What umajorshake said . At the end of each postgrad course in the UK , I was expected to produce a publishable paper . That is not at all the standard in the US , not least because the papers are only worth ~ 4060 % of your grade , with the rest being made up of smaller papers , exams , and bloody class particpation . You ' re also expected to take more classes in the US . I get that the grades don ' t mean anything , but I ' d rather put all of my effort on two very good papers than pump out four mediocre ones in between a bunch of shorter assignments . <| sep |> Dang , so close . I watch too much football . <| sep |> Fedoras are awesome , why ? ? What am I missing ? ?!<| sep |> Well that Ram commercial sufficiently made me feel like a sack of shit for being day drunk