the qualifying exam
is done!!!! i've passed, in case you hadn't heard some way or another. and it was really anti-climactic getting it all over with. because it's not fun, and the relief that you feel afterwards is not equal to the stress that you felt before it happened. i mean certainly there were times that i was overtly ecstatic, but most of my friends are still freaked out because they haven't had theirs yet, so it wasn't all that much fun being the only person who could celebrate. and then i had to clean my apartment that night because my family was coming to pick me up the next day to go to the beach.
but the experience itself wasn't all that bad, but i think that i was fortunate in my committee. because they all seemed to be pretty laid back (to the point that i sometimes wondered if they knew what was going on). and i couldn't quite understand what they were asking most of the time, but so it goes. not that i want to do it again. i think that was the most freaked out i've ever been in my life. at least academically. but now it's back to work, learning about new things that are actually pertinent to what my thesis is going to be about.
and on an even brighter note, i can go real grocery shopping again and actually cook food for myself. real food, as opposed to the fake, frozen things i've been eating for the past 3 months. yay!
but the experience itself wasn't all that bad, but i think that i was fortunate in my committee. because they all seemed to be pretty laid back (to the point that i sometimes wondered if they knew what was going on). and i couldn't quite understand what they were asking most of the time, but so it goes. not that i want to do it again. i think that was the most freaked out i've ever been in my life. at least academically. but now it's back to work, learning about new things that are actually pertinent to what my thesis is going to be about.
and on an even brighter note, i can go real grocery shopping again and actually cook food for myself. real food, as opposed to the fake, frozen things i've been eating for the past 3 months. yay!