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A potential supervisor asked me to meet her.
Very informal. You'll get a coffee. She'll eye you up: see if you are potential researcher material. Not an inquisition. A general discussion of your ideas. Doesn't matter what you show her written down now, she'll still get you to redo it her way when you start. This is as much to make sure you and your ideas are compatible with her and her dept, whilst keeping everyinth nice and unofficial so you can be rejected if necessary with minimum paperwork. Good luck: as long as they want you (and there is no reason as yet that they don't) it's a piece of cake.
PS- apologies didn't see ZA3's input above.
Masters dissertation - anxious, depressed, lonely! Is there any hope?
Mate, it's only an MA. It'll be done in a few weeks. Already lined up for a doctorate? Great- then you only need a merit (probably!). And then the only barrier betrween you and it is- you.
Interesting Outcome (Supervisor Attraction)
Ah- but if it was the same poster, then it would indicate something approximating the same degree of mentalism that the staff member was accused of by various individuals on this board :)
Interesting Outcome (Supervisor Attraction)
P.S. I like that you changed your username babygirl
Very well done!
Accepting PhD place...for now
Hi,
I have to sign papers saying that I've accepted. Is it ok for me to accept and, if Uni B comes up with funding, decline Uni A in a couple of weeks?
No, unless they allow it. Those 'papers' are a legal contract between you and the institution, equating to your particulars of employment.
Anyone got experience of TARGETjobs website?
No- but they seem pretty legit- no alarm bells on www. (yet)...
How to work with supervisor...
I think it's those sorts of things that tend to put a bit of "tension" in the room.... not sure about him, but certainly makes me think of other things when with him!
He is manipulating you to make you feel like this. Doesn't that bother you?
Not the other way round..?
Do I have a chance to do a PhD?
Dunno why Manch should fancy themselves so much. Maybe they've filled their places and prefer to appear exclusive rather than popular.
Is there a bug in postgradforum private messages system?
. I don't think the title length limit has actually been increased at all ...
Sounding rather Soviet!
Academic References
No it's the same thing. THEY WILL BE USED TO THAT. Tell them what it is for. Just that you're not. ASK (email) if they will be a ref, they will reply (email) to agree, and you won't need to worry from then on wth anything except actually getting to the stage of needing the reference... i.e., getting accepted somewhere! Good luck. This will not guarantee the award, but it will guarantee you 'worry' about the right things!!!
Academic References
1. Need two referees,
2. They are the same for all five institutions.
3. They will give you references: they are as you say academic not personal, so they don't 'need to know you.'
4. As long as you have satisfactoraliiy completed you should get a reference/s.
5. It would be MADNESS to do a whole new course just for the sake of getting them!!!
Is there a bug in postgradforum private messages system?
I sent a test message with no apparent problem; you were the unfortunate recipient ;)
Ah but of course that was far less than 50 chs...
LSE or Warwick?
Didn't JIm Hacker go to LSE?
How to move past getting kicked out
> As regards the dismissal, can I ask why you were asked to leave?
You know, whenever I talk to Americans they always assume I did something wrong. "Oh, you must have done something. They wouldn't just kick you out for no reason." People from outside America get that bad shit sometimes happens to good people. Sometimes mean people do mean things.
What have Americans got to do with it? I do not think you have actually bothered reading Ian's post.
No response after PhD interview
hi,
I'm in the same situation but with a different university, my interview was on the 8th March and I was given a time frame of 3-4 weeks but have not yet heard back. I'm not sure what to make of it or if I should email and ask, but I think it mite seem a bit intrusive. Surely, they'll let me know either way?
They probably lost a week due to Easter- give it another one. And Yes.
