Why do PhD students look dead when they graduate?

Answer: Undertaking a PhD is exceptionally challenging to put it politely.​ It.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You Why do PhD students look dead when they graduate? Paul Hywel-Evans, Chemist/Director, Ph.D. chemistry, C.Sci. MRACI C.Chem MRSC Written Jan 25 Undertaking a PhD is exceptionally challenging to put it politely. It is literally a life changing experience. However, it is also a mammoth written exercise. The problem is time. ...  Read More » What happened to the Viet Cong members after the fall of Saigon? Lusia Millar, B.A International Trade Law, Foreign Trade University of Vietnam (2016) Written Feb 3 Yeah. I read some answers above which were wrong. First, I think you should read some information about Viet Cong as following Viet Cong - Wikipedia. Second, Basically, Viet ...  Read More » Why did Anne Boleyn's pregnancies fail after having a first successful child being born, namely Elizabeth 1? Gwynn Owens, Trained researcher, critical thinker, writing skills Updated Feb 5 Anne and Henry's other wives plus his mistresses only seemed to bear one live child while there were many miscarriages and sickly children who died. Many have speculated bu...  Read More » Is it worth getting a PhD from anywhere less than a top institution? Rishabh Jain, MIT PhD, started 2 companies, worked in Finance & VC Written Aug 8, 2015 It depends. Let's analyze, what do you not gain by virtue of not attending a top school: ... Read More » In the US Navy, what types of ships are generally considered the least desirable to which to be assigned? James George, Operations and Logistics Officer at NSWOC (2019-present) Written Jan 30 I'm sure desirability is a highly personal evaluation. I joined the Navy to see the world, so being stationed on a ship that was underway seeing the world was highly desira...  Read More » What is the value of x in -x² = 81? Isaiah Mumaw, B.S. Physics, University of Notre Dame (2022) Written Dec 16 First of all, the other answers here are not correct. They would have been correct if the question was (-x)^2=81, however this is not the case. The negative sign is not being squared. ...  Read More » Were you ever spanked bare on your birthday? Casper T Bird, Maintenance (1984-present) Written Thu I thought I was going to have a great birthday for once. Mom even made a birthday cake for me. I don't remember her ever doing that for me before. We even had soda and ice ...  Read More » What if Iranian forces tried to board a supercarrier? Jerry Miller, Manager (2016-present) Written Feb 1 I served aboard the Enterprise CVN-65 for four years. Here's the non-ironic, 'Murica answer. Suppose the enemy does get close enough, and suppose they manage to board via, s...  Read More » Is academia a happier life than a life in industry? I'm worried that pursuing a post-doc will push my "real life" back from starting. Is this a valid concern? Would I be happier just taking a high paying engineering, finance, or consulting job? Daniel Lemire, I wrote extensively about academia on my blog. I have a Ph.D. and I have been a ... Updated Apr 6, 2017 I have done three things after my Ph.D.: I have been a (permanent/regular) researcher in a major government laboratory; I have been an entrepreneur in industry (making deals,...  Read More » I just got a 3.6 GPA freshman year of high school. My parents are disappointed and so am I. Do I have a chance at a top college? Marc Mularz, 33 years as a teacher, and two sons in college Updated Feb 1 No, sorry to report your life is over…may as well buy some rubber gloves for the dish washing job you will be consigned to for the rest of your days…or not… A 3.6 is an A- o...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/