This is so very helpful. I have been ABD for a couple of years now and I just want to finish but sometimes I feel like I just can't. Thanks so much for your strategies and words of encouragement.
Wow! Your insight is incredibly profound! You touched on points that I have never heard before from others sharing information about the PhD process. I hope you make more videos like this for encouragement to us out here trying to power through the PhD process / starting the process :)
Thank you very much , you have given a very good info .. may I know if you any suggestion while proof reading my thesis report , do I want to spend more time in editing , because it makes me to think more and my research again :(
Hi, I really appreciated your advice on how to finish a dissertation but I have a first question. I am an International Law PhD candidate, and I have already started the writing process. One of your advices is to establish a calendar together with your scientific Committee. But how do you organize yourself when you don't have a Committee / Supervisor that helps you designing a Calendar of tasks and things to do in order to graduate whenever you have decided to? I mean, in my case, I need to be very independent since my supervisor would not address this kind of request. I am supposed to deal with it all by my self and the writing and rewriting process is always longer than I expect. Thank you in advance for your answer. LHS
Liliana. Thanks for your question. What I recommend is saying something like, "If I want to graduate in XXXX, by when do you think you'd need a rough draft." Then you can plan backwards. Write up a proposed Calendar based on the answer to that question and then send the calendar asking "Does this work with your schedule?" Present it as a way for you to help them rather than them to help you. You know they are very busy and want to present them with chapters and drafts at a time that works for them. My committee appreciated that approach.
Thank you for ur very helpful advice. FN from Goa
This is so very helpful. I have been ABD for a couple of years now and I just want to finish but sometimes I feel like I just can't. Thanks so much for your strategies and words of encouragement.
Very helpful
Wow! Your insight is incredibly profound! You touched on points that I have never heard before from others sharing information about the PhD process. I hope you make more videos like this for encouragement to us out here trying to power through the PhD process / starting the process :)
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Thank you very much , you have given a very good info .. may I know if you any suggestion while proof reading my thesis report , do I want to spend more time in editing , because it makes me to think more and my research again :(
Hi, I really appreciated your advice on how to finish a dissertation but I have a first question. I am an International Law PhD candidate, and I have already started the writing process.
One of your advices is to establish a calendar together with your scientific Committee.
But how do you organize yourself when you don't have a Committee / Supervisor that helps you designing a Calendar of tasks and things to do in order to graduate whenever you have decided to?
I mean, in my case, I need to be very independent since my supervisor would not address this kind of request. I am supposed to deal with it all by my self and the writing and rewriting process is always longer than I expect.
Thank you in advance for your answer.
LHS
Liliana. Thanks for your question. What I recommend is saying something like, "If I want to graduate in XXXX, by when do you think you'd need a rough draft." Then you can plan backwards. Write up a proposed Calendar based on the answer to that question and then send the calendar asking "Does this work with your schedule?" Present it as a way for you to help them rather than them to help you. You know they are very busy and want to present them with chapters and drafts at a time that works for them. My committee appreciated that approach.
I will try, I'm meeting him in a couple of weeks. Thank you very much for your response!