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Rob Phillips

Sep 24, 2026

15:18
How does somebody figure out a PhD is the right thing for them?
15:22
Yeah, it's a good question, and not least because it is a very different thing than applying to a graduate business school more generally.
15:32
And it's certainly a different thing than applying to just a university.
15:37
So I don't think it's coincidental that Manel and I both sort of mentioned personal interests.
15:45
relationships that we had throughout this, because in a way that you can, you know, join a program, you can come to Darden as an MBA and you're getting the sort of Darden enterprise level experience.
15:56
But the thing I want to emphasize the very most is that the PhD is much more personal.
16:04
So the first thing I would recommend anyone do who's considering it is go read some academic articles.

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30:58
What does that look like? I was curious about that.

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