Quote Originally Posted by firenze11 View Post
Hi everyone!


So basically I feel completely overwhelmed. I'm at the point where all I want to do is pass but I've somehow convinced myself I'm going to fail even though I have a 3.85 GPA right now. I guess my question is, is this normal?
Does everyone feel like they're going to completely choke and fail at the end?

I just want this year to be over so I can go ride my bike again and join the real world! Thanks for any advice. I truly can't wait until I have time to ride and come on here more. (Have I said that already? )
Yes!
OMGosh, I remember the last 3 months of grad school and I get cold sweats. I had to defend my thesis - a 3 hr "meeting" with 4 professors, including my adviser, where they just asked me questions. After the meeting, the student is asked to stand in the hall while they discuss your performance over the past x years to get here, your work, etc, and decide if you've passed or not.
I didn't even know I was doing it, but apparently I stood in the hall and cried. My adviser came out, looked at me quizzically and asked "you passed?".
That confused me until he finished with "you can stop crying now?" and I realized his questioning came from not quite knowing what to do with a crying student, that his statements were statement, not questions.
My tears weren't even fear or disappointment, it was just all that stress came to a head while standing there.
It sounds like you are on the right track and in the home stretch. My best advice to you is to go for a bike ride! Or to yoga, or something where you can get some air and breath.
I'm not even going to tell you good luck, you don't need it, you'll do fine.