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There's a lot to say and not a lot of time or energy to say it. Everything else in life is being cut in favor of successfully editing down my essay while still working to incorporate ideas that would have gone into Chapter 3, but are now being worked in throughout the essay itself.
My friend, who I believe said she'd had the same chair, turned in, like... 100 pages or so. I'm being asked to make sure my essay is cut down to an incredibly trim 60. I was given two contradictory reasons for it, and I feel like time spent debating it is time I lose to edit, so, you know, fuck it.
My work, once submitted - usually on time, but with the occasional day or so of extension - has been considered very strong. My chair has traditionally given me the hardest time, but the previous essays were written with sparse and contradictory guidance. I thought it was a fluke, given her high standing in the department, but this turned out to not be the case. Some of her recommendations have been strong, though, and I think the problem is one of interest on her part (my focus turned out to be something she thought she was familiar with and clearly isn't) and communications issues. I have recieved almost no specific critique over the course of my progress, so I've been winging it.
Here at this late juncture, it's time to (I guess) rip out the huge bulk of it, including the tone and extrapolation I was encouraged to pursue.
I've given myself two days for each chapter - re-reading, revisioning, rewriting. Then submission, reviewing, and additional editing based on new comments from the committee.
My friend, who I believe said she'd had the same chair, turned in, like... 100 pages or so. I'm being asked to make sure my essay is cut down to an incredibly trim 60. I was given two contradictory reasons for it, and I feel like time spent debating it is time I lose to edit, so, you know, fuck it.
My work, once submitted - usually on time, but with the occasional day or so of extension - has been considered very strong. My chair has traditionally given me the hardest time, but the previous essays were written with sparse and contradictory guidance. I thought it was a fluke, given her high standing in the department, but this turned out to not be the case. Some of her recommendations have been strong, though, and I think the problem is one of interest on her part (my focus turned out to be something she thought she was familiar with and clearly isn't) and communications issues. I have recieved almost no specific critique over the course of my progress, so I've been winging it.
Here at this late juncture, it's time to (I guess) rip out the huge bulk of it, including the tone and extrapolation I was encouraged to pursue.
I've given myself two days for each chapter - re-reading, revisioning, rewriting. Then submission, reviewing, and additional editing based on new comments from the committee.