i m M.B.B.S graduate i have done 1 year house job and 1 year medical officer in medicine experience now i m intersted to do PG dip or MSc in medical imaging. but i couldn't get a proper response from university like aberdeen or queensmary they told me to contact them next year, can anyone guide me ? i will be very thank ful

Isnt there anything that can be done about people just asking for PhDs on this forum! It is really a little tedious for the people using the forum for its intended purpose! Even posting a notice at the gateway to the form saying that posts like this will not work!!!

Oh god this is all gettting too much...

I have the same Q ?
Do I need PhD for business ?

keep going

Don't Give Up. Try phoning the professors/prospective supervisors - making appointments - carry on researching your field. Find out from your unsuccessful places why they said no to you. Go to conferences and meet people, maybe put in your own proposal. Contacts and perserverance are they key. I am sure you will be fine and then you will be on here talking about how lonely phd life is!

Thank you for the kind replies. The fact that makes me mad is that I have top grades (if top grades in Italy can count something). I was second in a selection last week (arrgh), and few times in this year (I can recall 5 now)I had email contacts with professors which seemed to go well, then suddenly they stopped to reply to me for apparently no reason. I've searched for "ready" projects only, never tried (except once) to prepare a project by myself and submit it... maybe that's the trick.

If you do get asked about multiple applications at an interview then turn it around and show how much you are committed to doing a PhD e.g relish the opportunity of 3 yrs study, getting to grips with a topic etc.

I think the difference between and A2 and a B1 is how long the corrections are expected to take. I think an A2 is less than two pages that could be done in less than 2 weeks (?) A B1 takes a little longer (more than two weeks)

Perhaps someone else knows more detail.

P.S congrats on an A2

And you are definitely not a looser. If you have continued to look for a whole year it shows perseverance, determination. Both vital for any Ph.D student.

Firstly if you want it (you obviously do) then giving up is not an option. If your grades are poor a masters might be best. If not have you tried interviewing techniques. Are your references good? Could you apply to a lower ranked university (but still a good project that interests you with a good supervisor) Ask places that rejected you for hints on what went wrong. Anyway do not give up, Ph.D's are for people who want them not just people with the top grades. Any enthusiastic student will be of value to his/her field.

I've never heard of a marking scheme for a PhD although, of course, there are criteria which must be fulfilled. AFAIK it is simply down to the examiners to decide the outcome of the thesis and viva in terms of the usual pass, pass with minor/major revisions, resubmit (with or without another viva), award of Mphil and finally, outright failure. I suppose the real grey area is the decision on whether the corrections are considered to be minor or major.

Hi,

I was wondering whether somebody could outline/point me towards the marking scheme for a PhD. I was awarded mine this summer, with an A2, which I was told was minor corrections. However, somebody else I know was awarded B1 this week, which he was told was minor corrections. Discussing this with friends still in the midst of their projects, it is apparent that none of us actually know the marks that we are in fact working towards. Any help would be appreciaed.

Bemused of Manchester

Well if you give up, you'll possibly be left with the 'what if' state of affairs. Have you applied everywhere possible that offers what you want to do ? Have you considered doing part time and work at the same time ? What about doing some other qualification (masters etc) as a step up ?

After 1 exact year of hard search, I still don't have a PhD... what to do now? Keep searching for it or change one for all my life plans?
I'm feeling really bad, and I'm facing economical troubles too.