Timeline for PhD without previous academic degree: truth or myth?
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| May 14, 2015 at 9:03 | comment | added | Potato | I can verify there is at least one example of a high school student being admitted directly to an elite math graduate program. | |
| Jun 28, 2014 at 13:04 | history | edited | Pete L. Clark | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2014 at 20:16 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | @Ben: Thanks for your comment. I should not have assumed that, as it turns out. | |
| Mar 6, 2014 at 20:15 | history | edited | Pete L. Clark | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2014 at 18:45 | comment | added | Ben Webster | I do assume that he has a high school diploma! By the way, it's actually much easier to get a BA without a high school degree than a PhD without a BA (I never got a high school degree or equivalent). | |
| Mar 6, 2014 at 17:46 | comment | added | Quora Feans | The question is also who enforces the necessity of a previous degree. Some accreditation body, or a college, that could use other quality standards, if they deem them equivalent. | |
| Mar 6, 2014 at 17:44 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | Ah, Princeton, that clown college. Maybe we should look into getting its accreditation revoked... | |
| Mar 6, 2014 at 17:43 | comment | added | Noah Snyder | I think Mike Freedman also got his Math Ph.D. from Princeton without finishing his undergraduate degree. | |
| Mar 6, 2014 at 17:39 | history | edited | Pete L. Clark | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2014 at 17:33 | history | answered | Pete L. Clark | CC BY-SA 3.0 |