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Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/8/2004 10:33:44 AM   
sarbonn


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Status: offline 		Like the subject line says, I passed the written portions of my two comprehensive exams (political theory and American government). Friday, I move forward to the oral examination of both fields, and then I am ABD (all but dissertation) status of my Ph.D. Soon, I shall be Dr. sarbonn.

I'm not really sure what to do after that as I went back to school to better myself for future servitude one day, and this pretty much ends the quest of what I was seeking to do.

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/8/2004 10:53:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		Congratulations!!! Dr. Sarbonn, nice ring to it!

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/8/2004 11:19:39 AM   
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Congrats ooh ooh is someone going to volunteer for the Doc's "physical exam"?




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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/8/2004 12:43:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Good job sorbonn!!! Good luck on the rest of it.
Care to share your dissertation topic?

< Message edited by proudsub -- 11/8/2004 12:44:07 PM >

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/8/2004 2:13:23 PM   
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*bows to you*

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/8/2004 5:19:37 PM   
sarbonn


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Status: offline 		My dissertation is on the viability of the two main political parties in the US, with an emphasis on third parties. At least that's what it looks like my dissertation will be on. Still needs to get beyond the proposal stage.

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/8/2004 5:49:06 PM   
MistressDREAD


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It is always a pleasure
to have yet another peon
join the postumously
distinguished society
which Im sure flippery
will well fit in, an I cannot
wait to read the dissertation
to totally tear apart an judge
in full, after acceptance. The
Lifetime Achievement is in
itself wonderful. Flippery....
gotta admire sumone whom
uses the word flippery~smiles~

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/8/2004 6:04:11 PM   
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quote:

My dissertation is on the viability of the two main political parties in the US, with an emphasis on third parties. At least that's what it looks like my dissertation will be on. Still needs to get beyond the proposal stage.


Sounds like quite an undertaking, glad it's you and not me.

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/9/2004 1:16:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		Congratulations! As someone who crammed 4 years of college into 5, I'm impressed!

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/10/2004 12:25:25 PM   
TaurusMCMLVIII


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quote:

Friday, I move forward to the oral examination of both fields, and then I am ABD (all but dissertation) status of my Ph.D. Soon, I shall be Dr. sarbonn.


Congrats!
I have one question though that I always wanted to ask...
If you have a doctorate degree but you are not a medical doctor then can you use "Dr" in front of your name?
If you do use "Dr." in front of your name then would you also put "Ph.D" after it? Does it matter? Is one way more correct than the other?

Just curious

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/10/2004 12:33:20 PM   
TaurusMCMLVIII


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quote:

My dissertation is on the viability of the two main political parties in the US, with an emphasis on third parties. At least that's what it looks like my dissertation will be on. Still needs to get beyond the proposal stage.


Great topic and especially relevant given Ralph Nader's role in the last two presidential elections. Just a comment... I always wondered why there weren't more than 2 viable parties (I know there are others but none with any realistic hope of affecting any outcome even minorly) but one day while traveling in Europe I saw a news topic regarding Italy where apparantly a multi-party system somehow emerged (due to fractioning or something) and how the government became paralyzed because no single political party could get a critical mass to agree on a single issue. It made me appreciate our two party system just a little more. (this happened about a decade ago or so).

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RE: Passed the written portion of my comprehensive exams - 11/10/2004 12:46:46 PM   
sarbonn


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Status: offline 		Yes, when a political scientist gets his or her doctorate, the title "Dr." appears before their name. They don't have to qualify it in any way.

I always joke that once I get my doctorate, I can finally perform surgery.

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