Lately I am having quite a racing mind. I am no even sure what its called, but thats in top of my head. I am feeling mentally exhausted, i lack sleep not because of work, but thinking of work. I am sure its a good sign, but I feel headache coming all the time and feels strain on the eyes area. My body cry out for rest! But i got so much work to do!! In the back of my mind I am thinking about work. I dont even understand how i can manage that.
I cringe everytime i heard about submitting the thesis, viva, trouble this and that. I never properly check before, but apparently, depending on which uni you are in, the viva results categories are different. There is the top one; accepted without correction. There was one cfd student, i heard that he was brilliant, 3 years spot on. There's minor editorial, you might get a week or 2, but it probably would take you a couple hours to do the editting. There is minor but you get like 6 months to add something. Another cfd student got this recently, but apparently it was expected, so she did some additional work before the viva and it was exactly what the examiner highlighted. So she might not need the 6 months afterall. Then there is major correction. I have heard a couple of stories, 1 student got this after the viva, but its her luck that it did not went so well. Plus her time was up and she has had to come here and take time off from work in holland. It was a struggle, i am happy she passed , submitting the corrected version. Happy ending for her. Anyways, i think some other uni consider the 6 months minor as major correction but not here I guess. Almost forgot, the next category after major is resubmission/reviva. You might get somewhere between 6-12 months to add more work/chapters, more experimental work etc, resubmit and reviva. Last but not least, fail. Ouch (as in cringing!). You will not NOT get anything, might be mphil or something similar. I mean you can get mphil if you do not pass your transfer.. In my personal opinion, unless you did not do any work at all or have some problems with yours, you can get away with major correction. Its not that bad, but i do wish just the editorial.. ;p amin... I have a long way to go. 36 months ends in May.. I am definitely applying for extension.. I just want to get by..