hey I just accepted a PhD position a few days ago...and i think it's sth really exciting so i wanted to share it with you!!! :-)

Well done you, Joanna. I'm a first year too. When are you starting?

Hey Joanna!

I've also started just 2 weeks ago and been having an amazing time. Wish you all the best :)

Congrats to you both (up)

I'm just starting 2nd year and have found this forum to be welcoming and a brilliant source of wisdom!

Welcome :-)

Nice to hear from you!!!i don't know yet because there are some administrative things to sort out but I guess I'll start within the next few months.

No more new PhD students in the forum?Where are you???

I'm new too, started my research proper yesterday. A big mountain to climb I know but looking forward to it all the same. Which discipline is everyone involved in? I'm in political science.

'm in developmental biology! this forum is really nice people who start and people who finish...all gathered in one place...true that we have to climb a reeeeeally high mountain....good luck to everyone!!!

I'm starting officially on Monday (week 0 this week) but went to campus today for a Brush Up on Your Referencing Skills session from the Graduate Student Association. Nice to get onto the campus and got a couple of books out of the library and picked up the all-important NUS card (discounts for years now as a part time PhDer!)...

However, I kind of felt weird. It now feels like such a massive commitment - I'm interested (but probably not totally passionate) about so much in my area (language learning) but am hoping I have chosen the right area... impact related mainly...

Anyway, hoping I'll be fine when I get to have a welcome meeting and meet my sup...

Mine's a Collaborative PhD, Social Sciences.

hi Joanna
welcome to the forum!!!
thanks for sharing
love satchi

everybody seems to be overwhelmed by the commitment! it's good to know that I'm not alone! At the same time it's really exciting to be a PhD student isn't it?

I'm new too, started a PhD in Applied Biology - Animal Science two weeks ago :)

hehe that makes two of us in Biology niekyvanveggel! Cool (up)

hey I started my PhD this week too. I'm in physical geography and so far everything is good :-)(up)