Done. Good Luck

Lol. Perhaps s/he was able to have found participants outside this forum.

I think it wouldn't be a good option to complain about your supervisor. Even if there is a chance for that in some universities, it would surely reflect badly on this academic relationship with the supervisor, especially that as a supervisor she has a final judgement on your thesis. I think what might be practical is to avoid clashes with her as much as possible and to act wisely. Maybe you can try to focus on developing your thesis and apologize for tasks that you cannot fulfill.

Why not looking at it from a different angle! Since you have different background interests and experiences, this can be viewed positively. Try to identify yourself with the thing which you master the most, with what makes you called upon when needed.

Eds: loool.

rachb0905: I think it would take you much effort to keep adjusting your research to convince those in the department. Generally, it would be better if both (research interests and department) have commonalities.

Can you guys help me in figuring out how to measure validity? I have previously read about those correlations but I got lost. I will highly appreciate it.

Thanks a lot for this valuable comment. I will think it through.

It is so unkind of them! But I would suggest that you take this negative experience as a challenge to change yourself a bit and face your fears of confronting others in social circles. This will give you a strong motivation to ignore their negative attitude towards you. So get prepared for your every meeting, try to drop your comments and if you got interrupted, don't despair. Imagine yourself in a lecture and take notes of their discussion. At the end of the day, those meetings will not continue forever, so in the meantime use this opportunity to change something in your personality that will stay within you forever. Struggle strenghthens people.

It depends on each one's circumstances. In PhD the path is not identical for everyone as in school years or Bachelor degree. Many things can pop up along the way, change of topic, delay of funds, extra responsibilities, issues or disagreement with supervisor, full-time work, etc.

I can understand that you are not being judegmental
[quote]Quote From awsoci:
This is a question out of curiosity, but I've noticed that many students only have X amount of time to complete their write-up before submission.

Is it common for many PhDs to not write during the PhD but rather, just near the end? I ask because I was writing up as I was going along. By the end of my third year I had pretty much written everything up and revised a few times, and was in final revision mode, in which I had an additional 6 months to do so.

I'm just curious as to the system or circumstances that have left you in this unfortunate position. Is it the nature of the PhD that you're doing (such as experiments?) or the structure of the program, or lack of adequate supervision? This is by no means a form of judgement! I'm genuinely interested in the difference and wondering whether tailoring such programs need to be made for specific areas to allow more time for writing up for those in perhaps hard sciences or similar disciplines.[/quo


It depends on each one's circumstances. In PhD the path is not identical for everyone as in school years or Bachelor degree. Many things can pop up along the way, change of topic, delay of funds, extra responsibilities, issues or disagreement with supervisor, full-time work, etc..

I agree with TreeofLife, pursuing a PhD for the sake of a better job doesn't seem a good idea. For doing a PhD, one should have a strong reason to devote a long period of one's life. A PhD would take more in the world of academia, and I understood, you want to increase your capacities for better and high ranking jobs. You can develop your skills and competence in your field by going for training courses, workshops and even doing another Master's degree..

In fact it is both. But I cannot assume that it won''t improve it. It will definitely do, but the outcome might not be equivalent to time loss. At the end of the day, I feel that I need to find a way out and think of practical solutions to finish writing up in less than five months. I still have other chapters to write..

Ok I will do it for you later at night.

The analysis of interview data would take a month at least, and it was intended to reply to and support a secondary research question. That is why I was thinking to drop it. But I don't know if it is possible, and I am hesitant to ask the supervisor because I am worried that he gets the impression that things are not under control and that might weaken my argument in front of him. Some pieces of advice and thoughts plssss

Hello,
It seems that those "symptoms" are spreading among us all "the PhD students". I have to complete writing up in less than five months. I have been in a similar situation like yours recently. I went through a hard time of despair and frustration. But I kept pushing myself on, and I decided to "try" to stop thinking about how much time is left and how much work is yet to be done. I realized that what has passed (in terms of effort and time) is worth sacrificing what is yet to come.
So keep pushing yourself and don't quit. We will be able to finish and succeed.
All the best.