Posts by Dora Farkas, PhD

Written By: Dora Farkas, Ph.D. “I had to fight to get my thesis approved. At some point, you just have to put your foot down and talk about graduation. Eventually, my committee gave me the green light to defend,” Amy told me at her thesis defense party. I was a…

Written By: Dora Farkas, Ph.D. When I started my PhD program at MIT, I assumed that there would be a clear path to my finished thesis. I thought that if I followed all of my supervisor’s advice I would be guaranteed to graduate on time, and I would have multiple…

Written by Dora Farkas, Ph.D. It was already past 9 pm, and I decided to leave the crowded bar in downtown Boston. After 2 hours of networking with professionals from the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, I was spent. I collected about 15 business cards and I headed to the exit…

Written by Dora Farkas, Ph.D., founder of Finish Your Thesis I thought about quitting graduate school in the beginning of my 6th year. I was almost certain that there was no way that I could graduate that year, or ever for that matter. I started several dead-end projects, and most…

Written by Dora Farkas, Ph.D., founder of Finish Your Thesis “I wished I never would have gone to grad school.” I just passed my qualifying exams and Jess, a student in her 6th year, and I were cleaning out the -80C freezer. I nearly dropped the box of dry ice…