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Got my acceptance letter!!

songbyrdsweet
songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
edited September 2024 in Chit-Chat
Today I am officially a PhD student. I got my letter of acceptance from the graduate school today. I am pursing my PhD in Skeletal Muscle Physiology and Biochemistry in the Dept. of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise. :drinker: Classes start in January!

(P.S.--I wasn't really worried because I've been working for the professor in charge since June. But it's still cool to be official! :bigsmile: )

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  • savvystephy
    savvystephy Posts: 4,151 Member
    YAY! Congratulations! I can't wait to get an acceptance letter.. maybe in February. :tongue:

    But, anyway, Congratulations! That is quite an accomplishment! :flowerforyou:
  • MayLan
    MayLan Posts: 1,514 Member
    Congratulations! I know how exciting that is.

    Enjoy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • 34at35
    34at35 Posts: 318
    Congratulations! I know what you're feeling. I can remember the day my older son got his acceptance letter to med school and the day my younger son got his acceptance letter for his PhD program in Computer Science. Makes it all worthwhile, doesn't it? And even better, neither of those cost their old man (me!) anything!

    Go out and celebrate tonight! You've earned it!
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Thank you!

    34at35, I get a 2-year stipend for right now. I'm sure I'll get another one for the last half of my PhD. Kinda nice that they pay YOU to go to school! :bigsmile:
  • PJilly
    PJilly Posts: 22,443 Member
    CONGRATS!!! :drinker:
  • repete11
    repete11 Posts: 53
    how is this and how do I get involved? I just started my Master's a couple of weeks ago. Congrats on your success and good luck in your classes!
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    how is this and how do I get involved? I just started my Master's a couple of weeks ago. Congrats on your success and good luck in your classes!

    Congrats to you!
    I am crazy and did fast-track so I skipped the Master's and went right from a BS to starting my PhD. What is wrong with me? LOL :laugh:
  • jzbaby626
    jzbaby626 Posts: 466
    Congrats!!!!:happy: :smile: :flowerforyou:
  • 34at35
    34at35 Posts: 318
    Thank you!

    34at35, I get a 2-year stipend for right now. I'm sure I'll get another one for the last half of my PhD. Kinda nice that they pay YOU to go to school! :bigsmile:

    Yep, my younger son is working on his PhD now. His stipend is $30K per year. And he got to spend the summer working on a fellowship in China! Traveled the whole country and even visited places few westerners ever see.
  • lotusfromthemud
    lotusfromthemud Posts: 5,335 Member
    You have my heartfelt congratulations and condolences.:wink:

    I kid. . .I kid. . .

    Welcome to the stressful, wonderful world of PhD candidacy. You'll be fantastic. And trust me, you will earn every penny of that stipend.

    34at35, that is a handsome stipend, just FYI.
  • Boston01810
    Boston01810 Posts: 2,267 Member
    Congrats! I just finished my doctorate- it was a great experience and I connected with some incredible theorists. Enjoy the learning.
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Thank you!

    34at35, I get a 2-year stipend for right now. I'm sure I'll get another one for the last half of my PhD. Kinda nice that they pay YOU to go to school! :bigsmile:

    Yep, my younger son is working on his PhD now. His stipend is $30K per year. And he got to spend the summer working on a fellowship in China! Traveled the whole country and even visited places few westerners ever see.

    Wow, that's incredible! I'm not sure yet what my stipend will be. Fortunately the cost of living here is low...it's a college town. :smile: I won't get any fellowships like that though unfortunately!
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    You have my heartfelt congratulations and condolences.:wink:

    I kid. . .I kid. . .

    Welcome to the stressful, wonderful world of PhD candidacy. You'll be fantastic. And trust me, you will earn every penny of that stipend.

    34at35, that is a handsome stipend, just FYI.

    LOL thank you! I have gotten a taste of working full-time in the lab and sat in on a couple classes so I'm good at time-management. But I know it will throw some curveballs and leave me frazzled at times and I can't WAIT. :happy:
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Congrats! I just finished my doctorate- it was a great experience and I connected with some incredible theorists. Enjoy the learning.

    Congrats to you too! What did you earn yours in?
  • wks7777
    wks7777 Posts: 230
    Thats so awesome girlie!!! Congrats to u!
  • 34at35
    34at35 Posts: 318
    Thank you!

    34at35, I get a 2-year stipend for right now. I'm sure I'll get another one for the last half of my PhD. Kinda nice that they pay YOU to go to school! :bigsmile:

    Yep, my younger son is working on his PhD now. His stipend is $30K per year. And he got to spend the summer working on a fellowship in China! Traveled the whole country and even visited places few westerners ever see.

    Wow, that's incredible! I'm not sure yet what my stipend will be. Fortunately the cost of living here is low...it's a college town. :smile: I won't get any fellowships like that though unfortunately!

    Yeah, he's a lucky young man. Last summer China, the previous one he hiked the Inca Trail, and next summer has reservations to climb Kilimanjaro. He plans to juggle his way to the top. Juggled the entire Platte River Half Marathon last April. The Boulder Bolder before that. And several Fourteeners this fall after getting back from China in August. Must get that from from his mother's side of the family. :laugh:
  • courtney_love2001
    courtney_love2001 Posts: 1,468 Member
    So awesome! Congrats!!! :drinker: It feels so good to get that acceptance letter...I found mine recently and it made me so happy all over again...

    But I do have to say boo biochem :happy: I hateeeeeee it so so much, but I am glad that there is someone in this world that is good at it :flowerforyou:
  • shariguymon
    shariguymon Posts: 245 Member
    Today I am officially a PhD student. I got my letter of acceptance from the graduate school today. I am pursing my PhD in Skeletal Muscle Physiology and Biochemistry in the Dept. of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise. :drinker: Classes start in January!

    (P.S.--I wasn't really worried because I've been working for the professor in charge since June. But it's still cool to be official! :bigsmile: )


    :smile: CONGRATS! my Husband has a PhD in Molecular Biology, and I have a BA in Elementary Education.. What an exciting journey you are beginning. Wish you the very best!!!
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,462 Member
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    song! So happy for you, Rat Mommy! You so deserve it. I hope we get to follow along on your journey.

    Thanks for sharing so much of your hard-won knowledge and experiences with us over the years!

    :heart: Cheryl
  • Boston01810
    Boston01810 Posts: 2,267 Member
    Doctorate in Nursing Practice...
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