

Youngins, lpt: talk to your professors and let them know you are interested and ask questions. It's what you are there for- access to brains.

[–] fruitSnackSupreme 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can do a bachelor's in college? Not here. College is typically only two year programs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

College and university are relatively interchangable colloquially in American English. Associate's Degrees are 2 years. Colleges in Europe etc. are different.

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