My off the wall brilliant nephew is graduating from RPI this weekend with his BS …at 19…I said to him a Christmas that he probably would never leave school…either as a student or a professor…he say no way…he was getting a job or and internship and won’t work on his masters or docts for a couple of years…overheard him telling a friend he was staying at school to get his masters…”busted”…but after ribbing the h*ll out of him I said…serious my fav nephew…you could have your doctorate by 23…and if you decided that’s not where you wanted to go you could start all over…but once you leave school there is no guarantee you’ll ever return…and you might wake up one day and regret it…get the PhD…and then decide…your only young once…