Ph.D.'s

Elizabeth_C34
Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
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Just curious how many others are currently doing a Ph.D. or have their doctorate on here...

I'm entering my fifth year on a Ph.D. program (finally done with qualifying exams and coursework and onto a dissertation). Skipped over the master's and went straight from my bachelor's to the Ph.D. program, so it's a 7 year program for me.

M.D.'s and J.D.'s also welcome to share!
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  • LiddyBit
    LiddyBit Posts: 447 Member
    I'm doing my PhD in art history. I have two more semesters of coursework before I take my exams.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    I have a PhD in psychology.
  • ChristyU74
    ChristyU74 Posts: 234 Member
    Not me! When I finished up my Master's, I decided that my marriage and family life couldn't handle going back for a Ph.D.! :smile:
    So more power to all of you who can successfully complete a doctorate!
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    I feel pretty confident there must be more than just three of us... :-)
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I feel pretty confident there must be more than just three of us... :-)

    I guess nobody wants to admit they spent a decade of their adult life in college... :laugh:
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    I feel pretty confident there must be more than just three of us... :-)

    I guess nobody wants to admit they spent a decade of their adult like in college... :laugh:

    I did mine part time. :-)
  • LabRat529
    LabRat529 Posts: 1,323 Member
    I feel pretty confident there must be more than just three of us... :-)

    I guess nobody wants to admit they spent a decade of their adult life in college... :laugh:

    Try almost a decade and a half for me :(

    Bachelors + Masters+ Ph.D = 14 years for me. I must be insane. *sigh*

    But yes, Ph.D. here. You can call me Dr. LabRat if ya wanna. ;)
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I feel pretty confident there must be more than just three of us... :-)

    I guess nobody wants to admit they spent a decade of their adult life in college... :laugh:

    Try almost a decade and a half for me :(

    Bachelors + Masters+ Ph.D = 14 years for me. I must be insane. *sigh*

    But yes, Ph.D. here. You can call me Dr. LabRat if ya wanna. ;)

    It'll end up being 12 for me when I'm done. 5 years for bachelor's (double major added a year) + 7 years for Ph.D.
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    BA - 3 years; Honours degree (separate qualification in SA) - 1 year. MSoc Sci - 1 year. Practical training and internship - 18 months; Part time phd - 8 years. And most recently PG Dip in Research Degrees Supervision (for my sins!) - 1 year.

    So that's 15 and a half years.

    And I'm toying with doing a second masters.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    BA - 3 years; Honours degree (separate qualification in SA) - 1 year. MSoc Sci - 1 year. Practical training and internship - 18 months; Part time phd - 8 years. And most recently PG Dip in Research Degrees Supervision (for my sins!) - 1 year.

    So that's 15 and a half years.

    And I'm toying with doing a second masters.

    I thought my 12 year Ph.D. was rough... I don't know if I can handle a 15 year program (bachelor's to doctorate)... I'm so ready to become a colleague and no longer be a student.
  • EpiGaiaRepens
    EpiGaiaRepens Posts: 824 Member
    <--J.D.
  • likeschocolate
    likeschocolate Posts: 368 Member
    PhD in information systems.
    Bachelors, Masters, PhD ... have spent almost all of my adult life at some academic institution. :smile:
  • theladyy
    theladyy Posts: 176
    I still can't get the motivation to finish my Associates...lol
  • biribiz
    biribiz Posts: 1 Member
    Bachelor, Master in Geology and PhD in Geophysics. I know, I must be nuts!
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    <--J.D.

    Forgive my transatlantic ignorance, but what's that?
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member


    I thought my 12 year Ph.D. was rough... I don't know if I can handle a 15 year program (bachelor's to doctorate)... I'm so ready to become a colleague and no longer be a student.

    It never ends. There's always something else you need to do...
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    <--J.D.

    Forgive my transatlantic ignorance, but what's that?

    Juris Doctorate - equivalent of a Ph.D. in law.
  • Cooriander
    Cooriander Posts: 2,848 Member
    I got my PhD in 2000 while working full time. DH got his in 1999. We had kids late - 3 - all after graduation. Loved the process (getting the degree). Still good memories from that time. It was so worth it, for people who are wondering .... :happy:
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Bachelor, Master in Geology and PhD in Geophysics. I know, I must be nuts!

    One of my best friends from college just finished her Ph.D. in geophysics. Tough program. :)
  • srp2011
    srp2011 Posts: 1,829 Member
    PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, plus 2 bachelors degrees (poli sci and biology), for a grand total of 15.5 years of advanced schooling... it was a happy day when I got out into the real world and could afford to have a life :-)
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    <--J.D.

    Forgive my transatlantic ignorance, but what's that?

    Juris Doctor: The degree given to lawyers after three years of study in the U.S. Older lawyers received a degree called an L.L.B.
  • elelat
    elelat Posts: 117
    I feel pretty confident there must be more than just three of us... :-)

    I guess nobody wants to admit they spent a decade of their adult life in college... :laugh:


    Well I love to be a student, I could be one my entire life. The university environment is incomparable.
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    J.D.
  • DrKittyCat
    DrKittyCat Posts: 108
    I just got my BSc in math and physics, taking a year off, and then working towards my MD and PhD in Virology. I've got a looooong road ahead of me!
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    I was actually surprised to learn that I have atleast 3 PhD holders in my friends list.

    I was recently offered an all expense paid PhD in Canadia. Of course the catch is that I will have to live in Canadia. That and I will have to get off my butt and finish my last class for my Masters that I've been putting off for a while (Who wants to go look for a "real job" anyways right?)
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I feel pretty confident there must be more than just three of us... :-)

    I guess nobody wants to admit they spent a decade of their adult life in college... :laugh:


    Well I love to be a student, I could be one my entire life. The university environment is incomparable.

    I felt that way in my first 2 years of grad school. Now, after a decade of grueling classes and exams, I'm pretty much over it. Ready to enter a faculty or lab position and do some real research. No more classwork. No more exams. No teaching.
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    I am toying with the idea of it...but first I have to finish the bachelors now that I just finished the Associates
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I just got my BSc in math and physics, taking a year off, and then working towards my MD and PhD in Virology. I've got a looooong road ahead of me!

    I got my BS in math and biology! :smile: Doing my Ph.D. in fisheries science, but it's highly interdisciplinary with a lot of high level analysis, dynamical systems, numerical analysis, ODE's, and PDE's. I love math.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I was actually surprised to learn that I have atleast 3 PhD holders in my friends list.

    I was recently offered an all expense paid PhD in Canadia. Of course the catch is that I will have to live in Canadia. That and I will have to get off my butt and finish my last class for my Masters that I've been putting off for a while (Who wants to go look for a "real job" anyways right?)

    If you got a fellowship or TA-ship that is a full ride, do it. Those are drying up fast these days with budget cuts!
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    It is a matter of economics. 10 years of scholarships and then a job as a professor. Far cheaper than a mental institution and it keeps them from doing any real harm.

    I can never get used to the American tradition of handing someone a professorial title the minute they get a phd and an academic post. It's hard earned here. :-)

    Did someone have a tough time in their undergraduate career, though... ? Such bitterness in one so... well... pale. Let me guess. A graduate from the univeristy of hard knocks? All that fancy book learnin' doesn't equate to real life experience... ? :-))

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