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Why do you not want to get a PhD?
>Higher earning potential
>Produce a novel contribution to your field
>Prove you can do research, problem solve etc which are valuable skills employers are looking for
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>>16817690
None of those, I just wanted to learn more physics. It was a mistake, but at least it's over now.
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>>16817698
You were in a physics PhD program but you quit?
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>>16817705
No, I finished it and became a quant.
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>>16817707
Why was the Phd a mistake? Quantitative analyst employers like the math skills physics phds have.
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>>16817698
meds
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>>16817690
No PhD would ever make these lofty claims
t. PhD
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>>16817690
>Higher earning potential
Offset by the 4 to 6 years spent in graduate school. Also overqualified for many positions.
>Produce a novel contribution to your field
You can technically do that in your Bachelor as well, althuogh I admit it has become difficult to contribute meaningfully without industrial funding.
>Prove you can do research, problem solve etc which are valuable skills employers are looking for
Technically, the ability to do just that should be conferred by the time you have your Master's.
>Why do you not want to get a PhD?
Sure, I would like to look into it once you explain to me how you can realistically enter such programs as a Master's students with average grades.
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>>16817749
>Sure, I would like to look into it once you explain to me how you can realistically enter such programs as a Master's students with average grades.
NTA but professors are always looking for more OPhD students. And what they want are people that will grind through the time it takes to complete and without quitting.
Demonstrate that and your average grades is not a problem.



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