Tuesday, January 20, 2009
So why isn't Grad school all fun and games?
For those who may wonder why I haven't posted in a while, let me explain. Since November I've been working on my "qualifying exam" which has been the scourge of my existence. It's less than ten pages long, but keep in mind this is a scientific research proposal. My first page cites 20+ papers, and the paper as a whole right now has 36 sources. I don't know if anyone has ever read a scientific journal, but I've read 50 or so really, really dry boring papers and had to learn more in less time than I ever have in my life. It takes me about an hour to type a paragraph, I spend a lot of time sitting in front of the computer thinking and looking up little tiny details in my 6 in tall stack of double sided printed journal articles. Hopefully this will all be over in 10 days, assuming I pass and they don't make me do any more revisions. Or I guess I could just fail get thrown out of grad school and do . . . well something, but my mind won't let me explore that possibility.
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3 comments:
Oh pishaw. You'll do great. At least you know what they want now. Don't make me come over there and slap some sense into you. ;)
Good luck man. It sounds painful but in the end you'll be making twice as much money as me so it will all be worth it. :)
I better make some money because this exam has been a nightmare.
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