Saw a link on applyingtograd today to this, a report on grad school and the grad school admissions process written by a computer science professor
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The "world expert" sentence is the one that struck me most, too. It's both terrifying--how will I come up with a topic? how will I know for sure I'm on the right track?--and very exciting. Adventurous, indeed.
And yes, the document does a good job outlining the peculiar drive that would propel someone to leave what could be a lucrative career in order to pursue research. I'm comforted by thinking that English is a little less lonely a discipline--it's always about being in conversation, whether only with texts or with texts and students/colleagues/etc.
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The "world expert" sentence is the one that struck me most, too. It's both terrifying--how will I come up with a topic? how will I know for sure I'm on the right track?--and very exciting. Adventurous, indeed.
And yes, the document does a good job outlining the peculiar drive that would propel someone to leave what could be a lucrative career in order to pursue research. I'm comforted by thinking that English is a little less lonely a discipline--it's always about being in conversation, whether only with texts or with texts and students/colleagues/etc.
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