Saturday, 4 November 2017

community - Taking break/vacation during graduate studies/PhD



Do people take time out to go home, meet with family etc. during their PhD?




  • If yes then for how long and how frequently is it usually?




  • How does one deal with this with one's advisor?




  • What are the pros and cons?





Given that one basically has just about 2-3 years in practice to do all their PhD work, I don't understand how anything else fits in the schedule except work. The entire idea of a PhD looks quite scary to me that one is expected to produce cutting-edge stuff in that short a time starting from just standard graduate courses!


PS: the question is general, but if it is field-dependent, I am interested in particular in physics PhDs (theoretical high-energy physics specifically)




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