To PhD...
Fuck it.
I'm going for it, I don't care. Nothing to lose and all that jazz. Iain phoned me this morning and I had a bit of a chat with him about it. It all sounds really good. I asked him how many people normally apply for such things, he said one year they received just 6 applications, another year they received 60! Shit! Knowing my luck it will be a higher number apply this time. Let's be honest though, a 1 in 60 chance really isn't much, so I will try not to get my hopes up.
I still have no idea what to put for my project proposal bit though. Iain told me to just put the areas of research that I'm interested in, but surely they will be looking for more than that. I'm sure other applicants will have 100% idea of what they want to do, which will make them look better than me.
Meh. I know I should be excited, but I feel like I'm preparing myself for a big disappointment already.
I'm going to spend a few days researching I think, to come up with some areas in which I can make 'a valuable contribution to existing knowledge'... or something.
I know that I have a good academic background, and it will probably help that I have done all my study at Hallam and have good references from there. So I know I do have a chance. But as usual it's always down to who else applies.
The can all fuck off! It's MY PhD DAMNIT!!
Ok, I'll shut up now... :P
I'm going for it, I don't care. Nothing to lose and all that jazz. Iain phoned me this morning and I had a bit of a chat with him about it. It all sounds really good. I asked him how many people normally apply for such things, he said one year they received just 6 applications, another year they received 60! Shit! Knowing my luck it will be a higher number apply this time. Let's be honest though, a 1 in 60 chance really isn't much, so I will try not to get my hopes up.
I still have no idea what to put for my project proposal bit though. Iain told me to just put the areas of research that I'm interested in, but surely they will be looking for more than that. I'm sure other applicants will have 100% idea of what they want to do, which will make them look better than me.
Meh. I know I should be excited, but I feel like I'm preparing myself for a big disappointment already.
I'm going to spend a few days researching I think, to come up with some areas in which I can make 'a valuable contribution to existing knowledge'... or something.
I know that I have a good academic background, and it will probably help that I have done all my study at Hallam and have good references from there. So I know I do have a chance. But as usual it's always down to who else applies.
The can all fuck off! It's MY PhD DAMNIT!!
Ok, I'll shut up now... :P