Originally Posted by: kingdavidAnd the king begs to differ.
I droped out my Bsc when I was almost finishing,and it had nothing to do with that stuff being above my head. A matter of fact, of the few people I know who quit campus, it never had anything to do with stuff being over anyone's head.

Generally speaking, I'm thinking that if you have a first degree, you really can't tell me going for a third one might be a bit above you.

I know plenty of people that dropped out of PhDs..... because it was right over there head ! Infact I can name about half a dozen off the top of my head that I have known in the last 3 years !

I will also respectfully remind you that I have spent the last 15 years in various universities in two different continents and have a great deal of experience in this matter.

I will also remind you that, interms of the argument you are presenting:
1) you were not dropping out of a US institution (where the stats I quoted were applicable)

2) you were not dropping out of a doctoral degree (where the stats I quoted were applicable)

3) PhDs are NOT BSc they are PhDs and require a different set of intellectual tools. Being one of the few people on this site who have completed both I feel I am quite well qualified to point this out !!

There is a reason why they are called different names !