| 1) Decide when you want to finish.
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Considerations:
- convocation deadline
- term deadlines
- fees deadlines
- next employer's needs.
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| 2) Add other sub-deadlines to meet
your thesis deadline. |
Working backwards, add the following to your
time line:
- last date for thesis submission,
- last day for your oral defense (a minimum of
two weeks before your submission deadline)
- last pre defense advisory meeting (a minimum of
two weeks before your defense)
- complete thesis (a minimum of two weeks before
your last advisory meeting)
- ideal times for submitting the papers for publication
(as soon as each is completed)
- completion of data analysis
- completion of experiments etc.
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| 3) Add other deadlines and their
sub-deadlines. |
Add things like:
- times of scientific meeting deadlines (when to
start and finish poster)
- course deadlines (study period for exams, study
period for comprehensive exam study period)
- scholarship applications
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| 4) Prioritize competing items and reorder so as
to time things correctly. |
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