Meaning of master out | Babel Free

Definitions

To quit a PhD program and earn a master's degree.

Examples

“Folks who do not pass all their standardized requirements or are otherwise lacking are mastered-out in their first year.”

“By the second half of my second year, I was not fully committed to finish my PhD and decided to master out. Despite this unpredictable decision, she still showed me her support and guided me to complete my Master’s degree.”

“I knew in my mind the worst-case scenario I'd master out with a free master's and that's not a bad thing, in my mind. The best-case scenario, I get a PhD.”

“It is still somewhat shameful to talk about leaving a program, and I know that even though most people have been nothing but kind to me, there will always be individuals in academia who view mastering out as being a quitter who couldn't hack it.”

“Disagreements about priorities escalated when Cassandra became engaged and pregnant. At that point, Cassandra’s advisor questioned her ability to finish her program and “pushed her to master out” despite her intention to finish the program.”

“For instance, Robin, who mastered out of one program and pursued a PhD in another, recalled a MM from a committee member from her first program, sharing, “She basically said to me that if that was a qualifying exam that I would have failed and told me I wasn't PhD material.””

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