Freshman high school year affect future Ph.D?

[GenaroD'Arco]

Hey guys, I noticed that most colleges make you have 60 credits before you can enroll in a Physics, Ph.D program.

Tell me about the Ph.D program and tell me how the hell do I get 60 credits in high school?! And if the credits are ment to be earned in college, how many years before I start my Ph.D program?

 

[Eri]

To enroll in any PhD program, you need a bachelors degree - that's a 4-year college degree. You need to finish the entire degree, not just 60 credits - that's probably just 60 credits of physics courses, that sounds about right. After the bachelors, you can jump right into a PhD program, which begins with masters-level coursework - which assumes you've already taken 4 years of college-level physics. The PhD program is another 6.5 years after the bachelors degree, on average (for physics, anyway).

 

[Shiori_hime]

Um...those are credits you need to earn in college. You need to get your Bachelor's first, then your Master's, and then your Ph.D. It usually takes 4 years to get the Bachelor's and it can take 1-3 years (or more) for the Master's, depending on your field, your area of research, and events in your personal life that might delay finishing the Master's. So expect a minimum of 5 years in school before you start the actual Ph.D.