Does anyone else feel like their PhD is flying by? Had the fear of God knocked into me last week. Each year the third years have to give a 45 minute presentation on their work hence each June two days are taken up in talks. What scared me is that next year I'll be a third year and have to talk which means I really have to get some decent results together. It seems on yesterday I was starting out and figuring out to do all the practical and starting to read up on the project in the literature.

I know. it's scary! It seems only yesterday since I was wandering around this uni thinking 'what the ***k am I doing?' Now I'm almost ready to submit

Don't think like that. ALL my decent results came in the last year. And when they came, they came after bursting the door down. It is normal for thesis work to be completed in an exponential rate.