All I can say is Thank You Jesus!! I passed my Ph.D. qualifying exam on Monday and now I am an official Ph.D. Candidate!! Woohooooo!! : )
So there were three faculty members on my qualifying exam committee, all of whom I had never had a conversation/class with before. When I met them in the room, they seemed to be friendly, so that put me at ease before I started presenting. I must say though that the third committee member was VERY TARDY! I was supposed to start presenting at 1pm, but didn't get to that till about 1:30p!!
My presentation was about 30 min. long and I was too excited about using my newly purchased laser pointer that day, lol! I was also loving the fact that I could advance my powerpoint slides using my macbook remote. Yay for Apple! : )
After my presentation, the "grilling" began. In the beginning, I found the questions to be very simple to handle, but it didn't take too long for them to get harder exponentially,lol! One member of my committee had a background in chemistry and he definitely took it there! I definitely felt like after his questions that I probably needed a refresher course in organic chemistry! Overall, they really were looking to test the limits of my knowledge and I could feel it! When they would ask a question and I knew right offhand that I didn't know the answer, I had to force myself to open my mouth and start thinking out loud! They were really interested in understanding my thinking pattern.
Well once the questioning was through, I was dismissed from the room for about 7 min. When they welcomed me back, this is what went down:
Professor A: Well we are going to send you something formal later but overall we had no problems with your presentation. You did a really good job so you've passed.
Me: I passed???!!
Prof. A: Yes, you've passed.
Me: (With joy gleaming in my eyes...had to restrain my leaping,lol) Thank you! Thank you so much!
All in all, I am so grateful to God for stepping in yet again. I couldn't have done this without Him! That is a FACT!! I'm so glad to finally have this behind me : )
That Ph.D. is inching closer towards me. Yessiiiirrrrr!!
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