So, I'm already worried about Ph.D programs. Yes, yes, I know I am just starting my Master's program, but thinking far ahead is really important. If I don't consider all of my options now and plan according, I could miss out. I already feel so behind. I've always known that I wantd my Ph.D. I remember being 5 years old, and knowing I was going to
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This was very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to reply so thoughtfully. I am going to take your advice: check out publications (should of thought of that one...), look at the books you recommended, and be more open minded about the schools I am looking at (I was looking at the percentages for the department, btw). Semantically, you're also right about the "getting" bit. I mean no disrespect; it's the same rhetoric I used about my Bachelor's and that I am currently using about my Master's. Maybe I should start incorporating "earn" into my vocabulary...intially, it feels kind of awkward (probably stemming from a self-esteem issue about "earning" something). I'm glad it's nothing like going to Target, though. What would be the point?
Thanks again,
Jessica
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Best,
M.
PS: As a former gifted student who never had many good teachers, I hope you will pursue that qualification! This might be fodder for another comment / post, but the only students who virtually always get screwed over by the school system are the gifted.
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