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Hi everyone, i'm in my 1st year of the phd and so far i've been making a lot of progress (which is what my supervisor acknowledges too). however my supervisor seems to now prefer that i slow down and expand on certain things i've already worked upon, although personally i'd prefer to move on first and expand later. just wondering, is my fast progress not a very good thing--for my university, do they always prefer phd students who finish around 3 years' time and neither drag on endlessly nor finish too early? i've heard of some cases when people finish a phd in a bit more than 2 years, i wonder how they did that--does anyone know any details about finishing early? (a friend who did her phd said if a phd student gets the work done far in advance, the supervisor may invent more work to be done--not being cynical about it though)
thanks very much!!

hi, as i know, usu. all postgrad offers are conditional, ur undergrad. mark will be important, and so will be your degree classification. there are usu. guidelines for applicants on the university website so they should be able to tell you what mark they expect you to hold

congratulations! :) could you tell me if it was an unconditional offer u got?? i've got a conditional offer for an Mphil and am still terribly worried about doing my exams well O_o