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Heya, My viva is at 3:30 in the afternoon - not today another day! Its a strange time because its like what do you do for all of that time. I personally would find it difficult to do anything constructive during that time. So i have a hair appointment booked for 0930 and am not sure as to what else to do. My friends think I am being too laid back that day by going to meet a friend for coffee also that day. But i think i need the pep talk. But what would others do/have done in an afternoon viva situation. I just don't knwo whats best. Because I am feeling quite negative I fear I would drive myself to panic alot which may not let me defend the thesis to the best of my abilty - well if its worth defending. I feel very low about it all. I just think that if i fail atleast I would have something postiive to come out of the day which is a nice haircut!

take your thesis, mark up the chapters with post it notes, take a couple pages of notes and a drink, I think i might also take in a packed of sweets. Pens, pencils and a notebook. You do not need to take all the papers u have referenced etc.

It would lead to resentment from your colleagues also. What happens if he has PhD students who need attention and need work reading your supervisor (spouse/friend) is giving you all the attention or none at all (as not to show favouritism)? It would bread serious contempt and resentment. I would keep the two separate.

After all of that... my viva had to get postponed a couple weeks ago because of the ghastly weather as the examiner could not make it to campus. The examiner in an email that she enjoyed reading mt thesis and that she could tell I had done soem really interesting work. A collegue of mine siad that all examiners say that to put the student at ease - its just added to my paranoia.

My original viva got cancelled 2 weeks ago because the examiner could not make it in due to to the snow. Its now scheduled for a day next week. Wonderful I hear you all say. More time to prepare. I just want to know if I have passed or failed though. more likely failed. My supervisor was talking to another PhD student today saying that its important that they learn from my PhD and that they must not repeat the same mistakes. Apparently my data collection was wonderful but my analysis was awful. She said that it will let me down in a big way - during my PhD I emphasised that it was important that I analysed my data properly with the help of a social scientist... i dont know why I didnt - i was looking at my time plan and thats when I became depressed. Not an excuse but an explanation. But now this PhD student has told everyone (well people) that my thesis is not very good. This phd student said to me that my thesis was not a very good thesis. I knew this but to have this told to another student who had not completed her MPhil ... I just feel humiliated. I do not need this the week before my viva. I am tempted to email my supervisor to ask why she had to say this before my viva and why its ok to tell another student in this way who would come and tell me what was said. I am not impressed and now feeling the worst. I don't know how to handle this. Is this normal? Is it normal for supervisors to talk about their other students in this way? The PhD student said that she will come to me for help with data collection techniques but not for analysis help. I don't know what to feel or how to react. Sorry for the random rant. I just didn't know where to go.

My original viva got cancelled 2 weeks ago because the examiner could not make it in due to to the snow. Its now scheduled for a day next week. Wonderful I hear you all say. More time to prepare. I just want to know if I have passed or failed though. more likely failed. My supervisor was talking to another PhD student today saying that its important that they learn from my PhD and that they must not repeat the same mistakes. Apparently my data collection was wonderful but my analysis was awful. She said that it will let me down in a big way - during my PhD I emphasised that it was important that I analysed my data properly with the help of a social scientist... i dont know why I didnt - i was looking at my time plan and thats when I became depressed. Not an excuse but an explanation. But now this PhD student has told everyone (well people) that my thesis is not very good. This phd student said to me that my thesis was not a very good thesis. I knew this but to have this told to another student who had not completed her MPhil ... I just feel humiliated. I do not need this the week before my viva. I am tempted to email my supervisor to ask why she had to say this before my viva and why its ok to tell another student in this way who would come and tell me what was said. I am not impressed and now feeling the worst. I don't know how to handle this. Is this normal? Is it normal for supervisors to talk about their other students in this way? The PhD student said that she will come to me for help with data collection techniques but not for analysis help. I don't know what to feel or how to react. Sorry for the random rant. I just didn't know where to go.

I like just keep thinking about dying. Dying would be better than finding out I have failed. Die after i have find out i have failed. I don't like it all

my viva is early this week. its too late .

Yeh she did. But i added these results after she saw it. I must have been feeling so low to have got them so bloody wrong.

You are really sweet. Did you take the corrected errors with you? These aren't a few. Its the majority of my results.... AGRH. xx

Heya,
I have my viva in the coming week. As you can imagine I am dreading it. I know nothing. I am going through my thesis and I have realised that within my results section most of the percentages I calculated are incorrect. Although it states the numbers of participnats, the actual percentages are wrongly calculated. I am now going through trying to correct them all. I would not pass my thesis - whats the point in me turning up to my viva? I just feel so crap and if i fail i can think of doing nothing but dying ,. I was severly depressed when i submitted so i know thats why its poor but hte examiners won't knwo that and my mistakes are inexcusable. It shows how sloppy my work is. I don,t want to die but if i fail i see no other option. I just do not know what to do.