SK904

Don't listen to him I'm not a troll.

I saw someone with an MA in language who taught that language in a university while also being a PhD candidate in another university (where the person got his MA from). How can you arrange this?

What is the difference between this and interlibrary loan? Can people not affiliated with the university use it too?

"People pretending to be your friend and drop you once they got what they are needed " What would be an example of what they want from you?

@pudewen: 2. No I don't, but one of my family members told me about this after hearing it from the person first hand. 3. Ok thanks. What determines whether someone doesn't have to teach at all, every term, or in between? Teaching is something that I would rather not do. I also heard that PhD have to go to classes too? How much time does that take? I would really want an environment where i can just read and write all day, and would rather have nothing to do with classes. 3.1 Another thing is I read somewhere that in PhD you don't really have freedom to study whatever you want because if what you want to study is too much of a niche field and is something that not a lot of people take interest in, you would have hard time getting a job as a professor or getting a tenure and that you have to go with the flow of the field and so you have to write about the hot topics in your field? 4. So for PhD they don't look at the prestige of your school? 5. How much do consulting firms pay to recruit history PhDs? Do they also recruit other humanities PhDs? 6. What would it take to publish in top journals? Do you need to be already an excellent student? Or do they just see the quality of your writing itself and if it's good enough they might let you publish in their journals? 7. How could I get better access to archives and libraries while being a non-student?

What if you come from a first tier university but have low GPA?

@pudewen 1. ok. Thanks. 2. Actually I actually heard an actual case where a 2.8 or i'm not sure if it was 2.9 but he got in to some PhD program in some non-humanities field. Forgot what major he was. I thought if you have really good letters of recommendation and your essays are exceptional, it's possible. Also I read about someone getting into grad school with a low GPA (I'm pretty sure it was in the high 2.0s) and his essay was so good that he was on the waiting list or something and he eventually got accepted into another university but then decided it was not worth the time and went to Law School instead with his essay skills. 3. It's still nice to know how much they would pay. For example how much do humanities PhD get paid in somewhere like Berkeley and how much do they get paid in somewhere like OSU or Texas A&M. 4. Could go to the absolute cheapest Master I could find and still somehow make it to a good PhD program if I did a lot of good publishing? Is it possible for ground breaking theories to come out of podunk Masters? Has it happened before? 5. I see you go to Harvard. I read somewhere that since Harvard undergrad history majors can get into Wall Street, it is the same for PhDs as well. Is that true? 6. Somebody mentioned that many competitive undergrad applicants would already have articles published in journals when applying for PhD. Could you somehow publish articles in journals after graduation without attending a Masters and then with that experience somehow get accepted to a PhD program? 7. I heard that if you do something very exceptional like publishing a book related to your field, that can override your GPA?

Is there anyone here who got into a PhD program with sub 3.0?

What are those places that would take just about anyone but who would reject that GPA?

1. I think I've heard of people get into PhD programs with less than 3.0 GPA like 2.8, is that just really really rare? Would it be worth it to stick out one more semester to see if I can get into any PhD with 2.8 (provided I do some independent studies in the field I want to go into). 2. For humanities fields that are less popular than history (but kind of related), would getting in with 2.8 be more viable? 3. What is the average stipend for history PhDs and other humanities PhDs at top universities? (I think I read it was something like 16k-20k?)

If you create a blog or website with contents about the topics of your interest that catches the eyes of certain professor could that trump bad GPA and make possible getting into a good PhD program with low GPA? Even if you do have a bad GPA could they might see passion and ingenuity on your blog?

Would it be better to raise the GPA above 3.0 in two semesters and then apply for PhD program? (And in the process getting independent studies to show my interest) That way I might save a year and also not pay for the massive MA tuition for 2 years...