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Overview of aloha

Signup date: 19 May 2008 at 6:18pm

Last login: 04 Mar 2010 at 6:17pm

Post count: 546

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Last on to post on this thread wins

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

Hey, Walminski, my petit pois friend! Where you been? I've submitted my thesis and am in viva-limbo.
But I still win this thread!

PhD failure

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

Excellent news, well done for your persistence Frenchiemarie

Last on to post on this thread wins

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

What's happened to levity? Let's get this going again, says Aloha, the winner!

MA Results disappointment

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

In the grand scheme of things, does it really matter?
I cried my eyes out at missing a first 20 years ago on my first degree...I thought it was the end of the world, until I got on with life.

Quitting PhD to become a nurse??

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

Hi Actimel
I think there was another similar post by a nurse a while ago. You might like to search threads with 'nurse' to see if you can find support.
Good luck.
One thing to add - most phd students feel a sense of confusion and despondency after initial excitement. There are peaks and troughs throughout. I submitted my thesis last week, but there were many times I felt like giving up, even near the end. I took eight months off at one point to re-assess. That might be an option for you...

us election results

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

I agree, it is exciting - enough for my 12 year old to call me from Butlins to see if Obama had got in yet!

PhD failure

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

Dave B - your story sounds rough!

Finished PhD!

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

Do you remember Hawaii Five O?

Finished PhD!

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

Thanks for all the encouragement folks! If I go to bed, I'll feel like a zombie. I'm keeping busy going to the gym etc. to stop my mind and body from seizing up.

Finished PhD!

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

Yes, it does feel good. Thanks for your encouraging words - soon it will be you!....

Finished PhD!

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

Not much chance of having weeks off... my dept. are on the ball and have organised a mock viva soon.

Finished PhD!

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

I handed in my thesis yesterday! It's all over, what a relief... until the viva!
I feel strangely flat now.

Feeling isolated

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

Draw strength from this forum - the anonymity of it allows people to admit that they feel the same as you.

advice sought from "final year" students

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

:-)

WHOOOOOPEEEE!!!

aloha 546 posts
16 years ago

No, i think the best feeling is when they say "You have passed your viva, no corrections!"

:-)