Title says it all. It seems if you say “I’m going to grad school” you hear “my condolences” or people questioning why you would do that in the first place. But for those getting their doctorate, not the same response. Aren’t they going through way more schooling, spending way more money, and generally kissing their life goodbye?
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Those are all graduate level programs.
With the MD programs, it’s more famous for being very difficult to get into, and people will typically spend 4-6 years during undergrad preparing EXACTLY for that application process, getting the grades, taking the MCAT, doing research, volunteering, etc. It’s seen as a big accomplishment once you get in, because it’s a result culminating from years of hard work.
It’s similar to this for other graduate programs, like PA school, vet school, etc. People think of these as being prestigious, partially because they associate them with a specific profession they can relate to, and they are recognized as being higher earners. With other PhD and masters programs, people just know less about them. They know they’re hard, and you work a lot. They don’t associate them any specific goal career, and are unsure of how “high status” the earnings will be. They also aren’t usually famous for the preparation of applying to them. People usually don’t start freshman year eager to start building their CV so they have the best application for a masters program, so it’s not viewed as as much of major achievement by simply being accepted.
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