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100k in debt for Oxford PhD?
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Date: June 23rd, 2015 11:58 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse
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Date: June 24th, 2015 3:57 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28192310) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 3:59 PM Author: Snowy soggy boiling water nursing home Please don't. 100k debt is nothing to sneeze at, it's not going to be a fun party (and if it is, you have NO chance of making it in academia) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28192327) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 11:10 PM Author: Well-lubricated Green Piazza Which field (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28194998) |
Date: June 24th, 2015 12:26 AM Author: Motley anal internal respiration doctorate If you have no other debt, absolutely.
If you have other debt, your parents should pay THAT off. |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 3:58 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28192316) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 11:11 PM Author: Well-lubricated Green Piazza Which field (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28195007) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 11:30 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28195142) |
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Date: June 25th, 2015 9:53 AM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28196443) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 12:28 AM Author: olive tripping private investor Oxford lets anyone in. Great tradition but serious TTT. i know 4 ppl from the same small school in eastern europe who all went (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189144) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 12:32 AM Author: chocolate place of business who pays for a phd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189169) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 2:27 PM Author: Aphrodisiac Misunderstood Point people who need a P(erfume)hD to cover the stench of their literal toilet degree (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30026468) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 12:49 AM Author: poppy market dog poop DPhil, you mean.
Sure. After your third year, all you have to pay are fees; just keep staying in college housing and taking your meals in hall.
Also, if you take out Stafford or PLUS loans, Oxford makes you convert the USD to GBP through their service and Jewish exchange rates. |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 3:34 PM Author: flesh mediation "just keep staying in college housing and taking your meals in hall."
For $100,000 I can purchase housing and food forever? |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 7:13 PM Author: flesh mediation plz respond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30027962) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 10:37 PM Author: poppy market dog poop You would still have to pay for room and board, but at significantly subsidized student rates.
I paid $1,500 per term (3 months) for a palatial single room on-campus.
Meals in the hall are priced per entree and side, but you can get a hearty serving of meat, potatoes, and vegetables for under $5.00.
The Middle Common Rooms (student centers) also hold social gatherings with wines, cheeses, pastries, cold cuts every other night--and Sunday Brunch! |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 12:53 AM Author: dashing alpha any phd that requires you to pay (?) will not improve your job prospects
if your parents are rich (ie you are guaranteed an inheritance and don't care about debt), sure. |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:29 AM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse This is CR advice for American PhD programs, but things work differently in Europe. Oxford DPhils are legit (obviously), though they use foreigners as cash cows.
Disclaimer, because I apparently didn't make this clear: 100k is still too much to pay. |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 4:00 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28192330) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:36 AM Author: High-end Big Antidepressant Drug Why couldn't you cop a T5-14 us university that would have thrown money at you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189610) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:37 AM Author: Twinkling chapel link to phd programs throwing money at students? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189615) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:39 AM Author: High-end Big Antidepressant Drug Most humanities give 15k-21k. Hard science is much more, upwards of 35k for columbia chem. Not sure about social sciences. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189618) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 11:08 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28194982) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:41 AM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse Phd programs pay you to attend. Generally somewhere between 20k-30k in the sciences at good place. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189625) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:42 AM Author: Twinkling chapel 20K in a big city is nothing. Not "throwing money" at someone. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189627) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:44 AM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse If you're single, have no dependents, and live in university housing, 30k goes a long way. I agree 20k/year isn't that much, but it sure as hell beats paying 100k for a degree. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189631) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:46 AM Author: Twinkling chapel how much is university housing in NYC? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189635) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:49 AM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse No clue. Here's the information from Harvard (note they force you to buy a small meal plan):
http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/current_students/gsas_residence_halls.php |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:54 AM Author: Twinkling chapel 10K + 2K meal plan + health insurance would leave you with 8K/year to spend. Do they fly you out for conferences? Definitely not an option for people with kids. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189645) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:56 AM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse My school gives me enough to attend about 2 conferences a year. I'm not sure about other places.
Of course that's not an option for people with children, but the cold hard truth is that graduate school in general is not really an option for people with children. |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:46 AM Author: High-end Big Antidepressant Drug If you can't make it on 20k in NJ or cambridge, you're an utter loser. NYC can be tough, but 20k is definitely doable painfully. But the point is that.universities should pay for you indentured servitude, not the other way around (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189634) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:49 AM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse I knew a guy who took out small loans to live comfortably while he did his PhD work at UChicago. Seemed to work out well for him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189640) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:53 AM Author: High-end Big Antidepressant Drug If you happen to cop dat sweet rare job. My advisor is pretty open about almost getting fucked on his morgage when the tenure committe was evenly split. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189643) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 2:57 AM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse he bought a house without tenure? lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28189657) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 4:07 PM Author: Scarlet brunch Explain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28192371) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 11:11 PM Author: Well-lubricated Green Piazza I only know about their cash cow, non-Rhodes "M. Phil" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28195005) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 11:15 PM Author: Filthy abusive goal in life resort About to just CHILL out and cop a DPhil in philosophy, spend my days reading the classics whilst enjoying the countryside/London, sipping on premium coffee, then BLAST OFF into some young strange box during the evenings (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28195037) |
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Date: June 24th, 2015 11:23 PM Author: Apoplectic theater Lol at this guy probably calling nietze and Kant "the classics" and sipping "premium coffee" wtf?? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28195094) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 3:43 PM Author: cruel-hearted vibrant home main people (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30026803) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 7:12 PM Author: Ebony cumskin Tea. They drink tea in england (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30027959) |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 5:18 PM Author: Swashbuckling coldplay fan set I would say no unless your family is very wealthy. PhD programs really shouldn't be paid for, even if they are DPhil programs.
"Oxford doesn't give Americans money" is flame. Many Americans at Oxford and Cambridge are fully funded with a stipend, just as they would be in the US. They are Rhodes, Marshall, Gates, Fulbright and Churchill Scholars, and top candidates from the general application pool also are eligible for departmental money.
If you don't have a fellowship and also don't get offered departmental money, your prospects as an American academic with an Oxford DPhil are not bright. Consider it a lifestyle choice rather than a career choice. |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 5:23 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse balanced and fair, Earl. But it's hard advice to follow for someone in a shit field. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28206869) |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 5:41 PM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse Just to be clear: DON'T GO. You would be an UTTER MORON unless you are wealthy and can absorb the 100k debt without a problem.
It's true that paying might be a little more common in Europe (not too sure about this), but that doesn't mean YOU should pay. |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 5:39 PM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse You're right, of course. I was going to mention this, but there's no way the OP is competitive for those fellowships. People who are don't ask questions like this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28206984) |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 5:47 PM Author: frisky gas station codepig You're a fellow ~50kmo grinding it out in a DC shitjob, yes? Sorry, but there is no escape for us. The only light is to network and get a slightly better shitjob at like Deloitte or something, and it's a dim light indeed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28207026) |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 5:50 PM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse There are ways out, but this isn't one of them. If he really wants to make some dramatic and expensive educational change, get a postbac in CS or something like that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28207052) |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 5:57 PM Author: frisky gas station codepig Those are also ludicrously expensive. DC has two options, one at gtown and one at fucking Marymount. Doing those part-time will take years and cost a fuckload.
Edit: didn't see the qualifier in your post. Yes it's a better idea than the phd but so is retiring to mt athos as a monk |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 6:14 PM Author: Coiffed black whorehouse I mean, if he's seriously determined to change his future and has the quantitative skills, paying off 100k on a programmer's salary in SV is going to be an order of magnitude easier than paying it off as an adjunct in the humanities.
Still a bad move unless he's lights out with math and computers, but merely stupid, not ludicrous and insane. |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 9:06 PM Author: frisky gas station codepig Unfortunately for both me and bro up there I suspect dudes who have ended up in our position are not going to be natural tech wizards (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28208113) |
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Date: June 26th, 2015 9:08 PM Author: hateful theatre dingle berry 3 years? lol no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28208126) |
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Date: July 4th, 2015 11:05 PM Author: Maize Dragon dude, environmental policy is not real STEM. you are going to be 100k down the drain and unemployable. It would be worth it if it were econ or finance, but policy phd sounds like polisci shithead stuff (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28259209) |
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:10 AM Author: Swashbuckling coldplay fan set Please tell us you didn't do this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#28859028) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 2:08 PM Author: Swashbuckling coldplay fan set OP: please come back and tell us you didn't do this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30026353) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 2:27 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse Did not cop because I didn't get funding but I was accepted. Still pretty cool to be honest. I come from a TTT background. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30026469) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 2:42 PM Author: poppy market dog poop LJL. Weren't you a Clarendon?
Did you earn Distinction in YOUR MSt? |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 3:53 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse Yes, with highest honours, niggah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30026856) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 10:40 PM Author: poppy market dog poop flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30030005) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 3:21 PM Author: Swashbuckling coldplay fan set Thank.
What are you doing now? |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 3:53 PM Author: Comical Bawdyhouse Poasting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30026858) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 2:10 PM Author: Unholy lavender feces sanctuary If you want to work in industry it's fine, but it seems most US colleges/universities look down on UK PhD's for tenure-track positions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30026367) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 2:22 PM Author: violet flickering library dysfunction Can't think of anything else better to do with 100k? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30026444) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 7:14 PM Author: Ocher 180 stage pistol Are you under 30? PLSF it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30027968) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 7:15 PM Author: Arousing Fear-inspiring Principal's Office would be worth its weight in gold, if u meet a proper english girl to have and to hold, till death. . (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30027971) |
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Date: March 10th, 2016 10:42 PM Author: Titillating pea-brained garrison national security agency Why would you pay for a PhD? If you have to pay you shouldn't be doing one. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2917689&forum_id=2#30030019) |