Financing Graduate School

mosby
Tue, 07 Dec 2004 11:18:03 +0000

ariesathena, makes a good point about some people using grad school as a way to delay adulthood. In fact, I think that might actually be one of the reasons I want to get my PhD. But anyway, I just wanted to point out that once you start working fulltime, it’s hard to get back into the “game,” so to speak. I’ve heard this from several people. So just wanted to point that out as something to consider before taking a gap year.

Now to my understanding, unless you receive a scholarship/fellowship of some sort, most people pay for their master’s education, but everybody getting a PhD is on a fellowship covering everything. Is that correct? (By the way, I am referring to the sciences like Microbiology.)