kudos

One of my dissertation friends got her IRB approval today -- woohoo! I am really excited about her study. She is looking at the concept of "effortless perfection" and female college students. It has such amazing potential, because how many of us go through life with those feelings? This is definitely a dissertation I would like to read.

I was just talking to one of my friends in the program about the progress of my cohort. Of the 12 or so people that started fall of 2003 only one person has finished, and no one is on track to finish this year. It's a little frustrating because we've all worked really hard, we were all told this is a three year program, we were all led to believe that we would have the support and funding needed. Unfortunately this hasn't been particularly true.

So it is good that some of us are pushing through, some with the help and support of faculty, some with the help and support of each other. Whatever the case, as I think about all of us who started the program I think that we all have potential whether or not we make it through together.