Timeline for PhD interview - how to explain why I left a previous PhD?
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| May 16, 2019 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1128857732122066952 | ||
| May 15, 2019 at 19:24 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | @Alexandra Buffy's answer is similar enough to what I'd post that I won't make my own answer, but I'd reiterate the statement in that answer "Don't avoid the direct answer, but focus on what is now different." - quitting a PhD program looks bad. If I'm interviewing you, I'm worried you'll quit again. Focus more on what's changed in you rather than making excuses/blaming circumstances, and frame it as growth. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 17:00 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 15, 2019 at 16:13 | comment | added | Alexandra | @BryanKrause thank you for your response. Many of the issues were specific to the group I was in - I started there straight after completing masters without enough consideration. The group had a very high PhD student drop-out rate which I think is indicative of what kind of environment it was - in this sense I do not expect the problems to be repeated. Regarding burnout and loss of interest, I have taken time out and thought very carefully whether to reapply, and to which groups. I also am changing area of study to one which I am very much more motivated to pursue. | |
| May 15, 2019 at 15:34 | comment | added | Solar Mike | It will depend on what they ask... | |
| May 15, 2019 at 15:17 | comment | added | Bryan Krause♦ | What's changed since the last time you started a PhD? | |
| May 15, 2019 at 14:40 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 15, 2019 at 14:39 | history | asked | Alexandra | CC BY-SA 4.0 |