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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 07:54 PM Original message |
Defending dissertation in two weeks. Got any tips? |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. don't panic |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Exactly. It's your advisor's responsibility to make sure you're ready. |
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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. My advisor has been very good and I don't think that I have |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I know how scary it is. Two days before my defense, one of my |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I swear, they pick lots or something |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I still stick by what I said |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I got a curveball question in orals |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. What Woodrow said |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Did you ask your committee for tips? |
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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Yep, I asked. Told me to be able to think about how this |
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oldtimecanuk (601 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep, get the hell outta town would be my tip.... and that is serious. |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Congratulations! You are almost there... |
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oldtimecanuk (601 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't know how many of you if any listened to Howard Zinn... |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. what. |
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okasha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. Your advisor and committee should be on your side-- |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. Get friends together |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. I was on committees at Penn years ago... |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Relax |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. Practice your talk and try to anticipate the obvious questions |
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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It's a PhD in Humanities but the dissertation deals with |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I can't tell you how happy I was to finish my Ph.D. defense |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. practice, practice, practice |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'll repeat the themes above. |
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charlottelouise (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. The night before the defense |
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democrat in Tallahassee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Thanks everybody. I feel better. |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. congrats. get a good night's sleep. |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. Here's a link to a list I got after I defended. Not sure if it would be |
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lolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. #105--"Go Into Labor" |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. Good luck to you |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-04-07 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. If you know every page of your book to the extent that you could |
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buzzard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
31. No tips but good luck if you have gotten this far I am sure you will be fine, in another |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
32. Tell em you are the decider and what you say goes... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-05-07 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. congrats and good luck! And please |
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