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[froggy_dear]

So I now have two sets of comments back. One was pretty general with some good suggestions. The second one is very very specific with lots of points where I need improvement.

While the second one is fair, it also scares me. I worry that this person won't be willing to pass me come June 1st. I'm also not sure where to start. I want to start dealing with the comments, but I don't have the third person's comments. Nor have I heard from the third person in a long time. I sent off a reminder email this morning. I'll send another one tomorrow morning if I don't hear back.

I backed out of work today to start dealing with thesis 2.0.

Where to start.... where to start.... Back to stress.

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[ohsochewy.livejournal.com]

You know, the more I think about it, the more I think that the second person will pass you. I mean, yeah, do the work and all, but while she's obviously not giving you a freebie, she will probably be very happy to see that you've taken her comments to heart.

This reminds me of when I used to grade MCAT essays for Kaplan. There were times when I didn't bother giving super specific comments, because WHOA did these essays need a lot of work. However, there were other times where I spent way more than I needed on it, because the essay in question had good bones and I could tell that making a certain subtlety more clear would turn it into a real whizbang.

As for the third one, if you have to goad his/her colleagues into pesterhim him/her, then get on them too. there's nothing worse than an unresponsive committeemember, even if they're just busy like everyone else.

You can do eet! Go go go!

[froggy-dear.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but one of the overarching comments is that the logical flow is weak. Burn! I am not accustomed to being called out. Normally it doesn't happen and I'm the only one aware that my work is less than good.