Grad School - Failure Reimagined
I failed my comprehensive exam in October. For those who don't know what that means, it means that I failed a major requirement needed to graduate. I studied for six weeks for several hours. I reached out to my previous and current professors asking for insight on what topics would be covered to narrow down the focus of my studies. By the 5th week, I was TIRED of studying. At this point, my focus was nonexistent and some professors had finally decided to provide information about the content I would be tested on. I spent some time in the early weeks researching what other university graduate programs were doing about their comprehensive exams in this global pandemic and came across a handful of schools who had adjusted their curriculum to (hopefully) lighten the academic load of their students. A classmate and I did our best to share this information with the chair of our department, but it went nowhere. When asked about adjusting the curriculum in regards to comprehensive e...