older and wiser

For what it's worth, my top ten RI is conferring 17 Ph.D. degrees this year.

It's so distasteful that you should tell us all which school had the nerve to do such a thing.

If that NYT article was actually news to any of you folks, then you probably didn't read up enough before applying to grad school. Just sayin'.

Consider an acceptance without funding a polite rejection. Unless you are independently wealthy, do not pay for graduate school.

Hah! What could those old fuddy-duddy professors POSSIBLY know about Academia? The nerve of those people to tell you what's up...