Well, I submitted on Monday! Finished the thesis on Friday, printed and bound it but the submission office was closed, so I just took a copy home and checked through it over the weekend - blimmin good thing I did, there were tons of mistakes!
Felt very strange looking at it and seeing my name on the top, it took until about Sunday to get used to seeing it and knowing it's mine! On Monday I fixed all the mistakes and reprinted necessary pages, then went to submit...and they weren't going to take it. Turns out you can't submit if you have books overdue from the library (who cares about library books just before submission?!) so I had to phone all over the place to get a manager who could remove the suspension and let me submit, as I couldn't get my hands on the books that day (snow :( ) and I absolutely had to submit on Monday! I was fighting back tears by that stage!
But it's in now, I have my little slip of paper and everything, and it feels great!

Massive massive thanks to everyone on PGF who kept me going, especially over the summer!! Viva prep time now! (up)

Congratulations and a super well done! You deserve a big treat! :)

Fantastic AQ... what a palava to get it submitted.. you can't submit if you have library books over due .. they must have a death wish ! I can't imagine how you contained yourself.

How many copies did you have printed AQ ? I've been asked to submit two but wondered if I should have three printed ?

Enjoy the glow... Best. Chuff

Super well done to you Algaequeen!! A good thing you took a copy home for proofing! I didn't realise that having library books could deter thesis submission, it would have made some sense if it were graduation!

Well done!!(up)

Well done AQ - I would have been so annoyed if overdue library books stopped me from submitting, the people at my uni are quite jobsworthy like that as well, we have to pay extortionate fines if we have books overdue.

Have a lovely relaxing weekend and good luck with your viva prep!

Nx

Well done AQ!

good to have managed this. Also good that you had some time to check for mistakes / errors and were able to correct those before submission. Now have a break, relax and enjoy, you deserve it!

Later, join the club of "viva preparers".

;-)

Well done. It is so hard to get to that finishing line. I nearly waited for two weeks just to get the final OK from super. Do you know when the viva is? take a good break and come back for the viva prep.(up)

Congrads AQ! However, you have made me take a mental note about proofing the submission piece and library books.
Enjoy some time away and good luck with the viva.

Thanks guys! Starting to dread the viva but hey, at least the beast is in!

And yea, if possible I would definately recommend taking a bound copy home and proofing it beofre submission, all sorts of mistakes and inconsistancies will show up once you see it all together, I had the header for my biggest chapter in bold with a random number stuck on the end, and had to reprint the whole thing, didn't see it until it was stuck in between two good chapters!

Good luck everyone!! It will end, no matter how much it feels like it never will and it's gona drag on forever, you will get there!!!

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Congrats on finishing the beast ... that's a great achievement and a weight off your mind! Hope you're celebrating in style and enjoying actually having free time! It's such a novelty!

AQ how many chapters did you have in the end?

congratulations! sorry to hear you had such a hard time submitting. glad its behind you! welcome to viva - but take some time off first! it will will do you a lot of good. :-)