Good luck to everyone starting phd stuff..in teh next couple weeks..!!!!! I AM SCARED!!!!!!!!

Thanks. I am very scared too!

What r u scared of?

Not being up to what they expect.

I think doing something new and meeting new people is scary. Oh and the thought that I might not be good enough!!!

The thought of letting people down, and not finishing are the main worries I have. The meeting new people I am looking forward to. I start in november . Where is everyone going?

S, Don't be scared of doing something new and meeting new people. You will soon know that people are people just like you and me...we ingest, digest and egest. About the part where you are not good enough...remember they offered you a place and registered you as a PhD student, so that means that if you are not good enough then that uni is not good enough. You will be surprised that some supervisors have a Mphil/MRes or Msc, so you are good enough.

If you get nervous just imagine your supervisors on the toilet and that they are really constipated. They might be:)

i guess we all have these fears when we start something new....but yeh it is scary. How comes u get to start in November Stu? gotta start next week and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I started mine last week, loving it so far, don't be too scared, there's lots of people in the same boat. No one expects you to be great straight away, you are there to learn!

Don't be scared ! I had my first meeting today and it was okay. Having a proper meeting next week to really discuss things properly once i've had a good read through some stuff. Very excited, my officemates are all really cool!

I can't help it I do tend to worry about stuff. I'm going to Liverpool. I feel like I have not done enough reading.

I start mine in November as I don't finish my MSc til October, and I need to get result confirmation, which will take a few weeks. My project is sponsored by a company and not a funding body (such as the EPSRC). So the start date is flexible.

do you have to go in everyday or can you work from home? What would you all suggest?

I started off in the lab, getting used to where things are, meeting other people, but most of my reading up I have done from home. Going in next week to have a meeting with supervisors - so scared too!!