i passed my candidacy exam!

perry7285 · April 2011

so some of you ladies might remember the LONG story of my ph.d. candidacy exam . . . this is the recap:

my candidacy exam was scheduled at the 38 week mark of my pregnancy; then because of placenta previa concerns they decided that they would almost definitely do a 37-week c-section so they told me to reschedule my exam. i rescheduled it and had to do it WAY to soon (not enough time to prepare), made some mistakes, and thought i had failed, even though i wouldn't get the official decision for another six weeks. the next day at the MFM's they decided not to do a c-section after all, so the re-scheduling was unnecessary. i cried. a lot.

well, six weeks went by, and when i got their decision it was actually a partial pass, and they just wanted me to repeat one part of the exam. i repeated about it a month ago, and then had to wait again to hear their decision. now it's final: I PASSED!!! i am officially a "ph.d. candidate"! no more hoops to jump through until i defend my dissertation.

thanks to all of you for cheering me on throughout all of this craziness!

beebe929 · April 2011

Way to go Dr. Perry!!!

desabean · April 2011

Congratulations!!

smilee · April 2011

What a wonderful accomplishment! Congratulations to you!

vandelay · April 2011

Great job smartypants! :-)

wiscgirl95 · April 2011

Congratulations!!

Mouseygail · April 2011

WOOHOO!! That's fabulous! congratulations Perry!!!

sliz · April 2011

Congrats! That's a big hurdle done with.

ladychicago · April 2011

Whoo hoo!!!!!! This is cause for celebration!!!! Congratulations!

alchris · April 2011

That's awesome! And ugh, what a huge disappointment as far as the timing the first time around, but yay for having to repeat just one part, and woo hoo for passing it all now! Congratulations!!!