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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Hope she makes enough before her looks drop off.

You’re only a young hot piece of ass for so long.

Then what?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

She already made a million. Give her two more years and she'll make more than an average scientist in their whole career. Then she can still get a PhD.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

As long as she's careful with it, she'll be fine. A lot of people who have sudden income windfalls don't know how to be smart with it and end up losing everything, but as she's pursued higher education, she's a lot more likely to be financially literate than someone who regularly plays the lottery.

If she invests wisely, she could be set for life.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ya? It’s that easy to just get into a phd program huh?

She dropped out of her doctorate. She’s going to have to explain why she dropped out if she wants any chance to get back in and that is already pretty low after dropping out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"I dropped out to make money, and now I have money, and now I want to complete my PhD."

Easy enough explanation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It doesn’t work that way. You can’t just come back to a phd program after leaving it. It’s not like undergrad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, you can. I've welcomed 3 doctoral program folks back just this past semester.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Did they have an approved leave of absence with a planned return or did they just fall off the side of the planet and then later just show up?

It’s rare to find a school that would entertain such a thing. I doubt that is the case with those people you’re talking about.

Without a leave of absence you’ll likely need to reapply and get new letters of recommendation , etc. Your chances at that point are pretty low.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

No, they withdrew, one about a decade ago, and then re-applied.

Its not nearly as hard as you are making it out to be.

Not much different than a new applicant, except we know they know how to be a doctoral program member, and do things like be an intern, or RA.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She didn't really "drop out". She left for a much much much better opportunity. That's a strong sign of intelligence.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Dropping out is dropping out. The reason doesn’t matter in that context.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like a winning business strategy. I can’t see how this could ever go wrong.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Picking shitty stocks would be the place, I guess. I hope she finds a good accountant, bless her.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Under capitalism everybody's gotta horde money while their bodies can still serve.