tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post3727510292498966974..comments2023-10-29T07:35:16.253-04:00Comments on A Lady Scientist: Committee Meetings, Experiments, and Thesis-ing! Oh My!Amanda@Lady Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512722132229479239noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-65901943112813473452013-07-05T03:06:42.850-04:002013-07-05T03:06:42.850-04:00You certainly had a lot of things to do on that da...You certainly had a lot of things to do on that day, Amanda! Well, I hope that everything went accordingly to what you plans have. I think it was a great <a href="http://thesishelpdesk.com/" rel="nofollow">thesis help</a> that your advisor always talk to you. They can really be the one you need if your face a blank wall on thesis writing. Anyway, what happened to your thesis anyway? Did you Latasha Matneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-69384859496547984902009-05-28T09:45:00.075-04:002009-05-28T09:45:00.075-04:00Definitely time to get writing! The more you do i...Definitely time to get writing! The more you do it, the more it'll become boring rather than scary. remember that you're aiming for a thesis which is DONE, not one which is PERFECT, and just put something down on paper. Sounds like you advisor has your best interests at heart by making you get started now - it's SO much better to be writing AND labworking than JUST writing, so starting now JaneBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779448611795379774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-23729856510838350422009-05-26T10:43:10.835-04:002009-05-26T10:43:10.835-04:00Science Girl: That's true. Maybe they think I'm ...Science Girl: That's true. Maybe they think I'm getting close. That's a better way of looking at it. :-)<br /><br />EtBr: That's true. It's definitely a motivator. I probably would be much less motivated if he told me that I had another two years or so left. <br /><br />UR: I do dislike writing. It's the whole staring at a blank screen and being expected to produce something brilliant Amanda@Lady Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512722132229479239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-16821984963216166722009-05-25T18:33:10.507-04:002009-05-25T18:33:10.507-04:00Sounds like you had a great meeting!! I totLly agr...Sounds like you had a great meeting!! I totLly agree with everyone else about it never being to early to start writing. The more you get done now, the less you will have to push through when you are at the point of just not caring.ScientistMotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02540317551396323613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-39131264930664710502009-05-25T15:54:39.333-04:002009-05-25T15:54:39.333-04:00just wanted to chime in and agree with everyone! ...just wanted to chime in and agree with everyone! no one will hold it against you for not hitting advisor's proposed target, and just start writing - think of it as less writing you'll have to do later, when you really are stressed about finishing.PhizzleDizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02036442165798690074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-14510040980418967292009-05-25T14:27:22.745-04:002009-05-25T14:27:22.745-04:00Great that they were happy with your progress! And...Great that they were happy with your progress! And I wouldn't be surprised if PIs promised early graduation dates in public to put some more pressure on us...Ameliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483756694695666215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-83718224632120192412009-05-25T12:10:19.227-04:002009-05-25T12:10:19.227-04:00I was also horrified when my advisor suggested I c...I was also horrified when my advisor suggested I could graduate earlier than I planned. There was a lot of "what? I'm not ready! How can you not see that I'm not ready!" from me. <br /><br />It doesn't seem too early to start writing. Since you dislike writing, maybe starting a program now (15 minutes a day or whatever) will make you more comfortable with it by the time the really intensive Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01514925011466117623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-17219288285250782582009-05-25T10:17:30.030-04:002009-05-25T10:17:30.030-04:00LOL. My advisor has been saying I'll graduate "in...LOL. My advisor has been saying I'll graduate "in four months or so" for the past year and a half. Don't fret over such things, they don't mean it and no one takes them seriously. Graduate when you're ready and when the work is done. The only time you need to have a really solid ETG Is when you're interviewing for post-docs.scicurioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266347710629871510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-23828603738130316002009-05-24T21:44:15.493-04:002009-05-24T21:44:15.493-04:00Start writing now!! I spent the last year of grad ...Start writing now!! I spent the last year of grad school pretty much ONLY writing and coming from a fellow hater of writing, try to spread the pain out-it will be less depressing.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986787458979351622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-73906896200276250022009-05-24T20:20:20.702-04:002009-05-24T20:20:20.702-04:00I wrote a ridiculously complete thesis "proposal" ...I wrote a ridiculously complete thesis "proposal" when ~65% of my thesis work was done. It took a while, but it turns out that I'll be able to use 90% of what I wrote in my final thesis, so a good chunk of my thesis writing was already done by the time my committee signed off on my proposal. Two years before my target graduation date. I'm sure it will need a lot of additions once that last Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15614845410446113639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-84666761855010080112009-05-24T18:10:52.528-04:002009-05-24T18:10:52.528-04:00In my personal opinion it is never too early to st...In my personal opinion it is never too early to start writing. Sure you don't have all the data but you have some of the data. It may change a lot between now and graduation but you'll be much happier a year from now to be editing and doing a little bit of new writing than you would be faced with a whole dissertation to write. Especially if you really do hate to write.Psych Post Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820776188567097127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-47154049341021443532009-05-24T18:00:51.925-04:002009-05-24T18:00:51.925-04:00It is a little unusual to start writing that early...It is a little unusual to start writing that early, but it sounds like Advisor is really in tune with your self-proclaimed dislike of writing. So that is actually pretty awesome that Advisor is being so supportive! :-)Unbalanced Reactionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13407339711183651108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-84933528927444955632009-05-24T17:29:50.369-04:002009-05-24T17:29:50.369-04:00At least around here, I have never heard of a comm...At least around here, I have never heard of a committee being upset that an ETA of graduation is not met. In fact, most wind up being pushed back 6 months - 1 year from the initial date presented to the committee. I think it's just a fact of graduate school -- 99% of the time, the perfect conditions are not met, an experiment goes awry, and you spend an extra 3 months troubleshooting. And thenJulie @ Bunsen Burner Bakeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279523327409654066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5905044623309718149.post-70771256790698925022009-05-24T17:01:55.747-04:002009-05-24T17:01:55.747-04:00Sounds like that particular chapter won't be chang...Sounds like that particular chapter won't be changing over the next year, so why not?<br /><br />Congrats on a successful committee meeting - I don't think they would be asking the "when" question if they didn't think you were getting close!ScienceGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071055167798044468noreply@blogger.com