Back in February, Dr. Pezeshki invited me to apply to change my degree program from Master's to PhD. If approved, the change would mean that all my graduate coursework taken so far would count towards the PhD degree, that when I graduated I would be awarded both a Master's and a PhD, and that I would get a nice raise. In addition, the practical upshoot was that I would be able to continue with the work that I have already begun. Alternatively, if I were to pursue a PhD after completing the Master's program, I would be signing up for 5 more years of committment, including taking an extensive amount of classes and developing a line of research inquiry from scratch. Since I had been planning on graduating with my Master's in December of this year, I had begun to think about life after school and getting a job, and I wasn't planning on taking the leap for 5 more years to work on a PhD. I know a good deal when I see one, though; so Andrew and I talked it over, and I decided to apply. As you can see, I was accepted! It is a real honor that Dr. Pezeshki would extend this opportunity to me. He stated that, in 27 years as faculty, he had never allowed a student to change degree programs, but he felt that I would be up to the challenge. I look forward to proving him right!
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