Hello! I know how you feel! I'm also doing my PhD and will have an assessment at the end of July to see if I'm suited for PhD or I'm gonna do Masters.

To me having a supervisor who constantly asks for meetings is a good one.
Mine is a little bit busy and doesn't have time to supervise me properly, so I've been given pretty much free reign about my research.

If you don't mind telling, what is your field of studies? Is it difficult to start getting data?

(Are you by chance Malaysian with JPA scholarship?)

Hello everyone. I was browsing through the threads and seem motivated to ask for opinions.

I'm doing my PhD straight from my undergrad studies, so at the end of the second semester I'll have a candidature defense to see if I'm suited for PhD or "only" Masters. As it is now, I'm wondering about the results postgrads usually have by the end of their second semester.

I'm doing research in biological sciences, and currently I'm kind of anxious about presenting my results thus far. I did face a few problems with labmates and I had do my work elsewhere so I felt like I have an excuse for the small amount of results, but I don't want to bring up the issue in front of examiners nor with my supervisors.