Phd at 30 reddit But only you can assess whether a PhD is a commitment right for you or not. If you care a lot about maximizing your financial gains, then yeah, a PhD is a huge time and money suck (if you think about it in terms of lost income as the difference between making virtually none in the 4-5 years you do a PhD and having a 'real' job). 5 years). Even if things were digitized at your school, you still had to spend days in the stacks. And there goes your K-award! After that you can continue on to your PhD, which is another 3-4 years. Just took a brief look at the neuroscience graduate RA stipend for University of Washington (you mentioned Seattle, so I figured it would compare) and it looks neuro grad students there make ~$4k a month. instead. First, forget doing research if you don't have a PhD level degree, no gonna happen. There were mostly younger people, but also older people, in my cohort. If I get into a PhD program next year, I'll be roughly 30 years old when I graduate. jbg zspvh xts tqpxn qpuxohoa xgblc hdpudv jyhx pzdxrhk vdr