GETTING A MASTERS DEGREE - ALMOST FAILING +THE DEPRESSION & CONFUSION (STORY TIME) | DIMMA UMEH
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2017
- This video is a story time video on my Master's degree experience, dealing with the depression and coping with the confusion.
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I graduated with my PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in 2009. I remember a few nights before I had to submit my dissertation I had a complete meltdown. I was in a foreign country and far away from my immediate family. Luckily my PI is a Christian man and knew my Uncle. He called my Uncle and they both prayed with me in his office. It doesn't end there. After submitting my dissertation I was prepping for my oral defense in front of my colleagues. They had the chance to critique and make suggestions. It was a long and tiresome process. I was so stressed that I hadn't eaten that morning. After a few hours of going back and forth with my colleagues, I fainted. One of them said I dropped like a ton of bricks. They had to call an ambulance from the nearby hospital to check me out. I was so embarrassed that I refused and said I was ok. They checked my blood sugar and it was very low. My PI again, being the Christian man he is, insisted that I have my friend/colleague take me to the ER just to make sure I was ok, especially since I had hit my head pretty hard when I fainted. I went to the ER and they gave me fluids and released me a few hours later. Fortunately my actual defense went well and I passed! When I left the building that day, it felt like I could feel the sun shining again--a HUGE burden had been lifted. I was so traumatized by that degree that to this day I still have a hard time picking up/looking through my dissertation. You couldn't pay me enough to do that degree again!! But I'm happy I was able to accomplish a terminal degree in my lifetime.
Rachelle McKenzie hi, I just came across your comment.... I’m about graduating with my BSc in microbiology and want to get my MSc in Molecular Genetics as well and I’d love to gain some insight from you !
Thank you
"I was telling all the angels to beg Jesus"😂😂😭😂 I'm done
Sounds like something I would do😭 We tank God for his mercy on us procrastinators mehn
CRYING IN EXCHANGE RATE
looooooool too funny
Pulled an all nighter into submission day and guess what happened? The Turnitin platform stopped responding 10 minutes to my dissertation submission deadline. I continuously screamed JESUS so loud in the packed LIBRARY quiet area, all that was left was for me to roll on the floor dramatically from side to side to complete it (proper nollywood re-enactment LOL). Although i was very pleased with my grades in the end, the process showed me how much of a procrastinator and self-sabotaging perfectionist i can be.
Yet again, this is such an honest and useful video you put out. Well done Dimma!
Girlllll, Jesus himself sent you with this video. I'm currently doing my masters and I have a ton of assignments due this week. I'm dropping this laptop now. Gonna stop my procrastination and get stuff doneeee..lol thank you!
Lol, procrastination is a disease that everyone is battling, including me! 😫😫 Great Story Time Video,👍🏾thanks for sharing your story 😊
omo i have so many stories too. i'm Nigerian currently studying in North Cyprus for my under grad (BUS ADMIN). i had this mathematical course that made me shiver anytime it was mentioned and i made sure to organize my life before the exam but we were given so little time for 6 crazy questions that will take about 30 mins each but we were given 75 mins in total, amidst managing my time, guess WHAT! my calculator stopped and my heart with it, chai come and see multiplication of 600 x 400 with brain. i had to make my marks up in the final and i passed (and with a new calculator of course), GOD IS JUST WONDERFUL!!!
Candysmakeover LOL, EMU?
Damzy Keny nah, it's NEU
I feel your pain girl. I remember when I was taking my masters, and had to submit my final project (also like a dissertation). I had stayed up all night into the wee hrs of the morning putting last minute touches. Ok oh, save. After 2hrs of sleep, woke up to submit, Oya document where are you? Computer said it couldn't locate it. I searched all over the computer no luck. See crying, my nose dripping, the whole 9yds. Begging God, asking him to forgive me. Lol I was able to retrieve the document(on time to submit) with the help of youtube. God bless Una oh! Lol I'd have paid that youtuber all my savings at that moment. lol
Thanks for this Dima! Someone definitely needs to do a PhD project on depression amongst international students!
Glad you made it, I went to Warwick too, did my MBA (Warwick Business School) in the early 90's (I'm in my 50's now :))
Didn't have software to detect plagiarism back then so things weren't as strict - lucky us! Still I'll never forget having a brain freeze during one of my final papers - pulled an all-nighter and paid for it. Just about passed the dreaded Finance and Accounting! I must say I'm more a theologian than corporate guru nowadays. Wishing you God's blessings in every area of your life. Thoroughly enjoy your vlogs.
Literally said "Thank you Jesus" when you said there was a long queue to submit 😂
I studied the exact same course entrepreneurship and innovation management at university of Nottingham (China campus) . It was a wonderful experience , although I struggled with adjusting to all the essay writing and referencing. Silly me decided to go home to Lagos for summer and write my dissertation from home. 🤦🏻♀️ Between my panic attacks (because I had a lot of last minute work) corrections and finding someone who was still on campus in china to help me print and submit the hard copy at faculty , I didn't sleep for the last 2 days before submission. Coffee was my best friend. Thank God for seeing us through.
I can so relate to this but I learned my lessons early. masters in the US is an average of 4 semesters, I spent my first semester crying, I arrived on the fourth week of lecture, most professors didn't want to sign me into their classes I had a month worth of assignments due. it was hell for me really. I look back and am proud of the growth I see in myself, I will definitely go back for my PhD. I feel like we don't talk about the cultural shock enough, people get depressed but would rather hide it or blame an evil witch in their family. thank you for sharing your experience Dimma.
I will be start my master degree soon , how many classes was considered full time in your school ?
Wow! A month late? You're the real G. I resumed on the first day of class, and this semester finished me. But like you said, I have three more semesters and I know they'll be better. Feels good to know that it's not just me. I've had to fight so much not to be depressed at certain periods where I just missed deadlines and all
Hey @@Jessie-ei9oy, it depends on your school. In mine, three classes (9 units) would be considered full time and international students can't drop below this
I love you for this. Was in Scotland for a year doing my masters as well. I am Dominican from the Caribbean and did masters in Environment and Sustainable Development...... University of Glasgow. You are narrating my story. Imagine only Girl from this area of the world doing this degree ahh and though I made friends they weren't in my school. I cried, I was depressed, I cried every semester until the day I submitted dissertation. I called home once and bawled my eyes out for my poor mother who, alas could do nothing but say everything will work out. It is rough doing a Masters in the UK, seriously rough. But I thank God for all his Blessings, he sent me angels to guide me through cause there were points I felt I was the most dumb person ever. I would do it again though now wiser.
Looooool i submitted my final dissertation at Oxford at 10.59
Time stamp
Submission was 11.00
😌 i feel your pain
Law school in the US, Legal Writing final paper, submission time stamp 10:54 after I realized the deadline was not 10:59 as I initially thought!!!
Deadline 10:55!
You're in good company Submitted my dissertation 12:55PM (PDT) with a deadline of 1PM. Whew!!! Nobody can pay me enough to repeat that phase of my life. 'I'm glad it's over' is an understatement.
OMG..😁😊😊...Thissss has to be my FAVVVVV VIDEO 😂...The thrilll, suspense, and humour!!!..biko be doing more of this😂😂..and your 201% right about the depression 😂😂.
Dimma, this is your funniest vlog ever. The crying part got me 😂😂😂
Weep in common!! 😫😫😅😂🤣🤣 this brings back so many uni memories
Hey hey! 😂😩 "Crying in Igbo" "Crying in Hausa" "Crying in common". My spirit felt this pain o. Lekwa tears. And parents will stay calling during your darkest hour; it's like they know something is up 🤣
You are 100% right cos am in a nursing here in America and its like a medical school in Nigeria.....no room for a C which is 70%...and to think the whites in the class a super fast with everything😂but thank God. You just have to be on your toes everyday! Don't procrastinate!!!
Winnie Floberg you are so right. In my school you have to pass with 80%. You will read your eyes out
I left my dissertation for last minute too...and on the morning of the due date I had a lot to change. I have never cried so much in my life 😭.
I have stories for days.. currently doing my undergrad in Canada; chemical engineering. to say the struggle is real is an understatement. sleepless nights, lots of tears, panic attacks, days when I feel like giving up and once in a while a sprinkle of happiness..
I'm going to my last year this fall and absolutely cannot wait. I have baba God to thank for keeping me sane and seeing me through.
I can agree with you on getting depressed. I have been in the U.K for almost 10 years. Even with my long presence, i get depressed and i got so bad about three years. New Research done actually shows that postgraduate students tend to get depressed and it is getting increasingly high. I'm happy you scaled through.
Oh my this is so true! Just finished my masters three months ago in a UK university. I totally relate :)
This is one of my fave videos and you are literally my fave youtuber. I am currently doing a law degree in the U.K as well and the amount of pressure we are under is so overwhelming. Like I wish they gave me heads up when I was applying for Visa. This same procrastination happened to me with one of my courses and what was left was the referencing and I totally forgot to realise that referencing in that course was totally different from the referencing in the other courses I took that year. I thought I could freestyle it. But that was how I was doing the deadline came and met me there and I lost 5 marks. Since then I concluded that Procrastination is of the devil.
the depression is reeeeaaallll! I found it so difficult to make friends on my course so I was always lost.
this vlog was too funny!!! 😂😂😂
loved this story time!
This is amazing! I love all the information
This was so helpful andtimely Dimma! Thank you
You are an awesome story teller! I loved it!
The depression is real. The worst is you just have to wing it. I stayed away from school for 3 weeks! crying, God knows i was ready to get my one way ticket and go back home.
Loved the weeping part. Great story. You look beautiful as usual.
Looool!! This story time made my Sunday :D
Whow!!! I loved this. You helped me cement my decision. Thank you ❤️
A lot of the things you were saying are so true of uni life. It brought back a lot of memories for me lol
sooo true. this is amazing...thank you sooooosooooo much for the advice especially speaking on depression and the need for prayer
*goes to do my work*
So glad you prevailed in the end Dimma!
i love your channel! great story!!! . im studying law and working full time and your video just caught my attention. it is not easy! youve got a new subbie for sure.xx
Oh my goodness! My heart was beating so fast. What a suspenseful story. I'm glad that you and fatima made it.
"Crying in Hausa" and "Crying in Igbo" 😂😂😂😂😂
More story times please!! This was too funny
Dimma thanks for sharing this story. Lots of lessons here. Also your makeup is gorgeous and you're too funny!
Girl. you made my day, I am sorry for what you went through but the way you told the story was so funny I got a good laugh.
I can relate. Currently working on the final parts of my dissertation to beat my mid-August deadline. I had actually put off my abstract, dedication and proof-reading. I will definitely get on it ASAP. Big Big thank you for this
The "what will I say" in igbo cracked me up so much 😂😂😂😂😂. Ehya. The cab guy is so nice. If it's in Nigeria, the man will just be saying, "e no get anything we go fit do oo, just dey pray" 😂😂😂
this video rocks.. i had a similar experience moving to the states..
I Needed This!!! Thank you for this Video 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I feel that you're exactly narrating ma own story 😌I'm a Gambian doing ma master's in GIS in the UMBC in the US.. but guess what! the struggle is real..too much work and I always cry wen I'm not satisfy with ma work, assignments etc. but thank God I'm catching up
You'll be alright.
Ida Badjie UMBC in da house
Fine Cameroon Gurl lol😁
Ida Badjie UMBC here too lol
I enjoyed every minute of this story! Greetings from Cameroon. Xx
Classic story!!!! I can't... nice one dear
you look extra gorgeous in this video. The experience sounds like stress, glad you could make it through 😊
This story made me laugh so much. Memories!!
Good timing too, I was thinking just two days ago about going after a seconds masters degree. Glad to know my experience with depressions wasn't singular. I really struggled my first go around.
I am busy with my dissertation right now and I have till December to submit my final draft, and boy the procrastination is at its peek right now but your story just gave me a wake up call. Thank you
This cracked me up, thank God you made it.
SIs!!!!!! I don't normally comment, but this has to be one video that will make a difference in my final year of uni next year. I'm that person that leaves it last minute and I am definitely taking your advise on board! Congrats on your 1st class! I pray my university story will end with a first class too in 2018 xx
I am just short of words...you just said it all, I thank God I am picking up, thank you so much for the advice through this video.
Hello Dimma,
I enjoyed watching this, I can relate with this 100% and I appreciate your honesty. :-)
You have a great sense of humour, I love your videos!
Oh Lord 😂 This is the video I didn't know I needed this evening. I was stressed on your behalf but also had a good laugh.
I'm so happy i watched this video today, my project is due for Friday and I'm making last minutes plans already, I'm totally concluding my work before Tuesday, i better get all the sleepless nights now before it's too late. Thanks for sharing💗
Oh my God! I can relate so much to this Dimma. It's just my first semester and I think I missed all my deadlines, "simple" things take so much time than expected. But I have three more semesters, so I'm going to take apply all the lessons from this first semester.
i needed this video!!!!!!
Chai! Diaris God ohh! Thank God you made it and passed with flying colours.
Me sef my dissertation is due in September and I'm already regretting all the times I have procrastinated.
You look gorgeous as always and more story times please x
Thank you. I'm also a last minute "work well under pressure person but I'm having so much trouble with my dissertation. This advice really helped. I'm taking study leave next week to try and push as much as I can. fingers crossed
Thank you very much for posting this! I'm from US and studying Masters at LSE and having similar experience of culture shock and I'm working full-time so assignment are often done last minute. Studying abroad has produced tradeoffs I wasn't prepared to make and the cost compounds it all.
yesss darling. give me life. i am in nursing school right now. i know how you feel.
Oh my goodness, tell me about those submissions hours!!! Just finished my MBA this past May here in the US and I have struggled for a year and a half. I have wrote so many research papers, with all the stress... But on graduation day I was so proud wearing my gown!!! Thanks for sharing your experience... cheers.
Khai, I went 2 weeks late to school and then got a plagiarism problem from the first assignment. They never warn you on the struggles going outside Naija to study.
it was really his grace that saw you both through...
I preparing for my masters in the us next year and this video is gold!!! Thanks!!!
This video, wow, so revealing. The story was really funny yet i felt your anguish. You are a good story teller.
girllll, you really tried it!! I'm over here having a panic attack imagining myself in that situation lol. god just had to teach you a lesson one good time lol
Oh Dimma, between the Somkele vibes and the brutal honesty, you are just ha-mazing! Thank you for sharing will really help me on my master's journey. x
Thank you for this video. Going through the same situation but I believe God is in control.
😂😂😂😂😂 Dimmah gosh when the story time started I couldn't 😂😂😂😂😂😂 oh the common weeping had me in knots ...Its funny now but I am pretty sure if I was there I would be weeping with you too and seeing those thousands of pounds 😐 ..I am currently completing my honours degree with Regent Business School (it's a year) and I have started doing my research for my dissertation already,also doing every single assignment in my academic calendar book first assignment is due on 4th September and I have read soo much material for reference .I ve also noted the paraphrasing tip there ,oh my how super glad I am to have watched this .It has just encouraged me to up my game and also showed me that procrastination is not my academic friend at all...Can't let my dollars go to waste .
ya schooling outside Nigeria is not really easy I went true hell and the worst part is that it end up affecting my GP am so angry and depress I thank God am going home soon not easy at all especially when you have to do everything on your own no one to help or talk to 😢😔 I cry almost everyday
magi lilian same here with me darl... but we'll be fine, trust me😊
to me...this is surely one of the best of your post. how i cried and laughed with you ....WOW
Thank you for this presentation!
Omg funniest video of yours I'd ever seen 😂😂😂😂😂 love how your recent videos show your personality 😬
your so right my sister, Education in this part of the world is really difficult.
I am in such awe of how much I can relate to you. From makeup, hair, comedy and now academics!!! I watched my 1st video of you with my boyfriend and it was so funny and informative and I was like, 'I like this girl, she gives me the feels.'
I like how authentically black you are, how smart you are *sniff sniff*. Just wanted to say, I think I love you man. Keep serving us life.
chaiii...I laughed and almost fell from my chair...Projects and papers here ehn are very thorough. I remember this English analysis class i took in my college freshman year. Thats how they said I should analyze one greek drawing like that that i didnt even understand, so I went on google, researched and wrote a paper on it. I actually did a lot to understand the drawing and then write on it but of course most of the details that went into the analysis could be linked to other online sources and i did not now cite my work "properly" but it wasn't intentional. I was a freshman, missed my orientation, didn't come to America with the plan of failing to become a Doctor so I definitely did all I knew to do. Thats how the professor ran the paper through plagiarism check and it came out with over 50% plagiarism....😱 . This guy called me after class and said normal procedure is to report to the english department and then also report to my biology department and disciplinary action would be taken.....as he was talking, the tears were building up and in the most innocent voice ever, i told this guy that it wasn't intentional. I had missed my orientation, the rules of the assignment weren't clear enough, I begged him for second chance while still praying in my mind. What will i tell my mother who hadn't even returned back to Nigeria....Thankfully, he sent me an email saying He would let me do the assignment again and that he understands and I should just be careful in my future classes. Nne, now ehn, if you give me any paper to write, the citation page must be thorough, i must run it through my own plagiarism test like 10 times, e no concern me. Its not easy out here in this streets oooo...lol
Thanks for this video. Writing mine now at a very slow pace. But this is definitely a wake up call. Thanks dimma. You don't know what this means to me.
Oh dear, speaking from experience, you need to pick up your speed and have it all done at least 2 days before the dateline. You will feel so much peace, instead of the stress I went through during that time. Good luck to you.
I don't understand why people disliked this video, this is serious life lessons here. Thank you so much dimma!
Thank you so much for your testimony. You made me laugh and its true for me too. Deadlines really get me fired up and productive but I really need to learn to finish early and avoid this. Congratulations by the way. You just boosted me. I am going to work harder and sleep for two days when all my uni duties are done😊
Thank you dear.. going for a post graduate and dis video helped me to know what to expect❤️
Thank you Dimma For this video. I did my under grad in nursing in UWI Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean) but I must say I can relate to the difficulties you faced and how different studying in Nigeria is from studying abroad. Also, being on your toes from the first day is the way to go which I think most of us realize very late. I missed getting first class honors by only few points which I'm sure was because of poor self esteem and worrying so much about fees rather than focusing on my studies. You know when I started concentrating more on my studies I noticed I was far better than most people in my class but I couldn't understand why I was just scared initially. Keep up the good work. Keep doing you.
I love the video, please, more videos like this.
thank you for sharing you experience, was very funy also very carougeouse of yours..xoxo
Omg... This was just so touching! I laughed and had tears in my eyes laughing esp. at the part u and Fatima were weeping😄😄. Am glad it ended well in the end. Thanks for sharing this
Thanks for this information Dimma. I am about to start off my Masters at the University of Aberdeen in the Department of Public health. At least I know what to expect when I arrive over there. I'm a very terrible procrastinator. I probably have to start working on that now so it does not become an issue for me over there. Once again, thanks for the enlightenment.
I really love this video. I can really relate...Quite funny but true life stories that you experience when you study abroad..d countless frustrating moments...Oh God! But God is always faithful tho'..Thanks for the advices too..
Doing a foundation course before your masters is a very good idea, if you havent experienced western education standards before.
I'm just a few months into my masters program in Canada and I feel like I've experienced everything you've talked about. This is so real, I can literally count how many days I've gone to bed without crying since I got here. It even goes beyond the school stress to life generally. It's comforting to watch and read comments that other people also have gone through similar experiences and scaled through. I wished I watched this video earlier but then again, I doubt I would have understood the gravity at that time. I have so much to say about this issue but I'm hoping for better days ahead, constantly fighting depression each day. My conclusion is that, without God, there's no chance for survival and don't envy people abroad especially in school/masters.
Oh Dimma, i can relate, i just finished my masters and i experienced alot of what you experienced
Praise God, Dimma! I love this story and your personality. I'm in the US, born and raised and I will just be starting a BA program, no stories yet, but please pray for me. Congratulations on receiving your Masters, I humbly pray I will receive mines too one day. ❤❤❤U
Oh my word this made me laugh...I can so much relate to this especially the crying part...I love this
yay in my school we used turn it in and other softwares.
haha that reminds me off when my last paper for my masters I believe I was up for like almost 72 hrs putting those finishing touches! thankfully submission was all online
I can relate to what you said. I did my masters degree in London. The course being a year you have no time to adjust. I spent so many nights at the library just to catch up and i had to work as well. It was really tough for me. When you remember the amount of tuition fee you paid you will be forced to work hard by force. But its all good at last.
When you said you got a 78 and that's an A, I was like chai!!! These people are lucky oh. I schooled in the US and had to get at least a 90 to have an A-. The struggle is real! And procrastination is a disease. I'm grateful to God that I still graduated top of my class. Thanks for sharing, was scary and funny at the same time.
I think their grading scale is different from the U S.