Saturday, September 29, 2007

Ph.D. anxiety

i know i have much to do... but.... i can't stop thinking of the future... i want so badly to go for my Ph.D. i can't help it....

Reading some stuff on graduate school in my first-choice-university's site i found this

"Student X comes from famous school Y in country Z, where he was ranked 5th out of
4 over hundreds of thousands of students. He was also ranked #1 in his class for the year in terms of GPA. The student comes to graduate school expecting to be the best and starts working very hard on research. By the end of his first or second year, the student realizes that he has not yet published any papers. His friends and family from home start asking what’s wrong with him. He feels frustrated and ashamed. He blames his advisor, he blames his department, he blames his school. Finally, he grows up and accepts the fact that maybe he’s not the best, but he can still do well if he works hard. He starts listening better, works harder, and ends up quite successful. "

i wonder if this could be the story i haven't lived yet.....

I really hope it is....