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Phd Personal Statement

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Dr. Kline,
I have had this message in my drafts for a long time. I have still been bouncing around the idea of getting my PhD a year after I graduate with my MBA. I only have loans to pay for the MBA program, because I was fortunate enough to have a financial based scholarship (ACCESS) cover my whole undergrad, so I really want to pay off my loans and then jump right into a PhD program. I have brought up the subject with a few people and they told me that it would be very difficult for me to work in the industry for 5-7 years and to come back for the PhD because I do not know if I will have a mortgage or family to support, and the money I would get from the PhD candidate stipend would be a lot less than my salary would be working in the industry. So it would be an overall …show more content…

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