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thundara  ·  3220 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 3, 2016

Grad school, department name redacted because reasons





user-inactivated  ·  3220 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Grad school. Right. Which kind is that, for the non-US citizens?

rezzeJ  ·  3220 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Post-graduate. Masters/PhD.

Ha, it seems steve and I posted at the same time.

steve  ·  3220 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's post University - typically a "Master" or Doctoral degree.

user-inactivated  ·  3220 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I see. Thank you for explaining.

Wow. OC, you've walked a really long way. This is impressive. You have my academical respect.

galen  ·  3220 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The last one. Masters degrees, Ph.Ds.

thundara  ·  3220 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Grad school. Right. Which kind is that, for the non-US citizens?

PhD program. I think the tendency here is to describe all other post-graduate programs by their more specific titles (law school, med school, dental school, etc) with exception of Masters and PhDs.

user-inactivated  ·  3220 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In this case, it's just my ignorance of the higher education opportunities in the US that got me wondering. Oddly enough, we don't study these things in the university, despite my education profile being "English linguistics" (which implies that we get some sort of familiarity with the culture of the English-speaking countries - mainly, England and the US). I feel like we're missing out on what's really important by figuring out what's the difference between public and private schools.