<p>Has anybody made a switch in fields when going from an M.Sc to PhD? What was your experience like? Was it good or bad? Thanks for your input.</p>
<p>when I was in grad school in the stone ages (OK, just the early internet days aka arpanet...) I had several folks in my grad school cohort with unusual masters. the program was molecular biology. Two had masters in physics. one had an MA in english literature. </p>
<p>From what I could tell, they all had great experiences, although one did return to physics after two years and received his Ph.D. in that field.</p>