以下是引用pplpp在2007-4-6 3:06:00的发言:自加前提,逻辑不通,后面的论述根本不必再看 试问,国内申请 MBA 的时候又有几个人能了解清楚美国就业前景和市场事实? 更何况对于以研究为主的 PhD 呢? Okie, let me try again then, I apologize for my poor Chinese. =) This is now 2007, I think there is a plethora of information out there regarding the overall job placement statistics and the job market for different schools' different majors. Even if one is not able to ascertain exactly how the job market will look when he/she graduates, should an aspiring PhD student at least have the foresight to know that it will be challenging and therefore finding a job isn't by any means guaranteed? If we take that to be the case, and I certainly hope that the PhD applicants from China are at least aware of this uncertainty, then they should also understand what it means to "commit" to a PhD program, and what type of investment, both in financial terms and in amount of time and effort, a professor and his program is making in each PhD candidate. If one is not able or willing to make that commitment, then one shouldn't, period. If you want the flexibility, go for a masters degree, or something that is less restrictive on your future, but don't use the PhD program as a platform where you come and take a "wait-and-see" attitude, and do what's convenient for you, and totally disregard the interests of the PhD program, the professors, not to mention those Chinese students who wish to apply to PhD programs in the future. The issue at hand is not about knowing more or less about the job market, there is uncertainty in everything we choose to do in life, and every step we take has risks. Not only should we be smart enough to assess the risks we face, but we also should be mature enough to face those risks we cannot hedge, and NOT "screw the school/program" (apologies for my coarse language here) just for the sake of hedging our own bets, and somehow convince ourselves that the interests of others don't really matter as much. |