I just got accepted to UC Irvine graduate school

[VengefulActs]

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: gotsmack
5-6 years, I see you're very optimistic.

I once met a guy who spent 18 years getting his PhD in Physics from Texas A&M

That is hardly a significant majority.

You are correct. A good portion of them drop out before they can finish their thesis.

You really think 5-6 years is optimistic?

about 8 sounds right. Talk to the chair of the department for the average.

Ours is 5.5 last I checked.

Its different from school to school. Also factor in the time you'll be doing post doc work.

I know this is a different field but my friend who dropped out of a Poly Sci PhD at UCLA said that the average was 7 years and 1/2 of the class doesn't make it.

Let me throw another wrnech into the idea of having a thesis in 5-6 years...

My roommate was at one of the UC schools for three years studying mathematics. Of the ten people who took the screening exam, only one passed. The rest had to take it again during the next quarter, and one more passed. Two out of that bunch of ten got to stay, and the rest were asked to leave after two or three years as teaching assistantships. Getting into grad school isn't the hard part; you need to pass the screening exam.

Oh BTW, congrats on your acceptance!

 

[MazerRackham]

Congrats! UCI is a great school, and I should know! I got my Ph.D. in chemistry from UCI in 2003.

Zot Zot Zot!!

 

[skim milk]

congrats dude!

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: gotsmack
5-6 years, I see you're very optimistic.

I once met a guy who spent 18 years getting his PhD in Physics from Texas A&M

That is hardly a significant majority.

You are correct. A good portion of them drop out before they can finish their thesis.

You really think 5-6 years is optimistic?

about 8 sounds right. Talk to the chair of the department for the average.

Ours is 5.5 last I checked and considering that we only have 7 years from entry into the grad department to get our degree, I doubt it varies too much from 6.

Are you sure thats for the PhD? The programs I'm familiar with allow only allow a few years to do the course work and pass the qualifying exam, but allow forever to do the thesis, provided you still register with the school for a set amount of credits (usually very low).

Well, take a look for yourself.

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In fact, UCI has the same requirements. They state that the average is 6 years and that you have 7 years to get it done. Page 13.

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[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Watch out for that PhD qualifier exam. Had a fair number of people fail last semester in my school. I passed :wine: (pretty much had to since I was the only fool taking the VLSI qualifier )

 

[theeedude]

Congrats. I hope you like physics and don't like money though. 5-6 years is a big commitment.

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: FleshLight

Originally posted by: cHeeZeFacTory
guess i'll have to give a shout out to my fellow anteater's.

Under Construction Indefinately.

That's ending soon. BH is completed. Student center opens fall quarter. Biosci opens in a year. I have no idea wtf they're doing near the engineering plaza..

They knocked down IERF and the other 1/2 wooden blue building....new building going up and apparently it seems to be as big as Bren Hall unless they are going to add in massive parking lot space somehow

Personally I have no care for IERF - I've had three midterms in there on the SAME day one after the other so I Was sick enough of it.

If anything I wonder where they would build more buildings....campus is filling up and they even tried to squeeze in that small lecture hall by FRH.
Dare we say HICF will finally get torn down after being "interm classrooms" since the 60s?

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: gotsmack

Originally posted by: postmortemIA

Originally posted by: gotsmack
5-6 years, I see you're very optimistic.

I once met a guy who spent 18 years getting his PhD in Physics from Texas A&M

That is hardly a significant majority.

You are correct. A good portion of them drop out before they can finish their thesis.

You really think 5-6 years is optimistic?

about 8 sounds right. Talk to the chair of the department for the average.

Ours is 5.5 last I checked and considering that we only have 7 years from entry into the grad department to get our degree, I doubt it varies too much from 6.

Are you sure thats for the PhD? The programs I'm familiar with allow only allow a few years to do the course work and pass the qualifying exam, but allow forever to do the thesis, provided you still register with the school for a set amount of credits (usually very low).

Well, take a look for yourself.

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In fact, UCI has the same requirements. They state that the average is 6 years and that you have 7 years to get it done. Page 13.

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My program (Clinical Psychology) is very similar to that mentioned by Born2bwire in that the time requirements are rather strict and set in stone, so to speak. We have to propose our master's thesis by the beginning of our third semester, defend our master's thesis by the beginning of our fifth semester, finish our departmental core courses within the first two years, and defend our dissertation within, I believe, seven years of admittance. We also have to finish our one-year internship at a site different from the university within those seven years.

Beyond that, post doc requirements are generally dependent on area of specialty. For clinical psych licensure, you need one year of supervised post-degree work (I believe 2000 hours, but I could be wrong). For clinical neuropsychology (what I'll be doing), the requirement is generally two years of supervised post-degree work. There are also licensing exams, and then two-three additional years of schooling plus licensing exams if you want to prescribe medication.

 

[miniMUNCH]

Congrats, OP! Grad school has been great for me.

I'm about a year away from defending my thesis and getting my Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. My research is squarely in the solid-state / condensed mater physics area... the atomic and electronic structure of nano-patterned metal surfaces, which may have future uses in catalysis and sensors.

OP, do you have an idea of what area of physics you might like work in? Might I suggest condensed matter physics? There is so many excellent questions left to be answered in CM, so many emerging applications of CM, and it gives you great opportunity to go academia or industry out of school. As a condensed matter physicist, you can possibly apply for faculty jobs in physics (of course), ChemE, MechE, EE, Material Science, and chemistry. Same kinda things goes for industry...microelectronics, aerospace, pharmaceutical, energy... they are all open.

Anyhow... I wish the very, very best for you.

 

[miniMUNCH]

Originally posted by: gotsmack
5-6 years, I see you're very optimistic.

I once met a guy who spent 18 years getting his PhD in Physics from Texas A&M

Most departments now have a hard guideline about that sort of thing. In chemE @ CMU (and physics too... one of my friends is a physicist) you better have a damn good reason for staying past 5 academic years (4.75 calendar years) and a formal petition must be filed in order to do so. I think physics might be 6 academic years but I'm sure it is not more than that.

Most schools have similar regs now to prohibit profs from taking advantage of their grads.

 

[qaa541]

Congratulations! Welcome to the grind! Zot Zot Zot!

BS - Information and Computer Science 2005
MS - Networked Systems (in progress)

 

[MobileLoser]

Congratulations! Grad school is a great decision. I planned med school and didn't go and now my life is going nowhere. Don't quit in the middle and see it through--you won't regret it.

 

[Corporate Thug]

welcome to more school! Atleast its in orange county