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		Fomite on Nov 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ph.D. 2.0: Rethinking the Ph.D. Application That's not particularly generalizable to U.S. programs - a good 3/4ths of the PhD programs I applied for expected a Master's before hand. I'm also not sure how its relevant to what I said?

zura on Nov 17, 2013 [–]

I see. I meant that hardest part can be that initial 2 years of US-esque 5-year PhD. Overall, in US, PhD is student - teacher relationship, while in Europe, mostly, it is employee - employer relationship.

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