Adelaide9216

Same here

This thread is gold. I have taken an appointment with a therapist in early September. I am dealing with a lot of stressors including 1st year Ph.D. student, moving out for the first time, moving out of my hometown, being far from my social network, etc. I have also just registered for a gym class.

Hello, out of curiosity, what are the professors at the School of Social Work at Columbia who specializes in sexual violence against women?

My orientation is on early September! I’ll dress casual and bring notebook and pen

Bump

any resources or tips for doctoral exams ? (comprehensive exam)?

We should have a Discord chat room for PhD social work students!

I actually thanked the examiner in my acknowledgements! My thesis is much stronger in terms of quality now and I am proud of my work.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT! I learned a lot from this experience even if it was difficult and I will be able to carry that knowledge on to my PhD studies

I AM SO RELIEVED

I PASSED!!! WITH AN EXCELLENT GRADE!!! PHEW!!!

Still no news. I'm waiting until 4:30pm today and tomorrow, my supervisor and I will be contacting the ombudsman, the dean, etc. I am eating ice cream to deal with the stress lol

I completed the first draft of another op-ed. Yay! Plus I submitted one paper for scientific publication this week.

It’s not the university, it’s the examiner! She s external to my university. The university has sent her multiple emails too. yes there is an ombudsperson, I will email them as well.

I really hope the examiner submitted her report yesterday, and my university will see it on Monday. that's my hope. If on Monday I still get no news, I will do what you've just said. But I've already sent multiple emails to the departement, even sent to them a recommended letter by mail to stress on the importance of the situation. I cannot contact the examiner directly (conflict of interest). The university has also contacted the examiner multiple times in order for her to submit it on time. It's on the examiner's side. My family and I are considering going further than that (they're liable like you've said) if my lose my admission offer and scholarship because of the examiner. I am advocating for myself, but there's not much I can do at the moment. I will let monday come and if by the end of the day, I get no news, I am emailing the Dean.

I actually don’t have until the end of the month. I have to submit the Final version of my thesis by Aug. 15 in order to graduate on time.

She was asked twice by my university if she was available to re-evaluate my thesis this summer, both times she said yes.

I need to graduate by the end of the month. Otherwise, I am losing my scholarship and admission offer.

First deadline was this Wednesday. Then, it was supposed to be today. I still have no news about my grade.

I can’t. i am still waiting for my grade

Hello everyone, I keep getting dozens of requests per week of people who want me to mentor them, to give them advice on graduate school or to provide help with their scholarship application. I feel exhausted simply by taking a look at my inbox. I have been ignoring most of the messages for now because I have zero time and energy right now. Is there a better way to handle this? Maybe starting a blog?

Has anyone here applied for one their grant for research semester abroad?

Any tips in order to respect a budget?

Still no news. I'm afraid she will be more severe this time than the first evaluation...

Many people around me think the same as you two @telkanuru and @LEANCO10. I really want to believe she has good faith. Worst case scenario, we're going to appeal to get a new examiner. I feel more confident about the quality of my work since three different professors said my thesis is above the standards for a master's thesis.