Sunday .....14 dAzEs....til I have my life back!

Since a few of you have asked thru the weeks "what the hell are U counting down ?!?"

I thought I'd include a small readers digest version of this journey....

I am currently writing my comprehensive exams for my PhD.....

Long story short...the two yrs of coursework I completed (proud to say with a 4.0)...are now being tested by my Doctoral Committee members.

This committee consists of 3 PhD's (Professors) who have familiarity with my doctoral concentration (postpartum disorders).

They created 4 questions (containing on average 3 sections of research questions) which is to be researched, answered, and written according to APA writing standards.

At the 6 weeks deadline, I hand this 60 page document (excluding title, table of contents,appendices and references) to my committee.

They then examine it in relation to a standardized set of requirements and advise the university whether or not I have fulfilled what they were looking for.

The committee and I then get together so I can "defend" verbally what I wrote....(by answering questions they have about my research findings).

The committee then recommends to the University that I be allowed to do a real life study and complete my dissertation in the process.

After that is completed according to more rules and guidelines than you want to know and my study documentation is published....I become a doctor?!?!

Hope that helps. :)