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[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm. You kinda get the crown handed to you for doing it. But I get what you're saying.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't a tenured position the real crown in academia? I feel like successfully defending your dissertation is more like becoming a little prince or something.

[–] rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. Yes, I'd say this is the whole picture.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

55% is a passing grade. I don't need no Cum Laude.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

Undergraduate me: GIVE ME THE CUM LAUDE

Post-grad me: Please sir, I just want the fancy piece of paper.

[–] ooterness@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good advice, but is this a meme?

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

It is, if you've driven yourself mad during the process

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I treated every undergrad paper like a dissertation. Didn't work out all that well. My grades were excellent, though.