I ' m inclined to agree though I think this is because of the different expectations of incoming PhD students between the UK or in my experience , Australia and the US . In many UK and Aus programs you ' re either expected to have done an MA or you ' re simply uncompetitive without one . In the US the programs expect the students to be coming right out of their bachelors . They have at best a few units of their focus area under their belt , so in essence they need a solid education in their discipline before they can be allowed to have a go at a dissertation <| sep |> They both did this in the fight multiple times . Kinda weird . <| sep |> I have no problem getting into them usually , it ' s just staying into them while taking care of my other responsibilities that ends up being a problem . It sucks , since gaming is one of my biggest passions . I ' d hate to outgrow something I ' ve loved for most of my life .