I have done the work and it has been reviewed. It was not so horrible but it was not so easy either. Upon return of my dissertation I found substantial challenges to it that I was required to rebut.
The advantage of the first submission is waiting for review is a short time. They must only read it and identify their objections or questions. Perhaps there was a grammatical error that did not fully explain my thesis or perhaps there was a misconception of theory from me. In any case, there is a schedule to be maintained even for the program board.
The rebuttal stage is not so easy as the first. Here I must overcome objections of board members. I will admit that much of my work was based in unproven technologies that are only now emerging. I have my own theories of them and it is these I must defend.
I have completed my rebuttal and it is submitted again to the board. Now is the difficult part for me. Many people assume that if one goes to school, one will acquire a degree of some sort. This is usually true. It is a doctorate where this is not necessarily true. Work must be submitted for review to program directors and board members (at the least in my case) for them to reward or withhold the award of a doctorate.
This is my place now. I wait for the decision of the board. It is an anxious time. They need only make their decision by the end of May. I am told it is rare they do so before the deadline.
Is it only to me it seems odd that I know the date of the awards but do not know if I will awarded?
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