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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Paulcg87 in Columbia pauses its PhD. admissions for Fall 2021   
    If people can't see the writing on the wall, and do not forgo pursuing a PhD in the near future, you only have yourselves to blame.
    The fact that programs are closing admissions right now, despite the fact that it is a low-cost way of providing them extremely cheap and exploitative labor, should make you realize how deep the issues with academia are in the short, and long-term.
    The major demographic shift was already going to bring a reckoning. The pandemic has only accelerated the collapse of the pyramid scheme.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from verschiedene in Grad school   
    You are unlikely to find a job regardless of what subfield you choose.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Dwar in Grad school   
    You are unlikely to find a job regardless of what subfield you choose.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Lydia Douglas in Academic Dishonesty and grad apps.   
    This is completely false. There is absolutely zero chance of any school conducting ''background checks" on applicants prior to acceptance. Departments do not have the time nor the resources to conduct background checks on applicants.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Pol22222 in GRE dilemma: how much should I care about verbal?   
    It simply signals that you are capable of hitting 95th+ percentile on either dimension. None of your scores are 'low.'
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from PoliSciGuy00 in Recent International Relations grad looking to do PhD   
    Don't do it.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from CiaraMeow in SSHRC Award Holders (Past and Present): looking for advice on grant extensions in the time of COVID // working full-time while on SSHRC   
    Do you think I give a fuck? The OP asked for opinions, I gave mine.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Grad Apps Aren't Fun in Columbia pauses its PhD. admissions for Fall 2021   
    You are making a false equivalence. Most industries do not require 5-7 years of intensive training in a highly exploitative system AND exhibit such an over-glut in the supply of labor. 
    I repeat, once again, do not do a PhD in a social science or humanities. Doing so is, without a doubt, a foolish move at this juncture.
    You will do a lion's share of the teaching and grading, as well as all the grunt work of research, for other people that make upwards of 4-6 times as much as you do. Your graduate program does not give a crap about you, nor does the discipline. For your service you will be rewarded with an approximately 1% chance of attaining a job as a tenure-track professor.
    There are no jobs. The job market this year has approximately 20-30% of the number of available positions as last year. It's unlikely this is going to significantly change in the future, despite people being under the illusion that this is an exceptional year. 
    The fact that programs are already starting to curtail programs that provide such exploitative benefits to them signals deep, deep, structural changes on the horizons. Structural changes that were already coming, but have been accelerated. 
    Do not enter this collapsing ponzi and exploitative scheme. 
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from PoliSciGuy00 in Columbia pauses its PhD. admissions for Fall 2021   
    You are making a false equivalence. Most industries do not require 5-7 years of intensive training in a highly exploitative system AND exhibit such an over-glut in the supply of labor. 
    I repeat, once again, do not do a PhD in a social science or humanities. Doing so is, without a doubt, a foolish move at this juncture.
    You will do a lion's share of the teaching and grading, as well as all the grunt work of research, for other people that make upwards of 4-6 times as much as you do. Your graduate program does not give a crap about you, nor does the discipline. For your service you will be rewarded with an approximately 1% chance of attaining a job as a tenure-track professor.
    There are no jobs. The job market this year has approximately 20-30% of the number of available positions as last year. It's unlikely this is going to significantly change in the future, despite people being under the illusion that this is an exceptional year. 
    The fact that programs are already starting to curtail programs that provide such exploitative benefits to them signals deep, deep, structural changes on the horizons. Structural changes that were already coming, but have been accelerated. 
    Do not enter this collapsing ponzi and exploitative scheme. 
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Theory007 in SSHRC Award Holders (Past and Present): looking for advice on grant extensions in the time of COVID // working full-time while on SSHRC   
    Do you think I give a fuck? The OP asked for opinions, I gave mine.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Theory007 in Columbia pauses its PhD. admissions for Fall 2021   
    If people can't see the writing on the wall, and do not forgo pursuing a PhD in the near future, you only have yourselves to blame.
    The fact that programs are closing admissions right now, despite the fact that it is a low-cost way of providing them extremely cheap and exploitative labor, should make you realize how deep the issues with academia are in the short, and long-term.
    The major demographic shift was already going to bring a reckoning. The pandemic has only accelerated the collapse of the pyramid scheme.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Theory007 in Columbia pauses its PhD. admissions for Fall 2021   
    You are making a false equivalence. Most industries do not require 5-7 years of intensive training in a highly exploitative system AND exhibit such an over-glut in the supply of labor. 
    I repeat, once again, do not do a PhD in a social science or humanities. Doing so is, without a doubt, a foolish move at this juncture.
    You will do a lion's share of the teaching and grading, as well as all the grunt work of research, for other people that make upwards of 4-6 times as much as you do. Your graduate program does not give a crap about you, nor does the discipline. For your service you will be rewarded with an approximately 1% chance of attaining a job as a tenure-track professor.
    There are no jobs. The job market this year has approximately 20-30% of the number of available positions as last year. It's unlikely this is going to significantly change in the future, despite people being under the illusion that this is an exceptional year. 
    The fact that programs are already starting to curtail programs that provide such exploitative benefits to them signals deep, deep, structural changes on the horizons. Structural changes that were already coming, but have been accelerated. 
    Do not enter this collapsing ponzi and exploitative scheme. 
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Dwar in Columbia pauses its PhD. admissions for Fall 2021   
    If people can't see the writing on the wall, and do not forgo pursuing a PhD in the near future, you only have yourselves to blame.
    The fact that programs are closing admissions right now, despite the fact that it is a low-cost way of providing them extremely cheap and exploitative labor, should make you realize how deep the issues with academia are in the short, and long-term.
    The major demographic shift was already going to bring a reckoning. The pandemic has only accelerated the collapse of the pyramid scheme.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Dwar in Columbia pauses its PhD. admissions for Fall 2021   
    You are making a false equivalence. Most industries do not require 5-7 years of intensive training in a highly exploitative system AND exhibit such an over-glut in the supply of labor. 
    I repeat, once again, do not do a PhD in a social science or humanities. Doing so is, without a doubt, a foolish move at this juncture.
    You will do a lion's share of the teaching and grading, as well as all the grunt work of research, for other people that make upwards of 4-6 times as much as you do. Your graduate program does not give a crap about you, nor does the discipline. For your service you will be rewarded with an approximately 1% chance of attaining a job as a tenure-track professor.
    There are no jobs. The job market this year has approximately 20-30% of the number of available positions as last year. It's unlikely this is going to significantly change in the future, despite people being under the illusion that this is an exceptional year. 
    The fact that programs are already starting to curtail programs that provide such exploitative benefits to them signals deep, deep, structural changes on the horizons. Structural changes that were already coming, but have been accelerated. 
    Do not enter this collapsing ponzi and exploitative scheme. 
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from ovejal in Columbia pauses its PhD. admissions for Fall 2021   
    You are making a false equivalence. Most industries do not require 5-7 years of intensive training in a highly exploitative system AND exhibit such an over-glut in the supply of labor. 
    I repeat, once again, do not do a PhD in a social science or humanities. Doing so is, without a doubt, a foolish move at this juncture.
    You will do a lion's share of the teaching and grading, as well as all the grunt work of research, for other people that make upwards of 4-6 times as much as you do. Your graduate program does not give a crap about you, nor does the discipline. For your service you will be rewarded with an approximately 1% chance of attaining a job as a tenure-track professor.
    There are no jobs. The job market this year has approximately 20-30% of the number of available positions as last year. It's unlikely this is going to significantly change in the future, despite people being under the illusion that this is an exceptional year. 
    The fact that programs are already starting to curtail programs that provide such exploitative benefits to them signals deep, deep, structural changes on the horizons. Structural changes that were already coming, but have been accelerated. 
    Do not enter this collapsing ponzi and exploitative scheme. 
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Dwar in Recent International Relations grad looking to do PhD   
    Don't do it.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from munch22 in Recent International Relations grad looking to do PhD   
    Don't do it.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from sloth_girl in A GRE Dilemma   
    Extremely important. There's been a thousand threads on this. You want at the very least 160+ on both verbal and quantitative sections. Ideally, you want 165+ when applying to top programs, but it's not necessary.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Pol22222 in A GRE Dilemma   
    Extremely important. There's been a thousand threads on this. You want at the very least 160+ on both verbal and quantitative sections. Ideally, you want 165+ when applying to top programs, but it's not necessary.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Bernt in Academic Dishonesty and grad apps.   
    This is completely false. There is absolutely zero chance of any school conducting ''background checks" on applicants prior to acceptance. Departments do not have the time nor the resources to conduct background checks on applicants.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from PolPhil in UCLA vs. Berkeley for undergrad. How much more weight does Cal have over UCLA in masters/PhD admissions?   
    I'm sorry, but claiming that it's not possible, or unlikely, to be able to get good letters of recommendation at Berkeley or UCLA as an undergraduate is just so far from the truth, it's not even worth further discussion.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from Grad Apps Aren't Fun in Minimum RAM/processor requirements for quantitative work?   
    I don't see any reason why you would really need more than 8 or 16 GB. R, or whatever else, doesn't really need all that much RAM - less than most high-end computer games in fact. Unless you are doing big data stuff, the likelihood that you need more than 8 is low. 
    I have 16 GB, but I rarely need that much, if ever.
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from uncle_socks in UCLA vs. Berkeley for undergrad. How much more weight does Cal have over UCLA in masters/PhD admissions?   
    Yes, plenty. Undergraduate students, particularly good ones, receiving LORs from faculty at every single education institution in the US is the norm. 
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    polsciguy88 got a reaction from bibble1998 in Benefits of different poly sci fields and locations (Masters, pre-Ph.D)   
    I agree with the above, with one caveat: if you say in your SOP that you want to study French politics, and you don't speak French, your application is dead on arrival.
    That being said, if you are really that interested in teaching; you should just teach highschool. Doing a PhD to teach, in the current climate, is not a strategy for success. With the demographic shifts coming, as well as a global depression, SLACs and LACs either won't be hiring or will go completely under in droves by the time you are finishing your PhD.
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    polsciguy88 reacted to PsycUndergrad in Should I mention in my PhD application that I don't need funding? (and how to do that)   
    I’m not sure how likely it is that programs would accept a student who does not want to do research and wants to work only on their own terms. It’s not how a PhD works regardless of funding status. 
     
    Why not find an online program and buy your PhD? Or do a course-based masters? 
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