If you're going to spend your life in academia then your 4 undergrad years are not a waste, you can just do academic things with them. If you are *not* going to spend your life in academia then don't get a PhD.
If you're going to spend your life in academia then your 4 undergrad years are not a waste, you can just do academic things with them. If you are *not* going to spend your life in academia then don't get a PhD.
Agreed on all points. While you can probably get all the course work to prepare you for a PhD in high school, chances are you don't really know what you want to do until you have been in college and seen if you like academia. If you don't want to be a college professor or academic adjacent researcher there is little reason to have a PhD.
If you're going to spend your life in academia then your 4 undergrad years are not a waste, you can just do academic things with them. If you are *not* going to spend your life in academia then don't get a PhD.
Agreed on all points. While you can probably get all the course work to prepare you for a PhD in high school, chances are you don't really know what you want to do until you have been in college and seen if you like academia. If you don't want to be a college professor or academic adjacent researcher there is little reason to have a PhD.