Hi! I started my M.Sc in Bioinformatics in 2006 and was supposed to finish in 2007, but unfortunately, I was not able to finish my masters project on time, and so I could not clear it in one go. After that, I did a deferred project in genome annotation, finished it in April, 2008, and got result in May, and degree in July this year. All these phases have been really tough, but I feel its worth it though I have scored only 58 % marks in M.Sc. Now I want to go ahead with my PhD, infact that has been my motivation to go for M.Sc. But the fact that it took me two years to finish my MSc, and that too with less percentage bothers me so much that I have almost lost all hope and confidence regarding whether I am ever going to get a PhD. So thats the question. Is it really going to affect my propects in getting a PhD? I am really looking for some words of wisdom, motivation, suggestions, and advice regarding this.