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]]> By: Alexa http://www.educatednation.com/2009/07/24/advice-for-surviving-phd-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-125327 Alexa Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:40:42 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/07/24/advice-for-surviving-phd-orals/#comment-125327 SCP-- Sometimes I can't come up with a decent reply t your comments because (a) I'm laughing too hard and,(b) you've already said all the good stuff. Take care, Alexa SCP–

Sometimes I can’t come up with a decent reply t your comments because (a) I’m laughing too hard and,(b) you’ve already said all the good stuff. Take care,

Alexa

]]> By: Simple Country Physicist http://www.educatednation.com/2009/07/24/advice-for-surviving-phd-orals/comment-page-1/#comment-125322 Simple Country Physicist Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:36:39 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/07/24/advice-for-surviving-phd-orals/#comment-125322 I should have to debate you on "most terrifying". In my day, at my graduate school PhD quals had two parts, written and oral. The key was recognizing what the purposes were and making that part of you. The written part was about doing stuff, the oral about how you approach stuff since only an idiot would expect results in a physics oral. The "most terrifying" was defense, largely from a standpoint of letting exalted professors down easy when they asked absurd things. I should have to debate you on “most terrifying”. In my day, at my graduate school PhD quals had two parts, written and oral. The key was recognizing what the purposes were and making that part of you. The written part was about doing stuff, the oral about how you approach stuff since only an idiot would expect results in a physics oral.

The “most terrifying” was defense, largely from a standpoint of letting exalted professors down easy when they asked absurd things.

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