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Ph.D. attrition rates | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)
[new] Attitude of school counts (5.00 / 1) (#2)
by Anonymous Hero on Wed Jan 14, 2004 at 10:23:43 AM PDT

I started grad school at one university which was Group II (not one of the top 40 schools, but probably top 100) where the attitude among the faculty that the grad students the school got had about only a 50% chance of surviving the first year to return for the second and about a 1/5 chance of being invited back for a third year (those invited were those expected to complete a PhD). I got "conditionally" invited back, with the condition being repeating some courses. I left for a job with the government. After a year off, I applied and got into a Group I school, a top 30 school. There the attitude was that they only admit those who they expect to complete a PhD, that all those they accept should be able to complete a PhD. I had the highest or second highest grade in all the classes I took except one (my one A- in my four years there) and finished by degree.



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