Shhhh....pretend I am not really here....if they come looking for me, I'm not here....
I'm currently procrastinating studying for a while. My "PhD cumulative exams" (we'll call 6010's) are starting soon. When you dream up the hair-brained scheme of getting your PhD, one of the things you have to do is take a series of exams to show that you have learned everything. This is what I call another "weeding out" point in the grad school gauntlet, the last one being writing and actually defending your dissertation.
As some of you know, I switched from Inorganic to Organic chemistry. (If you don't know why, buy me a beer and I will tell ya about it....it starts with boys are stupid.) The first of these exams is to judge your worthiness to take these (stupid) tests. I have learned that my is Friday.....and I learned this TODAY!!! Granted, I will be plenty prepared, but it does cut you up a bit short to learn that this "all important" exam is in three days.
So, I am blogging....mainly because I can type without looking, seeing as my eyes have gone to pot from reading too much organic chemistry.....the chemists understand.
4 comments:
Heh. I have my BA in Biochemistry - I totally know what you mean.
Your letter - should you choose to accept it - is "C"
Ugh. I remember when my husband took those--they called them "comps" though. Two days of hell.
Do you at least to start heavy lab rotations (and less classes) after you pass these?
Eeeeeeeeeek!
Holy crap! You only have three days?!?! After switching? Yikes. Well, don't study too hard and melt your brain. You might need it.
Godspeed and chocolate to you.
I'm crying a little bit for you - a giant test like that with just 3 days warning! Augh! I would definitely be blog hiding instead of studying since I would be so freaked out!
Now I just wonder about the inorganic / organic story...
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