Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 206

Chapter 206

At that moment, Jen suddenly piped up, "If you're considering a direct path from undergrad to PhD, Kingswell University does have a few programs where that's an option, though the standards are sky-high. Roseanne, what was your major?" "Bioinformatics."

"The School of Life Sciences?" Jen turned to Sammy, "You should know more about this. Does bioinformatics offer a straight-through program?"

Instantly, all eyes were on Sammy, including Liz's.

"Uh..." Sammy put down his fork, pondered for a moment, "Technically, that program doesn't offer a direct path..."

Liz shot up from her seat, eyes coldly fixed on Roseanne, "There you have it, what more do you have to say?!"

But Jen, ever so observant, caught onto Sammy's phrasing, "Sammy, what do you mean by 'technically'? Are there exceptions?"

nodded, replying, "Yes. Each year, the School of Life Sciences has one or two

'conditional

medal and meet other criteria, you can negotiate terms with the school, like a full scholarship, guaranteed graduate placement, etc. As long as you bring it up, the school will consider it, though whether they agree is another matter."

but it's extremely rare. Everyone wants a shot at a direct PhD, but only a handful are confident enough to ask for it and get accepted. In the last ten or twenty years, the School has only offered two direct PhD positions. One was to Professor Edna's student, Carlson, and the other to a student of Ms. Payne,

slam. The school offered

that exceptional, it wouldn't just be a direct PhD; if she asked to stay on as a postdoc, the school would probably bend over backwards to

that, the room's attention

so that left Roseanne as

But could it be?

ve

four Olympiads, top science student in her region, a direct

one of those titles would be unlikely on

looking towards Roseanne, "Got

was indeed speechless,