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In response to "It took you 9 years to finish your PhD? Sorry about that." by James Bond (aka Igor)

it's not unusual at all. -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Oct 19 '10, 20:43

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Well that really blows. From my understand most of the PhDs at my undergrad finished in 5 years. I would hate to be doing a PhD for 9 years. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 19, 20:49 5
- it varies wildly according to the field and the specific program, and it matters if you have your master's yet or not. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 21:08
- my dad got his masters in one (Toronto) and his phd in four (Cambridge) (in engineering science, geophysics option) -- nm - zork Oct 19, 21:04 3
  - outside the US it tends to be much more structured. -- nm - loosilu Oct 19, 21:07 2
    - he also started university at 16 at a time when we had grade 13 here (avg. was 19), so he had the phd at 23. -- nm - zork Oct 19, 21:15 1
      - that's freakishly rare in the US. the first in my cohort of 25 PhD students was 28 when she finished. She was a year ahead of everyone else. - loosilu Oct 19, 21:21

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