10 reasons Ph.D. students fail
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I'm supervising a lot of new grad students this semester, so for their sake, I'm cataloging the common reasons for failure.
10 reasons Ph.D. students fail 10 easy ways to fail a Ph.D. [ article index ] [ ] [ @mattmight ] [ rss ] The attrition rate in Ph.D. school is high. Anywhere from a third to half will fail. In fact, there's a disturbing consistency to grad school failure. I'm supervising a lot of new grad students this semester, so for their sake, I'm cataloging the common reasons for failure. Read on for the top ten reasons students fail out of Ph.D. school. Focus on grades or coursework No one cares about grades in grad school. There's a simple formula for the optimal GPA in grad school: Optimal GPA = Minimu
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