Midterms are upon us! Two down, three next week, one two weeks later. Spring break is in two weeks, we get a whole week off. It'll be nice to relax. I finally started my job after four months of onboarding and clearances and things. It's a bit slow going so far but interesting. The school is giving us no information for our thesis or internship, and yet expects us to figure this stuff out really quickly. Thesis idea submitted by like May 1st or something, and summer internship we need to apply for and be accepted, then get it approved by the school as it needs to satisfy some requirements. It's completely backwards and horribly set up. Higher ed never ceases to piss me off with its ineptitude. I'm going to start aggressively internship searching and applying once spring break hits. Beyond that, no real fun plans coming up. Might shoot for a meetup the Tuesday or Wednesday of my spring break -- 8th/9th of March. I have friends in town the Thursday-Sunday, so I can't do it on the classic Thursday. Haven't decided which day yet, if y'all have an opinion let me know. Be well y'all!
Of course it's bullshit! it's the same here, and every academic I ever worked with/under did it like this: 1. Propose/take a thesis topic and put it forward for approval. 2. Get it approved. 3. Do research as normal. 4. Submit a correction or change as necessary after your work is done, which is approved almost by default. In my maths division, the dean literally wrote the topics in pencil to save himself trouble at the end of the year. I know it's easy to say, but don't stress it too much -- your supervisors also know it's bullshit, but the admins need the work. Awesome! I'm up for meetups whenever.The school is giving us no information for our thesis or internship, and yet expects us to figure this stuff out really quickly. Thesis idea submitted by like May 1st or something, and summer internship we need to apply for and be accepted, then get it approved by the school as it needs to satisfy some requirements. It's completely backwards and horribly set up. Higher ed never ceases to piss me off with its ineptitude.
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