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Yeah - imagine with a PhD in marketing (or whatever you wanted) - you can easily move up to become an Executive Director of some marketing firm (or run your own) or something equivalently fancy. I'm not saying a PhD is necessary in your career, as it isn't...but it indubitably helps.
I got a B.S. and in all honesty, I think it is worth crap. Why else do you hear about a ton of college grads who are unhappy with their careers even after getting a BS/BA? So that's why I gotta go for the gold - the PhD! You're 22 - 4 years for your BA, 4-6 years for your PhD - you'll *only* be 30-32 as Dr. Antonella! A small investment/sacrifice for the rest of your life, your life career, and even down to your future, familial generations.
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While you're getting your BA you can really boost up your GPA too for a PhD.
Just don't get distracted by the horny guys who will be flocking your direction. Get your priorities straight - do you want booty or do you want grades? Of course, you can get both at the same time but that just takes more effort, hahah.
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Its ok, im good at multi-tasking
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The problem with going straight from your BA/BS to grad school is you can pigeonhole yourself into field you're not really interested in. The higher you go with your degree the more specialized a field you study. A lot of kids go to grad school straight from undergrad because they don't really know what they want to do, and end up getting a degree in something they have no interest in doing. Law school is a good example. Some kids go straight to law school without having a clue what lawyers do. They do it for the prestige or the money, but end up hating their jobs once they graduate.
Not trying to scare you. Just keep your grades up to leave yourself with more options.
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Yup, agreed - I worked for two years after my BS so I'm not in the lost when I decided for a PhD in the same field/area. I've seen a bunch of MDs who do business instead. What a waste.
Interesting that you brought that up, Phat Ham - you considered a PhD/MD/JD yourself...or did you just see kids crash and burn?
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That's why she's not my girlfriend anymore. But usually the most outgoing are the ones I'm attracted to. It's too bad because I'm probably missing out on some really nice girls. It's just that nice and shy girls are usually just way too boring. |
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What a nice tangent for this thread, sharp! But gotta love the outgoing girls!
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Everything in life has to be balanced. I am very outgoing, yet, im not extreme where i everything i do is for attention. Shy girls are not just boring, but they come off as really snobby too.
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I had a 3.6 GPA coming out of high school and didn't get accepted to Virginia Tech or James Madison University. I'm now at community college (saving my parents a lot of money) and maybe going to work at a nuclear plant possibly or transfer to a four year university. Good luck with your decision.
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Funny you mention that... I graduated last year with a B.S. in Supply Chain Management, and now I'm in medschool. This is so I can continue to do business as a doctor.... |
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Forgot to add, in business, a PhD means VERY little. Unless of course, you want to be a professor for the rest of your life. I'd recommend an MBA, but honestly, right now, try not to think about any of this graduate crap. Enjoy your program!!! BTW, are you going to bring your bimmer down to Jersey??? |
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EDIT: Didn't mean to offend aspiring doctors who wish to do business with my comment. I just believe it's analogous to obtaining a law degree for a career in basket-weaving.
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In my experience, PhD's are mainly useful for someone interested in academics. From a practical standpoint, there is very little to be gained by having a PhD.
In most fields, you would be better off with a masters degree and experience. The exceptions are professional degrees such as and MD, JD which are required for any significant work in the field. Another piece of advice. Always go to the best school possible, especially if you are interested in graduate education. It's not that you won't be able to go to grad school coming from a smaller college. But it will be harder to get your foot into the door. As you move upwards into graduate education, things become more and more specialized and acceptance is almost equally based on who you know as well as what you know. The more prestigious schools will increase your chances as your professors are more likely to know people at the graduate schools of your choice.
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Of course, it's not so big in other fields like engineering among other fields such as business and IT. Like I mentioned already, you can get anywhere if you persevere. It did not surprise me too much, however, when I found out that the directors of the marketing branches and the human resources branch at Pfizer both hold PhDs.
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It's funny you mention Pfizer as I run into a lot of thier reps at work. Most of the reps have bachelor degrees and make more than the PhD's that actually create the products that they sell. In fact, some of those same reps make more than the physicians to whom they are marketing.
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Hahah! But are you sure these reps do nothing more than merely market/sell products? What you speak of is indeed true, though and I think it goes beyond the field of sciences. The management folks almost always make more than the R&D folks
I'm a fan of that joke - "how do we cut costs while increasing productivity at the same time? Lay off the management and use some of the money for R&D!"
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no takers on pace! huh
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