Timeline for Will CS programs look favorably on an older applicant who already has a PhD?
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| Apr 28, 2019 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1122470725519069189 | ||
| Dec 31, 2017 at 23:05 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | See also academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1836/… and other questions tagged second-degree. Keep in mind that a lot of institutions will, as a matter of policy, refuse to admit anyone as a PhD student who already has a PhD in the same or similar field (math and computer science are almost surely "similar" for this purpose). That may give you some indication. | |
| Dec 31, 2017 at 18:35 | comment | added | Glen Pierce | If said hypothetical math PhD put themselves forward as a candidate for the reasons stipulated above: really liking being a grad student, really liking theoretical computer science, and having limited capacity to make use of a PhD in mathematics, I would have lots of concerns about their viability as a master's candidate. | |
| Dec 31, 2017 at 17:01 | comment | added | user9482 | Your chances to get into another phd program are smaller than epsilon. | |
| Dec 31, 2017 at 17:00 | history | edited | Mad Jack |
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| Dec 31, 2017 at 16:54 | comment | added | Mad Jack | Related: Is doing two PhDs a good path? | |
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| Dec 31, 2017 at 16:48 | history | asked | user85259 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |