dissertation proposal

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I turned in a draft of my dissertation proposal to my adviser on Wednesday. It was still very much a draft but at least I had some of my ideas down in written form. (It's much later than I hoped to have it done, but still okay since my ultimate goal is to have it finished by the end of the semester.)

In response to this news my dad wrote:

Hi Amelia,

Glad that you've been having a good week. Wednesday night I drove over to Vt and yesterday was a nice spring, sunny, and wam day in the field looking at an old penstock that is scheduled to be replaced this summer. Remember the one Thanksgiving when you went with me to a hydrosite and helped by survey a penstock ? You must have been about 8th grade or so. I still have a picure of you standing in front of the powerhouse.

Glad that you turned in your thesis draft. Even if Dr Mansbach rips it apart with comments its a good step forward.

See you in a few weeks.

love,
dad

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So very much like him, erring on the side of honesty rather than tact :)

My adviser responded with the following:

Friday

Dear Amelia,
Yesterday en route to NYC, I went over your proposal. It is basically quite good; but I think we need to work over a few things (all easy to address). Therefore, we can either meet this coming week, say on Tuesday afternoon. Or I can telephone you and by phone we can go over matters. If the latter, do let me know how best to reach you (and a few "time" options).

Best,
[name title etc]
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Heartening yes? No "major revisions" or "reevaluate your concept". Hopefully we will meet on Tuesday, set a date for the proposal defense within a week or two and keep moving.

Comments

[mylene2k.livejournal.com]

Congrats! And such promising feedback from your adviser too!