Will Ph.D. admissions be more competitive this year?

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Will Ph.D. admissions be more competitive this year?

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Sociologist
0fe2

Ah, true, that they don't care about what the degree is in.

Citation?
I interviewed at plenty of UX and data scientist jobs as a sociology PhD. No one cared about the name of my PhD. They cared about my skills. Econ vs soc vs psych vs whatever doesn�t seem to matter much. It�s only an academic d/ck measuring thing.
Few people actually use sociology to become data scientists or UX designers. Most of those careers are rebounds for people who left academia. The average sociology student these days is an urban race migration scholar doing interviews in a trans youth shelter.

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Sociologist
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The lengths that people are going to justify a sociology PhD in ITT is sad.

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Sociologist
0fe2

This is true, but honestly there is such high demand out there for people who not only have skills but are also normal humans who know how to communicate with a team and across teams, a soc PhD that is a regular person will beat out an I/O Ph.D. any day.

One of the competitive advantages of Soc Phd: it's free if you do it right (compared to 100K of debt for a masters in international business, etc).
One of the less competitive advantages of a Soc PhD: there are funded PhDs in any other field that better qualify you for industry jobs (see I/O psych, economics, management)

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Sociologist
c3c3

It's not justifying anything. It's just countering the misinformed claim that a soc phd is not good for industry jobs. That is simply untrue.

The lengths that people are going to justify a sociology PhD in ITT is sad.

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Sociologist
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Why does this need a citation? Those careers are backup plans. You CAN get that job with a sociology degree...or a degree in astrophysics, but that's not why people do the degree.

Citation?
I interviewed at plenty of UX and data scientist jobs as a sociology PhD. No one cared about the name of my PhD. They cared about my skills. Econ vs soc vs psych vs whatever doesn’t seem to matter much. It’s only an academic d/ck measuring thing.
Few people actually use sociology to become data scientists or UX designers. Most of those careers are rebounds for people who left academia. The average sociology student these days is an urban race migration scholar doing interviews in a trans youth shelter.

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Sociologist
eab1

Nice discussions, but OP was asking about admissions not job prospects.

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Sociologist
6f87

curious, has there been an increase in the number of applicants this year?

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Sociologist
8a51

I make $170k w/ my sociology phd

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Sociologist
7417

I make $170k w/ my sociology phd

good for you

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Sociologist
0fe2

I know you're being cute, but $170,000 should buy 447b enough therapy to stop having to brag here, while you'll still be poor and jealous, pretending money means nothing to do, which is just a way of rationalizing how ashamed you are of your unfitness to compete.

I make $170k w/ my sociology phd
good for you

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Sociologist
0fe2

*you not do

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Sociologist
69f5

lol

*you not do

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Sociologist
69f5

people are so negative here. so phds are fine if you are open to industry. and if you get one of the few TT jobs, it's a pretty sweet gig.

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Sociologist
0fe2

lol, you're just as bad as the rest of us but can't stomach it, so you pretend you're above the fray. you wouldn't be on this site if it didn't help you with your inferiority complex. come back down to earth (hell?) with the rest of us.

people are so negative here. so phds are fine if you are open to industry. and if you get one of the few TT jobs, it's a pretty sweet gig.

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Sociologist
69f5

Dear Sir or Madam: I didn't claim I was above any fray. I merely disagree that soc phds are as bad as they are represented in this thread.

Cheers.

lol, you're just as bad as the rest of us but can't stomach it, so you pretend you're above the fray. you wouldn't be on this site if it didn't help you with your inferiority complex. come back down to earth (hell?) with the rest of us.
people are so negative here. so phds are fine if you are open to industry. and if you get one of the few TT jobs, it's a pretty sweet gig.

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Sociologist
6587

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6587

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6587

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Sociologist
bfb9

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Sociologist
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It turns out it's more competitive, lol

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