# What years did you get your degrees?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 2, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223 "2017-03-02T18:11:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223/41 "2017-03-03T20:13:06Z")

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B.A. 1983  
PhD 1991

Didn’t bother to apply for a Masters in between, although that was an option and I would have qualified.

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**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223/42 "2017-03-03T21:01:09Z")

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Ba - 1977  
ms - 1997

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223/43 "2017-03-04T00:28:16Z")

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Aa 1985

BS 1991

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223/44 "2017-03-04T00:50:27Z")

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Ba 1995  
mba 2000

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**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223/45 "2017-03-04T01:15:28Z")

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I got the third degree fairly regularly until finally my divorce went through.

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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223/46 "2017-03-04T01:25:24Z")

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BS 1980  
MS 1996 (my employer paid for it)

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223/47 "2017-03-04T02:43:47Z")

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BS 1997  
MS 2010  
PhD 2013

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223/48 "2017-03-04T04:20:17Z")

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> [@Riemann](#):
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> What is the purpose of this thread?  
> I’m not intending to poop the party if you are all enjoying yourselves here, I’m really just curious.

I’ll second this. It looks like a phishing attempt. If threads like this are okay, then I’d like to see some kind of standards, like a good reason for asking about personal data.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223/49 "2017-03-05T21:38:16Z")

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> I’ll second this. It looks like a phishing attempt. If threads like this are okay, then I’d like to see some kind of standards, like a good reason for asking about personal data.

I’ll third this. Don’t be stupid, people. Someone signs up and then off the bat with no explanation whatsoever starts asking security-answer-related questions? Come on.

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