Timeline for Deferring admission to a computer science graduate program
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| Apr 8, 2012 at 19:26 | comment | added | Joanna Bryson | Thanks for the complement Jeff. Your question is subtle. It comes down to the mentality of different people & places: are students kids, or are they peers, or something in between? Do you just get told what to do, or do you get reasoned & negotiated with? In my experience, the UK largely treats even undergrads as adults, while in the USA I had grad-student peers come in expecting to party like they were in highschool. It's very much cultural. I do think work experience helps give you give you the knowledge that you can always walk away, and that's a big part of being an adult. | |
| Mar 18, 2012 at 15:57 | comment | added | JeffE | Awesome answer, but one part is confusing: "being treated as an adult"? A PhD program (or even an undergrad program) that doesn't treat it's students like adults sounds seriously broken to me. What specifically did you mean? | |
| Mar 18, 2012 at 11:57 | history | answered | Joanna Bryson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |