PhD Life: On becoming a PhD Candidate

Two and a half years. Five courses. An exemption I didn’t want but, somehow, circumstances warranted. And one email thread I will never delete that resulted in transition What a journey! And I took a sigh of relief,This is such a long overdue post considering I had bits and pieces of it sitting in my […]

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PhD Life: On Completion of My First Year as a PhD Student

Failure. That’s the word I’ve been using to describe myself as my first year of PhD comes to an end. Closely followed by Disappointed, Discouraged, Embarrassed, Hopeless, Ashamed, and Sad. I know all these are negative emotions, and what’s worse, I feel them all at the same time. Reflecting on the Past Year Let’s take […]

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The Journey: On a seasoned supervisor coupled with funding

To fully appreciate this post, kindly read; The story and background The application process After successfully gaining admission, I immediately went on a supervisor hunt. Here is a summary with timelines; Started reaching out to supervisors. Reached out to my current supervisor on November 20 2020 after rejection from other supervisors. Had my interview on […]

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