What is the ideal age to do a PhD?

Answer: As with so many of my answers, I'll start off saying that it depends.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You What is the ideal age to do a PhD? Scott Alexander, PhD in CS Written Feb 9, 2018 As with so many of my answers, I'll start off saying that it depends. If you do a PhD at 22, right out of undergrad, you have the advantages that you are in the mode of stud... Read More » Is the Panda Express popular in China? George Hu, works at Department of Health Australian Government Written Feb 17 Popular? Not only is it unpopular, the founder of the chain, Mr Andrew Cheng, explicitly said they will never enter the Chinese market. This is not due to any personal or pol... Read More » What are some "Ivy League reject schools"? Augustus Zhao, Attended an Ivy League school Updated Jan 22 An "Ivy League reject school" is: 1) a school that anyone admitted to an Ivy, outside of donors/recruited athletes/celebrities, would have a 80%+ chance of getting into 2) wo... Read More » Do drill instructors tend to yell less at people who enlist at an older age, say late 20s, vs a kid who enlists at 18? Richard Newell, Enlisted at U.S. Army (1997-present) Written Apr 11 I was 25 when I went through Basic Training. The worse decision of my military career was deciding to go through Basic Trainjng in summer. Why? Because this is when all the... Read More » How fast can I complete my PhD? Karan Mehta, PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech (2019) Written May 15 How fast you finish a PhD depends on your situation and your ability, but by optimizing the PhD experience for speed you are making a very short-sighted and foolish decisio... Read More » What do the Chinese think of Western food? Ellen Li, studied at University of California, Berkeley (2017) Updated Jan 22, 2018 I'm an ABC (American Born Chinese) with parents from the mainland. Here are some observations from my parents, relatives, and Chinese friends: Americans like to eat a lot of... Read More » MIT is my dream school. I've visited the school and I'm even applying for the MITES program. I'm doing everything I can to ensure that I have a competitive enough application. What are some things you suggest I do to build up my college application? Michael C Moritz, studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Updated Dec 30, 2019 I am an MIT educational counselor (EC) meaning I conduct interviews with MIT applicants, so I know a little bit about how the admissions staff evaluates candidates. When wi... Read More » Is higher education broken in the USA? Joshua Gross, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at CSUMB Written Apr 23 If someone offered me an average return of $1 million for a debt of $30,000, I'd consider them to be crazy. If they had data to back up the claim, as higher education can i... Read More » Am I too unprepared for a PhD program? David Long, Hiring Manager for Government, Industry & Academia (1995-present) Written Oct 31 Yes. But, almost everyone is. If you are interested in a PhD, you likely did well in your undergraduate work and you enjoyed your master's work. What you are not prepared fo... Read More » Why are there no high-end Chinese dishes? Huang Yi, lives in China (1995-present) Written Apr 15 If you want to know the high-end Chinese dishes, just see the state banquet of China. And, you may see something like this: Seems simple? Actually, the soup is made by chick... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/