I feel for the prospective grad students who are lied to about availability of funding. It sucks, because it happens a lot. But I was discouraged heavily from doing a PhD throughout the undergrad by professors and other grad students at my uni in Canada.
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And tbh it felt like shit to hear that. I didn’t want to do anything else, despite the job risks and debt. And while I incurred a lot of debt, Canada’s loan system isn’t so bad, compared to America anyway.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
I couldn't imagine doing anything else either. Loyola offered full funding but only for 3 years (funding app hell after that while starting a dissertation). I took on debt as my son was born in year 1 of grad school. I'm lucky to have a good job and teach extra to pay off debt.
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Replying to @kacaliendo @AdmiralHip
There is no rigid advice that ever works for everyone, especially across countries. Anyone who wants to to grad school should be passionate about it, know the market reality, and go for it. People like me need to fight so there is a halfway decent field waiting for them.
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Replying to @kacaliendo @AdmiralHip
Speaking from a UK perspective, I am under no illusions about PhD programmes here, or the job market waiting for me. I still wanna do it, because, like many on here, I couldn't imagine not doing it.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @kacaliendo
Discouraging prospective grads instead of just being honest about the situation (funding/job market sucks). This also just...idk, it strikes me heavily to assume that all grad students are a bunch of naive fools?
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @kacaliendo
My mentality is, if I don't get full funding, then I take the loan again. I have so much debt at this point that another thirty grand means nothing to me. Admittedly, the way these loans function in the UK makes it easier to be flippant than say, in the US.
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Replying to @sadgalaesthetic @kacaliendo
True, loans are not so bad in the UK comparatively.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @kacaliendo
On an intellectual level I am aware of the number looming ever bigger in the background, but to be honest, if I ever earn enough that I have to start paying some of it back, I'll consider that a win.
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Agreed.
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