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First of all guys, I lied - it looks like I really DON'T have a conscience compared to some of you. But think about it, I could spend $70 at a really, really nice restaurant 1,000 times with the money earned/saved.

But you guys raise some good points - I think that the university assumes a good faith attempt at pursuing a PhD, and if my actions don't convince them that this is the case for me, then I could get in some big trouble. I can see that professors *might* have some reach in industry. But let me say that the WHOLE point of this plan is NOT to get caught. There are people who legitimately quit their program and leave with an MS after just one year. I just have to appear to be one of them.


-But what do you guys think professors would say if I go ahead and invest my twenty hours of TA, 12 credits of coursework, and then do another twenty hours of software development at the same time?
-I do have research experience, and I can continue to pursue one last LPU and one last conference on it while doing my 1.5 year MS.

Any other insights that some of you might have that would enable people like me to have an easier time doing this? Thanks.

There have been a lot of cases of late where the departments will ask you to pay back all the money they invested in you and then only leave. As a Phd student, a lot of places do not allow you to work anywhere else at all from what iv noticed. Also professors are well connected people. They could just stall your degree or give you the damned degree but spoil ur recruitment chances anywhere through their vast networks. I would advise you to not attempt this at all as the PhD seats are few and are exclusively meant for people interested in research. So if you do get admitted somewhere, you'v almost dickblocked someone who might have actually been interested.

I think its too early for you to be thinking about your life choices. ALOT of people get off the waitlist and being waitlisted to 7 schools is really promising. I think you're doing everything right, I am 28, I thought I wanted to go to med school then didn't like that then thought maybe PA school but now and now I found SLP and I wonder why I ever wanted to do anything else!
People reapply up to 3 times, I think its still early and I hope that you get in somewhere! Everyone has a journey they have gone through to get here and you're not old at all!