oooh, one of my favorite silly jokes about academe just popped into my head!

BS - bull shyte
MS - more shyte
PhD - piled higher and deeper

One of my friends was talking about her "piled higher and deeper" degree, and I didn't know what she meant. She rattled off the above list, and it got stuck in my brain. Can't remember where I left my cell phone, but I still remember this critter...

Is there a BA-MA-PhD list?

All the new grads from the physical therapy program are now DPT, cuz it's a doctorate now. I see those initials and all I can think is "diptheria pertussis tetanus." (pediatric vaccine)