Death by Paper Cuts.

Things I am supposed to have already done, but, well, I didn't know I was supposed to do them:

• Apply for a conferral of degree. Deadline: April 10th. Yep, that came and went without showing up on my radar.
• Be registered for the quarter in which the degree will be conferred. I am defending between two quarters, so I figured it was close enough spring quarter. I was wrong.
• I need to find a professor who does not have appointments from SLAC, Applied Physics or Physics to be the chair of my oral defense. Not surprisingly, if you are not a professors in one of those three areas, I have found that you tend not to be too interested in being a chair for a defense on plasma wake field accelerators. A chair still not found and I defend in 8 days.

Chances are there are quite a few other things I have done, but I just haven't found out about them yet. I think getting the experimental data is easier than wading through all this graduation bureaucracy crap.

Comments

[little miss demosthenes]

eight days? and my nearest deadline is only...

/me grabs calendar

twelve days?!

entrance examinations are here!! (scream)

if it makes you feel any better, you're not the only one. buena suerte!

-demz0r

[quirk]

if you haven't applied for graduation, nor signed up for the term nor found a chair critter then how do you expect to graduate? perhaps if you find a chair person you can probably defend but not graduate until summer or fall?

[Brett]

Oh, and your taxes. Don't forget to do your 2004 taxes.

I am personally gratified to know I am not the only one who spaces such things. And believe me, I work for a far less tolerant organization. It will work out - don't worry.