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I guessed that! I love neurobiology. I'm not doing a PhD yet but I'm doing a masters at the Institute of Neurology in UCL. I love it. But its so hard to revise. The PhD I've been offered here is involved in investigating the molecular mechanisms that underlie hippocampal sclerosis in epilepsy.
I want to do a PhD to help me get a good clinical research post as a medical doctor. I want to do medicine after a PhD. But I'm starting to get stuck....I haver been offered a really great PhD here in London, but we're still waiting on funding and that may not be until Jan 08 at the latest...and I cannot start until that comes through to pay my fees and salary. Argh...tha problem with having clinicians as you're supervisors is that they're not always very clear and not always willing to share whether they are honestly optimistic or not. I don't even know whether I should be worried and start applying for other PhDs. Anyone here also?
Thats exactly what I'm terrified of starting. This is an amazing PhD offer I have from a very well reputed (is that the word?) institute, he best in europe. this PhD would be the key to me getting into medicine, and getting into neurology and research, both of which I want to do eventually.
But the lady who would be traingin me is not english, and communication is severely hard, my supervisors are consultants and not always available, and everyone around me will be successfull people doing what I want to do, and I will be slowly plodding along. There are also not many other PhD students there.
But I HATE quitting. I think I'll give it my best shot and see how it works out. If it gets so bad I will probably quit. It would be such a shame to have wasted their time as well as mine. I just so wish I could fast forward 3 years.
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