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Even though I'm not yet officially at my Uni, I've been front-loading research. I was feeling overwhelmed the other day by the fiction and non-fiction reading lists posted on the fridge, so I made myself weekly goals:
I wrote the title of a fiction and a non-fiction text on each Friday square in my calendar for the next couple of months, and I put a post-it on each book with the corresponding date. This way I know which book is in process and which book to pick up next. Today's goal: Get another 50 pages done on this week's NF book, with notes, and as many pages done on the week's Fiction book.
Good luck everyone on your goals!
Hi All:
First of all, I'm not completely sure where to post this: I settled for Current PhD as I (sorta) am one and those are the people who will have the experience that I want to mine for answers.
I'm from the US and will be arriving in the UK this Sept to start PhD Research. I'm in the middle of student visa hell while trying to figure out banking (THANK YOU for the info on this site--it's the best I've found so far!), accommodation (I'll be doing student housing 1st year as I don't know London, so maybe 2nd year I'll go private), and scholarships (of which there are nearly NONE for me, as an American studying for a Creative Writing PhD).
My question is: what am I forgetting? With all of the paperwork and forms and applications, etc., I am afraid I'm going to forget or miss something important. The paperwork and everything have been a total pain in the butt, but otherwise it's all felt "too easy," which makes me wonder what it is that I'm going to suddenly be faced with upon arrival in a few months!
Anyone else a US to UK PhD transfer? Did you have the same experience? Am I being over-cautious?
Thanks,
kaya
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