I was having a chat with my son about the PhD path. He is graduating this year with a psychology major. My main argument: it is only when you are passionate about your research and you seek depth in understanding it that it’s worth it!
Despite hard times, and ups & downs that’s why and how I was able to make it.
Good answers: “I love doing research!”, “The diploma will give me recognition I need to achieve my professional career goals…”, “I want to be the expert!”, “I don’t know whether it’s academia or elsewhere that will be my career, but right now I’ve a project that needs doing, in depth”…
I was having a chat with my son about the PhD path. He is graduating this year with a psychology major. My main argument: it is only when you are passionate about your research and you seek depth in understanding it that it’s worth it!
Despite hard times, and ups & downs that’s why and how I was able to make it.
Nice post! If the PhD path doesn't happen naturally, those are good soul-searching tricks.
Do you have exemple of good and bad answers/reasons to the question "Why do you want a PhD?" ?
Bad answer: “Uhhh… because?”
Good answers: “I love doing research!”, “The diploma will give me recognition I need to achieve my professional career goals…”, “I want to be the expert!”, “I don’t know whether it’s academia or elsewhere that will be my career, but right now I’ve a project that needs doing, in depth”…