Regarding the Use of “Dr.”
Hey all! I’m still in undergraduate in the US () but I’m approaching those graduate school applications ever so quickly. I wrote a research proposal recently and the only edit my advisor made was to remove the “Dr.” before his name on the proposal. I replaced with “, PhD” at the end of his name and he said to remove that as well. Just bros name (he is a younger brand new prof if that changes things). He then explained that most people aren’t so formal in interdepartmental things (such as this research proposal for an in-house scholarship).
Hoping to hell that I ever even make it to the PhD program let alone finish it, what’s the culture of using the title(s) that comes with your PhD? My perspective is I’ve beat uncountable odds to reach that and will be the first in my entire family line to pursue such an education and career, so of course I’d like the titles accolades etc, although to be honest I care more about the work obviously and wouldn’t be bothered to just go by my name.
Just a naive undergrad looking for insight!