Plz no stupid comments. Only thing that is bugging me is the writing of the dissertation(i might have spelled it wrong). Am i supposed to be a writer right now, meaning should i like to right, because i don't. I do get really good grades and i can right a paper but i don't know if i could write a 200 page paper. Can any PhDs relate?
2007-12-27 13:53:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
The first question is, do you want to be a practicing doctor in a clinic or hospital (M.D.) or do you want to do research and be a scholar (Ph.D.)?
If you just want to be a practicing doctor (M.D.), then depending on where you go to med school and the classes you take, chances are you will not have very many papers to write, and these will probably be 10 pages or less. Afterwards, you will probably not be writing papers.
If you want to be a scholar (Ph.D.), yes, there will be LOTS of papers and grant proposals to read and write in the course of your study. If you are currently in high school, between now and when you graduate from college, you will have written dozens of papers. By the time you're ready to write your thesis or dissertation (probably not more than 100 pg, inc. tables, graphs, pix, citations, etc.), you will have had lots of practice, and your major professor and committee will help. Also, if you're getting a Ph.D. for science research, sometimes the dissertation will be something more practical like a grant proposal.
So, you have a lot of time to think about which direction you want to aim for and know that there will be opportunities to get better along the way as well as to get help for whatever you're determined to do.
Good luck!!! =)
2007-12-28 06:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mera 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, you have at least three years of college (four, if you're smart, three if you're greedy) to decide about medical school. Secondly, not all dissertations are 200 pages. Mine was in that range but there have been dissertations that had a title page, a signature page, and one page of text -- in mathematics. There have also been dissertations that went on for many hundreds of pages (literature, I think). Don't worry about it. Dissertations have a way of growing longer. Your main problem is limiting your study to something specific and manageable, not expanding it.
Start in by tackling small research problems while you are still an undergraduate, perhaps in your junior or senior year. If they are publishable, you will know that you have what it takes to tackle your masters' and Ph. D. It will also let the graduate schools know it too. [That said, I didn't publish until I was in a masters' program, although I did eventually publish something from undergraduate research.]
2007-12-27 14:48:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You still have a long way to go, and your writing should be much better by the time you finish college than it is now. Yes, you do a lot of writing in a Ph.D. program, and you would also be writing a lot if you become an academic with your Ph.D., but for right now, I think you are fine to worry only about doing well in high school and college, so that you will have as many options available to you as possible. You may decide not to get a Ph.D., but it is better to make that decision than to have it made for you because your college record wasn't good enough.
2007-12-27 13:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by neniaf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're still in high school. Don't worry about it yet. In high school, I hadn't written a paper longer than 10 pages. My undergraduate thesis was 100 pages. My masters was about 50 pages. My dissertation will be longer. You'll get used to writing long papers, and you'll have several years in which to do it and lots of help. Don't let the thesis scare you off if you're really interested in the topic.
2007-12-27 13:56:41 · answer #4 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First the word is Write.
Second since you are still in HS you have several years to decide which route you wish to persue. i.e. what ever grade you are in now add the number of years to granduation plus a minimum 4 to 5 years to graduate college. Besides a PhD you will have to do a Master's degree before you can attempt a PhD.
At any one point you are still going to have write thesis papers.... It's part of your education experience.
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2016-10-20 02:59:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should do what makes you happy, when you get to college you will learn how to write like they want you too, and you are going to have to write alot of large papers regardeless of whether you go to med school or just go to get a PhD so you will have plenty of time to decide, and change your mind just like all college students do.
2007-12-27 13:58:44 · answer #7 · answered by Carollyne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both!! there are quite a few med schools that offer combined md/phd programs
2007-12-30 06:20:42 · answer #8 · answered by Chelsea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do both. They're totally related.
2007-12-27 13:56:17 · answer #9 · answered by Abi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋