what the fuck am i getting myself into with this grad school stuff

today I got sent my provisional timetable, and, sad, maybe, but seeing 'Dr. ---- --------' Timetable 2010-11 was a buzz

can i just wtf@u how on earth could that in any way be sad? that's awesome

currently trying to wrap up my phd in mathematics i've been working on for the last 4 years part time. its killing me. i can't work on it in the week because of my job and so the only way to get anything done is to lock myself away all weekend and isolate myself from everyone. it's making me depressed. how do you ever finish this thing :(

^^

Maybe it's different for scientists/ mathematicians, but for me it wasn't a case of finishing so much as giving up and handing the fucker in.....(after my supervisor saying it wasn't going to get any better: nicely ambiguous, eh?)

yeah i suppose. i look back over the stuff i wrote going on a year ago now and i think it's terrible and needs to be completely re-written. this process can go on forever i imagine.

walk me away from the cliff - looking at english phd programs

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/styles/97/03/06/degrees.html

http://chronicle.com/article/Tenure-RIP/66114/

you guys are good...very good

yeah, don't do it, dyao!

THANKS FOR NOTHING, AHRC.

sup?

ah they said 'sorry no monies 4 u'. Totally cool with them giving me 4/6 on their scale (e.g. good, suitable for funding, but not as good as those 5 and 6 guys who have priority), kinda confused that they also gave the department I applied to, which is taken into consideration, a 4, since it's the top or thereabouts place in the country for what I proposed. Coulda made aaaall the difference.

but hey. Now is the time to ace my dissertation to stick it right up em, then spend a year reading tonnes and learning French and shit and coming back STRONGER THAN EVER.

well you already know two of the most important words

aw that sucks

dyao, i have no idea where your interest lies, but if it's in american lit, you'd learn about a billion times more from this book
http://books.google.com/books?id=VQ0fgo5v6e0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=chronology+of+american+literature+burt&source=bl&ots=NHc3pH8m4J&sig=tRPTWp5ZrGBpPK9KpoJJHGdhcGk&hl=en&ei=2VdQTNv9FoH7lweAiq28CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
than any ph.d. program

I am halfway through my Master's in Library Sciences. Working on it part time while I work full time as a staffer in an academic library.
I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's only gonna take four more semesters. That won't be so bad.
When it's all said and done, I'll have the degree and twelve years of staff experience. I will be MARKETABLE!!!

oh Merdeyeux, commiserations - that's rubbish of them, especially with how long they keep you hanging on until they decide. coming back STRONGER THAN EVER is the best revenge, though, esp if you've kept your brain in trim w/ learning French.

that looks like a rad book kamerad

chrz for the commiserations, darragh + c sharp. I am bummed but I think I can take a positive that isn't just trying to appease myself from it, in that I really will be better prepared for it next year, having spent my whole masters focused on one tiny thing after another. That is unless I accidentally find myself being crushed by full time work.

also have the advantage of being in a small, friendly department, so I'll make sure to be the creepy old graduate hanging around with students in reading groups etc as much as possible and no one will mind.

anyway now I have to remind myself that I'm still doing my masters and write about 5000 words in the next three days O SHI.

presenting my thesis/research project tomorrow at a big-ass conference tomorrow. never been more nervous for anything in my entire life.

I did not need to see this thread bumped. I shall hold my peace...for now.

ey how you doin man? any developments/further info on the RADGE FB update?

get radge, stay radge, walk 25+ miles, sleep

they are not further developments tbrr

there are no further developments as yet

fingers crossed that it's at the simpler end of the possibilities

rly.

ay why must writing always be the awful dichotomy between not knowing what you're saying and knowing what you're saying so well that you can't be bothered taking the time to put it into words.

It's official! As of today, I have an M.B.A. with a concentration in Information Systems from Kent State University. Rock!!

congrats!

wtg dude!

got 1 day's revision (tomorrow) to prevent 1 year's wastage

gonna literally ban myself from internet - close computer, disengage WLAN etc

gl

ULTRAMASSIVE ALLNIGHTER

srsly this is my last ever night of academic studies. 1hr work rewarded with 10 mins internet. abt to disengage wlan and crack open coke zero

AGHAGHAGHAGHAGH

lol I'm tired but so so so much more to do

I sb'd you to help you get back to work

Good luck, LJ.

R V CROYDON CROWN COURT EX PARTE TRINITY MIRROR GROUP (AND OTHERS)

^^^BOOMING INJUNCTION OVERTURN

get to fucking work dude!

or your back passage will have hell to pay!

gonna totally internet-libel yall

sarahel smells THERE THAT HAS AN AUDIENCE OF *TENS* I WILL CU IN COURT

you know it's all <3 dude

IT'S ALL L-SOMETHING

THAT THING IS 'LIBELLOUS'; ALSO 'LAW'

l0u1s jagg3r finish your degree already!

catch ya folks @ 420

see you in five minutes

you're wrong! LOL!

:-)

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