CV : please help me figuring out a serious time line problem

[Tin Sn]

Guys I .... dropped out from school

 

I had been a PhD student in a small university for 6 months then 

I got the scholarship to study for MS and PhD in the US. 

 

How should I explain that 6 months.....  

The worse thing is that while being a student I only read the publications for my research
and tried to figure out what I would  do for my PhD thesis,

No additional coursework, none project participated.

 

 

I dropped out school to pursue my dream. but now i realized that this will not good for my CV.

 

Will I ever reach my goal...

 

 

[TakeruK]

I think you don't have to put these 6 months on your CV at all. Especially if you are using the CV as part of an application to something that doesn't require you to list every school you've been to (e.g. most jobs and small grant/fellowships). 

 

However, if you are applying to something that does require you to list every school you've enrolled at (e.g. grad school applications), you can consider two options:

 

1. Only mention it in the appropriate place on the application form and omit it from the CV (again, it doesn't have to include everything). Or,

 

2. If you are specifically instructed to put it on the CV (or if you choose to put it on the CV), you can try something like:

 

2013-2014: PhD student in Topic X and University Y. (or "Graduate student" instead of "PhD student")

[victorydance]

If you didn't take any courses (this seems rather strange to me), then you don't have any transcript to send nor do you need to put it on your CV or explain it.