The Bench

[sasguru]

Interest? Mental stimulation?

The discipline necessary for a PhD is likely to knock any love of subject out of you. Unless you have a fascination for a really specialised part no one has looked at before.
Most PhDs just do it for the qualification but end up useless at anything useful.
If you love a subject nothing stops you reading about the bits that interest you whenever you want.

[conned tractor]

The discipline necessary for a PhD is likely to knock any love of subject out of you. Unless you have a fascination for a really specialised part no one has looked at before.
Most PhDs just do it for the qualification but end up useless at anything useful.

WHS

[Menelaus]

I quite enjoy having my chemistry **** up


I am of course refering to alcohol, drugs are not cool - just say no

More to do with me not getting the A-level A in chemistry that I needed

[Pogle]

More to do with me not getting the A-level A in chemistry that I needed

Why not come out for a pint on Thursday and tell us all about it

[Zippy]

Why not come out for a pint on Thursday and tell us all about it

Still drumming up recruits?

[Menelaus]

Why not come out for a pint on Thursday and tell us all about it

I may well do

[Pogle]

Still drumming up recruits?

You know me

[Zippy]

The discipline necessary for a PhD is likely to knock any love of subject out of you. Unless you have a fascination for a really specialised part no one has looked at before.
Most PhDs just do it for the qualification but end up useless at anything useful.
If you love a subject nothing stops you reading about the bits that interest you whenever you want.

I know a fair bit about discipline having done all my quals part-time, so I really don't think that would be an issue.

I work in IT so I don't do anything useful anyway. I think being a village idiot might screw up my chances of getting in though, so I'll leave that off my application

[sasguru]

. I think being a village idiot might screw up my chances of getting in though, so I'll leave that off my application

Yes as you're a pretty poor village idiot I would leave that off

[Pogle]

Yes as you're a pretty poor village idiot I would leave that off

Less of a village idiot and more of a smart cookie I would say