Woah! These past few weeks has been crazy!
Looking for universities to study for my Ph.D. in Robotics in USA.
It's like doing a mini (2-week) research, going through all the Ivy League universities and every possible college offering a Ph.D. in the course and finding out the admission criteria for each college.
The process takes a lot out of you. The high standards that are expected of you by the universities (not just the ivy league but mainly all, except maybe community colleges) take that easy going outlook you've had towards studies for your whole life and turn it upside down.
And then the exams that need to be given, mainly TOEFL and GRE. The nervousness of not being able to prepare for them in time, 'cause the dunce that I am, I chose early dates as I wanted to get them over with. Now I wish I hadn't taken the earlier date and had chosen a later date so that I could atleast say that I was completely prepared. Nothing to do now but get down to studying for the TOEFL in August and GRE General in September and GRE CS in November and then applying to the universities in December.
Oh and did I mention the internship I am involved in that basically expects me to work 5 to 6 hours a day minimum till September. I'm also supposed to be helping out in a project in Delhi University that expects me to set up a Robotics Lab for the B.Tech students at the Cluster Innovation Centre at around the same time. Not to mention the research paper I'm supposed to be sending for getting published, but I can't decide which Journal to send it to.
Yep, I think I might be screwed! Took on too much to do at the same time!
I realized, looking at my resume, that I have actually not been free for more than a year now. Since June 2011, life's been an endless exercise in obtaining one certificate after the other, along with my Masters degree, leaving practically no time to socialize. All this would have worked out great if I didn't want to socialize. Though I'm sort of an introvert, there's one person in everyone's life that they want to talk to every single day. All this though leaves no room for even doing that. I think it could take my mind off of studying for a while and get my mind a little fresh, but then I can't take the risk of not studying enough. Can't leave my career hanging on hinges, its what I do, its my passion, its what I see myself doing 20-30 years down the line, the only thing I'm average at and don't want to be a rookie at anymore.
Cheers to hard work!
Hopefully it will pay off one day in the form of a solid resume!
P.S- The only silver lining- come December and I'll be so free that I'll have a hard time figuring out how to spend my time. And then I'll probably spend some time with the people I want. and maybe even travel a little with just a bag-pack on my back and nothing else to hold me down.
P.P.S- These blog posts are not a waste of time and energy, I'm actually preparing for the writing section in TOEFL and GRE. Almost 550 words in 30 minutes. Not bad! Eh?
Looking for universities to study for my Ph.D. in Robotics in USA.
It's like doing a mini (2-week) research, going through all the Ivy League universities and every possible college offering a Ph.D. in the course and finding out the admission criteria for each college.
The process takes a lot out of you. The high standards that are expected of you by the universities (not just the ivy league but mainly all, except maybe community colleges) take that easy going outlook you've had towards studies for your whole life and turn it upside down.
And then the exams that need to be given, mainly TOEFL and GRE. The nervousness of not being able to prepare for them in time, 'cause the dunce that I am, I chose early dates as I wanted to get them over with. Now I wish I hadn't taken the earlier date and had chosen a later date so that I could atleast say that I was completely prepared. Nothing to do now but get down to studying for the TOEFL in August and GRE General in September and GRE CS in November and then applying to the universities in December.
Oh and did I mention the internship I am involved in that basically expects me to work 5 to 6 hours a day minimum till September. I'm also supposed to be helping out in a project in Delhi University that expects me to set up a Robotics Lab for the B.Tech students at the Cluster Innovation Centre at around the same time. Not to mention the research paper I'm supposed to be sending for getting published, but I can't decide which Journal to send it to.
Yep, I think I might be screwed! Took on too much to do at the same time!
I realized, looking at my resume, that I have actually not been free for more than a year now. Since June 2011, life's been an endless exercise in obtaining one certificate after the other, along with my Masters degree, leaving practically no time to socialize. All this would have worked out great if I didn't want to socialize. Though I'm sort of an introvert, there's one person in everyone's life that they want to talk to every single day. All this though leaves no room for even doing that. I think it could take my mind off of studying for a while and get my mind a little fresh, but then I can't take the risk of not studying enough. Can't leave my career hanging on hinges, its what I do, its my passion, its what I see myself doing 20-30 years down the line, the only thing I'm average at and don't want to be a rookie at anymore.
Cheers to hard work!
Hopefully it will pay off one day in the form of a solid resume!
P.S- The only silver lining- come December and I'll be so free that I'll have a hard time figuring out how to spend my time. And then I'll probably spend some time with the people I want. and maybe even travel a little with just a bag-pack on my back and nothing else to hold me down.
P.P.S- These blog posts are not a waste of time and energy, I'm actually preparing for the writing section in TOEFL and GRE. Almost 550 words in 30 minutes. Not bad! Eh?
