This is my first year in a doctoral program .

今年我刚参加到一个博士项目中。

I just mentioned my doctoral dissertation .

我刚才提到了我的博士论文。

Doctoral students in many disciplines realize the odds are against them .

许多学科的博士生都意识到就业形势对他们不利。

After all , they were clever people with doctoral degrees .

毕竟，他们都是有着博士学位的聪明人。

Ironically , many us doctoral students are indians .

而具有讽刺意味的是，许多美国博士生都是印度人。