[throwaway_45]

PhDs need to be banned. It is basically bunch of professors who exploit a bunch of graduate students from foreign countries. The professors controls the visa which effectively controls the student. The worst offenders are usually the Foreign professors which is ironic since they should be the ones to realize how harmful it is. A professors tried pull this stunt on me, but he didn't realize I had papers. So got the hell away from his lab.

[klekih]

I think this depends a lot of where you have tried this. As far as I'm concerned the university I'm looking to apply to for a PhD is far from this type of concerns. It has other problems, of course, I don't expect the PhD to be a lean experience anyway.