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Asked by sadekola to Jack, Jon, Tom, Yalda on 18 Mar 2013.
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anon answered on 18 Mar 2013:
I wish I had asked that before I did my PhD!
The time split was probably 30% collecting data (in my case designing experiments, catching, looking after & measuring fish), 15% analysing data & hoping it was interesting, 15% finding out everything I could about a subject (I spent a lot of time in the library), 20% writing up results and explaining why they’re important and how they compare with everyone elses’. Then there’s the remaining 20% of which I spent quite a bit of time having fun with friends (more playing on the internet than I should have, probably) and did some teaching too.
It’s really good fun – especially as you have the kind of flexibility you’ll never have at school, uni or in a job – but it is hard work. The important thing to know is that it’s not necessarily being really clever that will get you a PhD, it’s being determined, inquisitive and organised. If you love a subject though, it’s a great way to spend three years. And you get to call yourself “Doctor” at the end of it!
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