grad school

[David L. Pelovitz, Ph.D.]

On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Meg Larson wrote:

> I'm getting ready to send off app's for grad school; maybe I shouldn't?
> And just how much of an asshole do ya have ta be to get thru grad school,
> and is it an acquired skill? . . . 
> 
I ran into some assholes in grad school, both among the professors
and my fellow students.  But the only quality I found everyone of my
fellow doctoral candidates shared was a strong desire to get a Ph.D.
This often means several years during which you have little free time
and less money.  In order to get through that, you must be somewhat
self-centered about how your time is spent, and you must arrogantly 
believe in your own abilities to pass the tests your will face.

You must be as much of an asshole as those qualities make you.

David Pelovitz - pelovitd at gusun.georgetown.edu