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mphil_misery
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« Reply #30 on: January 12, 2012, 02:33:27 AM »

Thank you all so much for your encouraging words and truly helpful advice. Bless these fora.

There is an update of sorts to my failed PhD narrative on another board, and I hope that some of you can perhaps read it and comment:

http://academiclife.com/forums/index.php/topic,85299.msg2055981.html#msg2055981
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« Reply #31 on: April 10, 2012, 04:54:10 PM »

Hello y'all,

So many nice people here have been very supportive that I wanted to share an update with you.

I tossed the most contentious chapter and rewrote it from scratch. It has been accepted by all jury members!

I still have a lot of work to do, but a few hundred more hours and...maybe, just maybe I will get out of this alive...
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« Reply #32 on: April 10, 2012, 05:19:20 PM »

Congratulations!  What a huge victory and a milestone in your life!  Cheers to you and your determination to get through this.
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« Reply #33 on: April 10, 2012, 05:48:17 PM »

Well done!
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« Reply #34 on: April 10, 2012, 08:27:21 PM »

Hello y'all,

So many nice people here have been very supportive that I wanted to share an update with you.

I tossed the most contentious chapter and rewrote it from scratch. It has been accepted by all jury members!

I still have a lot of work to do, but a few hundred more hours and...maybe, just maybe I will get out of this alive...

That's wonderful! Good for you. I know that it seems like an impossible task, but you'll finish.
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« Reply #35 on: April 10, 2012, 08:42:11 PM »

Congratulations. You're a champ!
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« Reply #36 on: April 11, 2012, 03:14:41 AM »

Awesome work!!
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« Reply #37 on: April 11, 2012, 06:41:36 AM »

O, mphil, I'm delighted... way to go!!! Keep on truckin' ... I really think it's worth it, for your own sense of accomplishment and closure.
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« Reply #38 on: April 11, 2012, 10:47:50 AM »

Wonderful!
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« Reply #39 on: April 11, 2012, 12:37:06 PM »

Good job!
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« Reply #40 on: April 11, 2012, 12:38:38 PM »

This sounds a lot like my own diss revisions.  You CAN do it and make it on the other side.  Congrats on the acceptance of the chapter!!
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« Reply #41 on: April 11, 2012, 04:24:44 PM »

Congrats! That's encouraging news. Good for you!
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« Reply #42 on: April 11, 2012, 09:26:13 PM »

Congratulations, and keep up the good work!  Get that thing done!
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« Reply #43 on: April 12, 2012, 06:16:48 PM »

This is wonderful to hear, OP. Congratulations to you for hanging in there and being so successful!
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