AuldReekie

YES.

It's a personal choice. I think anyone who wanted to could probably figure out who I am. I'm not saying anything here I wouldn't say publicly. If you aren't terribly worried about being identified and how it might impact your online presence, do what you want.

Could be for more privacy/anonymity,especially from adcoms or future colleagues. Or maybe they don't want others to consider applying to the same schools. Maybe someone doesn't know a program exists until they see it on your signature and they decide to apply too.

I just did this... I did it because I know how easy it is to piece together information about people. I realized that listing the programs made me far less anonymous. Why stay anonymous? Because I've used these forums as a place to vent my feelings and I can't say for sure how much of that I'd want attributed to my real person. Also, I don't want my classmates to find me on here, lol

Don't get me started, lad...

Don't they understand I've got PhD apps to finish

It's nice to know that other people do the neurotic pro/con tables! Thanks for the info, I'm not as familiar with the US/UK academic environments, so it's nice to have the insight! Just out of curiosity, why isn't Canada a contender for your favour?

Some Canadian universities definitely are! Toronto for example, but it seems like some would prefer you to have a Masters. Seems to be midway between the US and UK, but certainly still better than here!

HI

Me three!

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