Timeline for Advisor says I shouldn't expect to finish thesis soon, but won't offer specific feedback on what is missing; how to react?
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| Sep 29, 2014 at 16:23 | comment | added | Jake | All I can think of is that he wants me to do a lot of additional unspecified work on the thesis, which would be pretty much reworking every detail to a higher quality, and that I should take time doing it, and not merely complete the dissertation plan with sufficient quality. | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 16:20 | comment | added | Jake | A formal thesis proposal is not required in my department, but I have discussed this in maximal possible detail with the advisor, which is limited by his time availability and willingness to discuss those details. In the latest discussions, it was apparent that his expectations for scope are somewhat smaller than mine. I can easily satisfy all of the requirements he mentioned perhaps even all too quickly, and he does not think I should be concerned about anything else. | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 14:22 | comment | added | David Ketcheson | Do you have a proposal document that defines what remains to be done? If not, your perception and your advisor's may be vastly different. | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 14:02 | comment | added | Jake | The confusing thing is that what remains to be done is simply brushing up the existing draft, perhaps even deleting some extra material, and adding application of theory to some examples, the latter being already done to a small extent for proof of concept purposes. So it would appear that although I have recently started, I am almost done, but at the same time, the expected timeframe remains about 3 years in total. Perhaps I can practically complete the thesis in a few months and spend an additional year simply improving its "awesomeness" factor. | |
| Sep 29, 2014 at 13:30 | history | answered | David Ketcheson | CC BY-SA 3.0 |