Hi Blackbyrd,

I hope it's not too late for me to comment on your post. Well, I have heard from seniors who have graduated in their Masters and PhD that during their VIVA, they also have PASSED WITH MAJOR REVISION. They, like you also thought that it's the end of the world. But actually, MAJOR REVISION is the MOST almost everyone who attended for a VIVA will get. Very very few candidates will PASS WITH MINOR REVISION. That's what I was told. Therefore, if it's not RE-SUBMISSION or RE-VIVA, you should not worry much about it. The examiners are being kind enough to give you time to revise your written report up to perfection. Never give up since you are close to graduating! Never mind the 12 months revision period that they gave you. I'm sure you can submit anytime once you are confident that you have corrected all the minor flaws (if there's any). It's better than having 1 week to submit and have to do printing and binding!! Good luck ;-)

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I'm currently in my 6th semester for masters degree and well, the journey has been very depressing. I have a very demanding supervisor (SV). I am pretty much done on my thesis...200 pages write up and have approval for the first 3 chapters. My SV is still reading the final chapter (for the 6th or 7th times) and I am still correcting minor errors. I told her my intention to submit this semester. She seems unhappy with my decision. Well, for my university, normally when you are writing the final chapters for your thesis, you have to notify the graduate school that you will be submitting soon. It's the notification that I am telling my SV which I wanted to submit. Not the final draft yet. How upset she is with this? She suddenly returns my final chapters, telling me to REDO half of it. I seriously feel so frustrated. She have been correcting it for half a dozen of time and said I only need to correct MINOR errors. That's it! But now, she said I have to REDO half of it, which is about 60 pages!!! Things that she used to give good comments for, finally become wrong. She even DELETED the compliments she previously gave me on the corrected pages. Oh my God!!! What does this mean??? Do I have to follow what she ask me to do 100% or tell her what I feel about it? I'm really lost. I'm taking a scholarship and I can't be extending my studies. I need to continue with PHD soon. Which is why, I can't wait any longer. I need some advice.. Thank you :-(