Quote:That will definitely qualify for the PSLF loan forgiveness, looks cool. Maybe you can work on Ebola, lol. Some PhD's have a mentor who has to approve your graduation or final project or whatever (I have deliberately avoided these programs so forgive my lack of knowledge on the terms). I had a Chemistry professor who said he was stuck 5 years waiting to get his PhD from UM, but he finally got his supervisor/mentor to release him by making the supervisors wife bother him.

In our program, you present a proposal outlining your projects and then defend it. If approved, you become a candidate and are allowed to continue making progress until you have completed your dissertation. I'd hate to wait for approval....sounds like a crappy program. Best thing is your dissertation is simply what you publish. I'm not re-writing anything. I have about 5 papers lined up. One paper is finished and in the process of being submitted, the others are in prep. My professor is pretty chill. We're good friends. He has ideas, I have ideas and we just work to see them through. I wish I could share my work on here but I need to maintain some form of anonymity. Maybe one day. Yes, the USPHS have a nice loan forgiveness program if you qualify.


Are you still in school?

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