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ChromaticAngel 09/12/17 2:55:06 PM #1:	Took him 17 years but he's finally going to do it. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:886473733] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>Took him 17 years but he's finally going to do it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DocileOrangeCup 09/12/17 2:55:31 PM #2:	a-boutta-die? --- https://i.imgtc.com/usDFlRA.jpg https://i.imgtc.com/GSrk8Nh.jpg https://i.imgtc.com/yo9VSX9.jpg https://i.imgtc.com/BnnNepT.jpg https://tinyurl.com/Cornboard <cite>DocileOrangeCup posted [p:886473768] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>a-boutta-die?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChromaticAngel 09/12/17 2:56:19 PM #3:	DocileOrangeCup posted... a-boutta-die? All but dissertation. Basically means you're 99% done with a Ph.D. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:886473815] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>DocileOrangeCup posted...</cite> <quote>a-boutta-die?</quote> All but dissertation. Basically means you're 99% done with a Ph.D.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dustin1280 09/12/17 2:56:57 PM #4:	His doctorate? --- Smash DS Code: 4554-0120-5368 SB4 Name: Roz RIP: Orlando of the Axe Karma: 1642 --he delivered! <cite>Dustin1280 posted [p:886473872] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>His doctorate?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChromaticAngel 09/12/17 2:58:13 PM #5:	Dustin1280 posted... His doctorate? Yep. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:886473976] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>Dustin1280 posted...</cite> <quote>His doctorate?</quote> Yep.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dustin1280 09/12/17 2:58:47 PM #6:	Hey 17 years is better than not getting one at all, especially when he has put 17 years into it. Good for him for finally completing it. I do worry about the massive debt he might be in for it taking that long though... --- Smash DS Code: 4554-0120-5368 SB4 Name: Roz RIP: Orlando of the Axe Karma: 1642 --he delivered! <cite>Dustin1280 posted [p:886474010] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>Hey 17 years is better than not getting one at all, especially when he has put 17 years into it. Good for him for finally completing it. I do worry about the massive debt he might be in for it taking that long though...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C7D 09/12/17 3:00:57 PM #7:	That's a long time at university. Congrats for your friend! I could never have stayed in that long. 8 semesters for undergrad (fall and spring for 4 years and (10 semesters 3.5 years) more semesters to get my PhD. <cite>C7D posted [p:886474162] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>That's a long time at university. Congrats for your friend! I could never have stayed in that long. 8 semesters for undergrad (fall and spring for 4 years and (10 semesters 3.5 years) more semesters to get my PhD.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_BlueMonk 09/12/17 3:02:42 PM #8:	nice. i have a masters and i think about going back to get a phd, but then i remember all my friends who have phds and i currently make more money than and im like uhhhhhhh. --- One in a Million, TWICE! Dahyun is BEST. <cite>_BlueMonk posted [p:886474283] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>nice. i have a masters and i think about going back to get a phd, but then i remember all my friends who have phds and i currently make more money than and im like uhhhhhhh.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChromaticAngel 09/12/17 3:03:23 PM #9:	Dustin1280 posted... Hey 17 years is better than not getting one at all, especially when he has put 17 years into it. Good for him for finally completing it. I do worry about the massive debt he might be in for it taking that long though... most of it was paid for. It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. If he had to pay for the whole thing out of pocket he would not have lasted that long. His family has got money but not that much money. To put this into perspective for anyone wondering if 17 years is normal, I have a friend who became an actual doctor (psychiatrist) in less time and he changed his mind halfway through after pursuing a career in surgery for a while. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:886474331] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>Dustin1280 posted...</cite> <quote>Hey 17 years is better than not getting one at all, especially when he has put 17 years into it. Good for him for finally completing it. I do worry about the massive debt he might be in for it taking that long though...</quote> most of it was paid for. It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. If he had to pay for the whole thing out of pocket he would not have lasted that long. His family has got money but not that much money. To put this into perspective for anyone wondering if 17 years is normal, I have a friend who became an actual doctor (psychiatrist) in less time and he changed his mind halfway through after pursuing a career in surgery for a while.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C7D 09/12/17 3:09:47 PM #10:	ChromaticAngel posted... Dustin1280 posted... Hey 17 years is better than not getting one at all, especially when he has put 17 years into it. Good for him for finally completing it. I do worry about the massive debt he might be in for it taking that long though... most of it was paid for. It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. If he had to pay for the whole thing out of pocket he would not have lasted that long. His family has got money but not that much money. To put this into perspective for anyone wondering if 17 years is normal, I have a friend who became an actual doctor (psychiatrist) in less time and he changed his mind halfway through after pursuing a career in surgery for a while. I did some research for a company in addition to my regular dissertation work to pay for some of my materials. They used my research for their national marketing campaign. It was pretty cool knowing that my work went into the ads for a multi billion dollar chemical company. Good on him for having funding. <cite>C7D posted [p:886474722] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Dustin1280 posted...</cite> <quote>Hey 17 years is better than not getting one at all, especially when he has put 17 years into it. Good for him for finally completing it. I do worry about the massive debt he might be in for it taking that long though...</quote> most of it was paid for. It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. If he had to pay for the whole thing out of pocket he would not have lasted that long. His family has got money but not that much money. To put this into perspective for anyone wondering if 17 years is normal, I have a friend who became an actual doctor (psychiatrist) in less time and he changed his mind halfway through after pursuing a career in surgery for a while.</quote> I did some research for a company in addition to my regular dissertation work to pay for some of my materials. They used my research for their national marketing campaign. It was pretty cool knowing that my work went into the ads for a multi billion dollar chemical company. Good on him for having funding.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 09/12/17 3:11:02 PM #11:	ChromaticAngel posted... It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. I mean, that's all science PhDs though. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:886474798] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote>It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. </quote> I mean, that's all science PhDs though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C7D 09/12/17 3:11:40 PM #12:	COVxy posted... ChromaticAngel posted... It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. I mean, that's all science PhDs though. This! I would hate to think someone could get a PhD without doing real research. <cite>C7D posted [p:886474833] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>COVxy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote>It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. </quote> I mean, that's all science PhDs though.</quote> This! I would hate to think someone could get a PhD without doing real research.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChromaticAngel 09/12/17 3:24:40 PM #13:	C7D posted... COVxy posted... ChromaticAngel posted... It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. I mean, that's all science PhDs though. This! I would hate to think someone could get a PhD without doing real research. I mean it was literally funded by government science grants the same way any other research is funded (not counting private funded studies). Not that other people don't do real work. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:886475660] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>C7D posted...</cite> <quote><cite>COVxy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote>It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. </quote> I mean, that's all science PhDs though.</quote> This! I would hate to think someone could get a PhD without doing real research.</quote> I mean it was literally funded by government science grants the same way any other research is funded (not counting private funded studies). Not that other people don't do real work.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C7D 09/12/17 3:35:16 PM #14:	ChromaticAngel posted... C7D posted... COVxy posted... ChromaticAngel posted... It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. I mean, that's all science PhDs though. This! I would hate to think someone could get a PhD without doing real research. I mean it was literally funded by government science grants the same way any other research is funded (not counting private funded studies). Not that other people don't do real work. What you are saying makes it sound like he was the PI on his research. That's not normal for a PhD student. Professors should either hold a grant to do your research already or work with the student for future studies. For example, my research was funded by government sources and private funding from an outside company. We did apply together for funding for future studies and future students but that was not a primary aim of my graduation. I think this is fairly typical. We wrote a few NSF grant proposals and one from NIH, but I have since moved on since I didn't want to be a professor. <cite>C7D posted [p:886476259] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>C7D posted...</cite> <quote><cite>COVxy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote>It's one of the reasons it took 17 years is because it was basically real research he was doing. </quote> I mean, that's all science PhDs though.</quote> This! I would hate to think someone could get a PhD without doing real research.</quote> I mean it was literally funded by government science grants the same way any other research is funded (not counting private funded studies). Not that other people don't do real work.</quote> What you are saying makes it sound like he was the PI on his research. That's not normal for a PhD student. Professors should either hold a grant to do your research already or work with the student for future studies. For example, my research was funded by government sources and private funding from an outside company. We did apply together for funding for future studies and future students but that was not a primary aim of my graduation. I think this is fairly typical. We wrote a few NSF grant proposals and one from NIH, but I have since moved on since I didn't want to be a professor.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChromaticAngel 09/12/17 3:39:27 PM #15:	C7D posted... What you are saying makes it sound like he was the PI on his research. That's not normal for a PhD student. Professors should either hold a grant to do your research already or work with the student for future studies. For example, my research was funded by government sources and private funding from an outside company. We did apply together for funding for future studies and future students but that was not a primary aim of my graduation. I think this is fairly typical. We wrote a few NSF grant proposals and one from NIH, but I have since moved on since I didn't want to be a professor. I'm not entirely sure what his position was. I know he was in some minor authority position. He had keys to access the building after hours and such and had to do things like lock up rooms with animals so that the cleaning staff couldn't get in and fuck up the ongoing experiments, and that he was basically paid to get his degree--although not much. He still worked side jobs for general living expenses. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:886476463] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>C7D posted...</cite> <quote>What you are saying makes it sound like he was the PI on his research. That's not normal for a PhD student. Professors should either hold a grant to do your research already or work with the student for future studies. For example, my research was funded by government sources and private funding from an outside company. We did apply together for funding for future studies and future students but that was not a primary aim of my graduation. I think this is fairly typical. We wrote a few NSF grant proposals and one from NIH, but I have since moved on since I didn't want to be a professor.</quote> I'm not entirely sure what his position was. I know he was in some minor authority position. He had keys to access the building after hours and such and had to do things like lock up rooms with animals so that the cleaning staff couldn't get in and fuck up the ongoing experiments, and that he was basically paid to get his degree--although not much. He still worked side jobs for general living expenses.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Renraku_San 09/12/17 3:40:57 PM #16:	Do we really need a stupid acronym for that? --- I worship Jesus Christ and am 100% proud to be Christian! I read the Bible every day, you should too! <cite>Renraku_San posted [p:886476548] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>Do we really need a stupid acronym for that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Giant_Aspirin 09/12/17 3:43:04 PM #17:	isn't the dissertation painfully long and can sometimes take years to write and finish? --- Now Playing: Nier: Automata (PC) *(~);} - Get out the pans, don't just stand there dreamin' - {;(~)* <cite>Giant_Aspirin posted [p:886476675] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>isn't the dissertation painfully long and can sometimes take years to write and finish?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C7D 09/12/17 3:43:07 PM #18:	Renraku_San posted... Do we really need a stupid acronym for that? It's not stupid at all when it's the one that describes you. I remember being excited to post that as my Facebook status. <cite>C7D posted [p:886476681] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>Renraku_San posted...</cite> <quote>Do we really need a stupid acronym for that?</quote> It's not stupid at all when it's the one that describes you. I remember being excited to post that as my Facebook status.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChromaticAngel 09/12/17 3:43:45 PM #19:	Giant_Aspirin posted... isn't the dissertation painfully long and can sometimes take years to write and finish? It's due by November so... --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:886476714] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote>isn't the dissertation painfully long and can sometimes take years to write and finish?</quote> It's due by November so...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sayoria 09/12/17 3:43:53 PM #20:	Adult Baby Diapering? --- i.imgur.com/OBxVnqJ.png ~ www.azaleasdolls.com/dressupgames/heroine-creator.php i.imgur.com/Pj3WBiE.jpg ~ www.dolldivine.com/sailor-moon-senshi-maker.php <cite>Sayoria posted [p:886476723] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>Adult Baby Diapering?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C7D 09/12/17 3:44:13 PM #21:	Giant_Aspirin posted... isn't the dissertation painfully long and can sometimes take years to write and finish? I wrote my papers as I went along, so it wasn't so bad. Mine was around 300 pages, and I completed it in about 3 months after I finished my research. <cite>C7D posted [p:886476742] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote>isn't the dissertation painfully long and can sometimes take years to write and finish?</quote> I wrote my papers as I went along, so it wasn't so bad. Mine was around 300 pages, and I completed it in about 3 months after I finished my research.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C7D 09/12/17 3:45:48 PM #22:	ChromaticAngel posted... Giant_Aspirin posted... isn't the dissertation painfully long and can sometimes take years to write and finish? It's due by November so... Likely a soft deadline... he can always pay to sign up for one credit hour if he can't complete it on time. <cite>C7D posted [p:886476830] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote>isn't the dissertation painfully long and can sometimes take years to write and finish?</quote> It's due by November so...</quote> Likely a soft deadline... he can always pay to sign up for one credit hour if he can't complete it on time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 09/12/17 3:46:24 PM #23:	ChromaticAngel posted... I'm not entirely sure what his position was. I know he was in some minor authority position. He had keys to access the building after hours and such and had to do things like lock up rooms with animals so that the cleaning staff couldn't get in and fuck up the ongoing experiments, and that he was basically paid to get his degree--although not much. He still worked side jobs for general living expenses. All this is pretty normal for PhD students. Renraku_San posted... Do we really need a stupid acronym for that? Keep in mind that what precedes it is usually an extremely stressful comprehensive exam which you demonstrate to a panel of experts that you have enough knowledge about a field to continue onwards. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:886476862] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote>I'm not entirely sure what his position was. I know he was in some minor authority position. He had keys to access the building after hours and such and had to do things like lock up rooms with animals so that the cleaning staff couldn't get in and fuck up the ongoing experiments, and that he was basically paid to get his degree--although not much. He still worked side jobs for general living expenses.</quote> All this is pretty normal for PhD students. <cite>Renraku_San posted...</cite> <quote>Do we really need a stupid acronym for that?</quote> Keep in mind that what precedes it is usually an extremely stressful comprehensive exam which you demonstrate to a panel of experts that you have enough knowledge about a field to continue onwards.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 09/12/17 3:53:32 PM #24:	Jesus, a PhD sounds awful Is a JD as hard --- http://i.imgur.com/iwo6yR9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/uqXNtk6.jpg <cite>Doe posted [p:886477271] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>Jesus, a PhD sounds awful Is a JD as hard</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AsucaHayashi 09/12/17 3:55:39 PM #25:	i really thought it was "A Big Dick".... --- Not being able to land shoryuken consistently on one method of input as opposed to another is a matter of preference - zedzilla http://i.imgur.com/9Yv0R2Z.jpg <cite>AsucaHayashi posted [p:886477400] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote>i really thought it was "A Big Dick"....</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C7D 09/12/17 4:06:42 PM #26:	COVxy posted... ChromaticAngel posted... I'm not entirely sure what his position was. I know he was in some minor authority position. He had keys to access the building after hours and such and had to do things like lock up rooms with animals so that the cleaning staff couldn't get in and fuck up the ongoing experiments, and that he was basically paid to get his degree--although not much. He still worked side jobs for general living expenses. All this is pretty normal for PhD students. Renraku_San posted... Do we really need a stupid acronym for that? Keep in mind that what precedes it is usually an extremely stressful comprehensive exam which you demonstrate to a panel of experts that you have enough knowledge about a field to continue onwards. This is customizable. I got 4 exams : electrokinetics, neutron scattering, clinical diagnostics, and polymer physics. They tried to tailor mine directly to my research topics. <cite>C7D posted [p:886478067] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>COVxy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ChromaticAngel posted...</cite> <quote>I'm not entirely sure what his position was. I know he was in some minor authority position. He had keys to access the building after hours and such and had to do things like lock up rooms with animals so that the cleaning staff couldn't get in and fuck up the ongoing experiments, and that he was basically paid to get his degree--although not much. He still worked side jobs for general living expenses.</quote> All this is pretty normal for PhD students. <cite>Renraku_San posted...</cite> <quote>Do we really need a stupid acronym for that?</quote> Keep in mind that what precedes it is usually an extremely stressful comprehensive exam which you demonstrate to a panel of experts that you have enough knowledge about a field to continue onwards.</quote> This is customizable. I got 4 exams : electrokinetics, neutron scattering, clinical diagnostics, and polymer physics. They tried to tailor mine directly to my research topics.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChromaticAngel 09/12/17 4:09:52 PM #27:	COVxy posted... All this is pretty normal for PhD students. It seems such. I was just addressing a concern raised earlier about 17 years of debt. --- https://puu.sh/tcLsT/24f4611235.png <cite>ChromaticAngel posted [p:886478273] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>COVxy posted...</cite> <quote> All this is pretty normal for PhD students.</quote> It seems such. I was just addressing a concern raised earlier about 17 years of debt.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
COVxy 09/12/17 4:34:45 PM #28:	C7D posted... This is customizable. I got 4 exams : electrokinetics, neutron scattering, clinical diagnostics, and polymer physics. They tried to tailor mine directly to my research topics. It depends on the department, but all have some form of exam that has very similar stress. My department has you write a review or meta-analysis and then you present it in front of your committee. --- =E[(x-E[x])(y-E[y])] <cite>COVxy posted [p:886479805] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>C7D posted...</cite> <quote>This is customizable. I got 4 exams : electrokinetics, neutron scattering, clinical diagnostics, and polymer physics. They tried to tailor mine directly to my research topics. </quote> It depends on the department, but all have some form of exam that has very similar stress. My department has you write a review or meta-analysis and then you present it in front of your committee.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
C7D 09/12/17 4:39:51 PM #29:	COVxy posted... C7D posted... This is customizable. I got 4 exams : electrokinetics, neutron scattering, clinical diagnostics, and polymer physics. They tried to tailor mine directly to my research topics. It depends on the department, but all have some form of exam that has very similar stress. My department has you write a review or meta-analysis and then you present it in front of your committee. I'm so glad we didn't do that. I was given problem statements and asked to provide the solution. These were brutal problems that required you to truly grasp the subject matter. I felt like I was turning in books, lol. <cite>C7D posted [p:886480103] in My friend ... [t:75767449]...</cite> <quote><cite>COVxy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>C7D posted...</cite> <quote>This is customizable. I got 4 exams : electrokinetics, neutron scattering, clinical diagnostics, and polymer physics. They tried to tailor mine directly to my research topics. </quote> It depends on the department, but all have some form of exam that has very similar stress. My department has you write a review or meta-analysis and then you present it in front of your committee.</quote> I'm so glad we didn't do that. I was given problem statements and asked to provide the solution. These were brutal problems that required you to truly grasp the subject matter. I felt like I was turning in books, lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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