Hi there, Well it has been some time since I first came on here. Maybe four years ago when I last came on to write alot - with the exception of my other post this week on spoof viva answers. I had a lot of bad stuff happen during my phd and lots of really big crises to deal with which is for another post.
Today however I am delighted to announce I had my viva and I passed with minor corrections!!! It went a lot better than I had expected. I had gone in prepared for battle - prepared for the worst.... I wasn't sure if what I had done was any good because I hadn't had any feedback from my supervisors on my final draft - except for a few negative comments on a couple of draft chapters - in fact I hadn't seen them for maybe a year before I handed it in.
I was scared of going because I thought I would be hung out to dry. I am really in a state of shock at the moment - I had prepared myself for what I was going to say to future employers as to why I had not passed it yet spent 6 years on it.....now I have to come to terms with the fact I passed it!!! Wanted to share this to encourage others. Even when it seems like you are not going to pass it - don't give up...you don't know unless you try.
Hi there!
Well done you - fantastic news especially when you were expecting a battle - now I recommend a big bottle of bubbly or a hot bath then feet up! Entirely up to you :) well done!
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Congrats and best wishes for the future. If you have no jobs already lined up, then you're welcome to the real post-PhD world of job hunting. Once again, congratulations and best of luck for the future.
Hi there!!! Thank you so much for the good wishes. It means a lot! Not least as I have been pretty isolated throughout. Yes definitely - Charlie Brown - I have quite a long story with regard my phd experience which is going to take some writing up in order to share it. Just about everything that could go wrong went wrong during my phd! The Phd game on my other post about spoof viva answers I can so relate to. Having come through this hell - I have such a lot of respect for people doing phds and surviving them :)