When Do Most PhDs Quit? Is It Effective To Target Young Scientists As A Way To Motivate PhDs?

I discuss my own experiences about quitting a PhD, and provide some reasons why people quit a PhD.

Many people seem to think that to encourage and grow science, we have to target people in middle school and high school. From my prospective, this is not the correct strategy.

People don’t quit their dreams of being a scientist when they are young, they quit when it gets difficult, which is usually in their senior years of high school, university, or in graduate school.

The reason why we don’t have more engineers, scientists, and PhDs is for many reasons, but I think a big reason is because people quit before they reach their potential:

1.Kids are excited about science! It takes a long time to see the rewards of hard work in academia.
2. The reason more people don’t stay in science is a behavioral problem, not a motivation problem.
3. PhDs quit because they feel alone and afraid in the process, not because they don’t have the right information.
4. People hear about the generic term ‘scientist’, but no one really knows what it is like, and thus they feel strange when they experience it for the first time.
5. The depiction of science is idealistic - it is really about finding an idea that you are curious about and working at it for many years. Doing a PhD can be very boring and emotional, but we have to be upfront.

You can keep going:
1. The rewards of academia do come, but you simply have to be around for them.
2. Keep being optimistic. You can change your niche if you don’t like what you are doing.
3. Take one small step today. You just need to do one small thing and you are on your way.

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How To Combat Boredom During Your Doctorate / PhD Research
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What Comes After A Doctorate / PhD (In Business Administration)?
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What Is An Honorary Doctorate? - Can An Honorary PhD Be Called Dr:?
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