Passed VIVA!
Okay so here goes...
22nd March Day of the VIVA...
I arrive at my institute and i'm really very very nervous and its only 930 (VIVA doesn't start till 1230), so i hang about, re-read my thesis 3 times have a panic attack because i've forgot to read 2 papers. :-(
So i arrive and wait and then i fall apart (start crying)
Then, suddenly its 1230 and i'm outside the room, i see the examiners arrive and they say hello.. my internal and chair can see that i'm very nervous so, i go in and the internal asks me to summarize my work, why i chose to do what i did, what the relevance is and then more specific questions on methodology and also questions on the discussion followed... I was in there for 2.5 hours but, the time flew me by i didn't even realize. Before i knew it, i was told to leave the room and they called me back in and told me i'd passed...
Woooohooooo!!!
So, i just wanted to say, i did write a previous thread "VIVA panic" outlining how nervous i was and that, i was falling apart. But, to anyone who is nervous, you can't help it. But, as soon as you go in there, it all comes flooding through. As i was waiting outside the VIVA room, i couldn't remember anything and had a complete mental block but, as soon as my thesis was opened it all came flooding through...
If i can do it, anyone can (I suffer from really very bad anxiety attacks).
Re LittleMissWorry: You'll be fine, trust me, if i can do it anyone can. You read my last thread i was on the verge of a nervous breakdown last week, i'd worked myself up so very bad. But, looking back, it was a very enjoyable experience to have an expert be so interested in your work. Its such a good feeling, nothing can beat it. :-D
Thanks Pink Fluff and thanks for letting us know about the viva. Sounds like they were very impressed with your work and sounds like you enjoyed it! I do feel better after my thing yesterday - it was nearly 2 hours and absolutely flew by so I can imagine that the viva goes so quickly. It is really reassuring to know that someone who was so nervous has done so great. Well done again!
