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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:45:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Beth Schaefer Caniglia <eschaefe@bach.helios.nd.edu>
Reply-To: Beth Schaefer Caniglia <eschaefe@bach.helios.nd.edu>
To: Sociology Graduate Students -- International <socgrad@csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: Re: gettin' out, gettin' in, gettin' on...
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I suspect that much of what Dan said about people on the job market is
true.  We don't want to think we are doomed by our choice of graduate
programs, because we either can't change that choice or the costs of
changing mid-stream are very high (e.g. retaking classes, more years of
school, etc.).  On the other hand, hidden within Dan's message may be the
very tension that causes us to question our destiny.  If getting into a
PhD program is a "crap shoot", then why should the job market be any less
"fickle"?

Beth

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