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  WHAT A PHD IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT? After having completed a PhD degree myself, I would like to offer some humble advice to those aspiring to pursue a PhD degree. I find that many students misunderstood the purpose of getting a PhD degree and the commitments and sacrifices that it calls for. A PhD is the highest academic and research degree from a university. I have seen both remarkable successes and disappointing failures amongst students pursuing this academic endeavor. It takes more than just brain power to cross the line to complete this journey. A degree by research is very different from a degree by coursework. A course degree whether at the undergraduate or masters level is heavily structured. A student just have to be disciplined and rigorous in following this predetermined structure regimentally, without much creativity required from him or her. Of course, creativity is demanded from the student in completing assignments and projects but the demand is nothing close to what...

In your review for research papers and scientific articles submitted to conferences or journals, it would be very helpful and useful to consider providing detailed answers for the following questions. 1. Does the paper represent a technical contribution and, if so, what? 2. Is the paper well written? If not, how can it be improved? 3. Is the paper appropriately organized? If not, how should it be reorganized? 4. Can the paper be shortened without diminishing the quality of the paper or its results? If so, how? 5. Is it necessary that the paper be expanded? If so, where and how? 6. If the paper is not suitable in its current form, can it be modified to make it so? How? 7. Does the abstract give a clear summary of the results of the paper?