query: Getting PhD from average institution (gain experience) before applying for a PhD in top institution?
positive_passages.docid: 153931
positive_passages.text: When does one go for a double doctorate?
negative_passages.docid: 146930
negative_passages.text: PhD application question: "Why do you want to join my research group?"
negative_passages.docid: 108467
negative_passages.text: Did I "get" (or "take") my degree "from" (or "in") the University of Somewhere?
negative_passages.docid: 7524
negative_passages.text: Applying to top CS PhD programs with a great record but bad GRE scores
negative_passages.docid: 120190
negative_passages.text: Can I get a postdoc in China more than 3 years after having received my PhD?
negative_passages.docid: 139421
negative_passages.text: How to secure recommendations and apply for PhD after having worked outside of academia for two years?
negative_passages.docid: 34987
negative_passages.text: Selecting references for PhD applications: are industry references OK?
negative_passages.docid: 146027
negative_passages.text: Is it possible to submit a paper to a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal without PhD and get it accepted?
negative_passages.docid: 39342
negative_passages.text: What's the most efficient way to get experience?
negative_passages.docid: 9596
negative_passages.text: PhD in Europe without scholarship from non-European homeland
negative_passages.docid: 110290
negative_passages.text: Transition from PhD to postdoc with an intent to change field
negative_passages.docid: 70134
negative_passages.text: Rejecting a PhD offer after having accepted it. Advice?
negative_passages.docid: 54889
negative_passages.text: PhD without previous academic degree: truth or myth?
negative_passages.docid: 8033
negative_passages.text: How to contact professors for PhD vacancies?
negative_passages.docid: 144947
negative_passages.text: The feeling of inferiority entering a PhD program due to one's undergraduate school rank
negative_passages.docid: 110334
negative_passages.text: To do another Master's, already holding a PhD
negative_passages.docid: 134209
negative_passages.text: Why is it disadvantageous in graduate admissions to have a higher degree?