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What "PhD" Really Stands for... What "PhD" Really Stands for... * P h D * Patiently hoping for a Degree * Piled higher and Deeper * Professorship? hah! Dream on! * Please hire. Desperate. * Physiologically Deficient * Pour him (or her) a Drink * Philosophically Disturbed * Probably headed for Divorce * Pathetically hopeless Dweeb * Probably heavily in Debt * Parents have Doubts * Professors had Doubts * Pheromone Deprived * Pr.. 더보기
Qualifying Exam Questions from MIT Qualifying Exam Questions from MIT If you think you have it tough, have a look at a pool of questions from various disciplines on MIT's doctoral qualifying examinations. These are actual questions that students in the past have had to answer. They are allowed four hours, and they have four sets of questions like these over two days. -------------------------------------------------------------- .. 더보기
GRADUATE STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE GRADUATE STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE What every doctoral student should know -------------------------------------------------------------- THE DISSERTATION DECATHLON Picking a Topic - When considering a topic, test it with the following questions. Do I really have an interest in the topic? This is the most fundamental question. If you are going to devote several years of your life to "The Role of In.. 더보기
Things to Say and Do Guaranteed to Spice up Your Thesis and Dissertation Defenses Things to Say and Do Guaranteed to Spice up Your Thesis and Dissertation Defenses 1. Begin the defense by charging a cover and checking for ID. 2. Charge a two-drink minimum. 3. Begin with "Ladies and Gentlemen, please rise for the singing of our National Anthem." 4. Follow that with a joke that starts with "Which reminds me of a story - A Black guy, a Chinese guy, and a Jew walked into a bar..... 더보기
내면적 성전, 외면적 성전 오늘 성경공부 중에서 내면적 (보이지 않는) 성전과 외면적 (보이는) 성전의 비교가 계속 제 마음에 맴돌고 있습니다. 지금은 자정이 조금 지난 시간인데도요. 요즈음은 자꾸만, 왜 하나님께서 이스라엘 백성들에게... 그 많은 오해를 불러 일으키실 수 있는... '외형적 성전', '율법' 등등을 주셨을까. 그 수많은 종교적 규례를, 따라야할 법칙들, 하나님의 뜻을 '상징'하는 많은 물건과 예식들... 예수님께서 그것들을 깨고자 그리도 노력하셨건만 결국 그것을 깨시지 못하시고 그 많은 종교적 규례들에 의해 오히려 accuse 되셔서 십자가에 달리셨지요. 아니.. 도대체 왜 그리 하셨을까.. 왜 하나님께서는 수 많은 종교적 규례들을 그리도 두셨을까. 요즈음 자꾸 드는 생각은요, 교육적 필요 때문이었다는 생각입니.. 더보기