RumblingRosco
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Started as a Ph.D student in 2008, after starting off strong and doing pretty well, things just... fell apart. Didn't have a committee meeting for 3 years after I defended my proposal in 2010. I finished off one project and then was given another, and when I was given that other project I just... floundered. I never recovered and was told if I didn't meet certain deadlines after a committee meeting in September I would be asked to step down to a Master's. I preempted then when my experiments kept failing and decided to save myself the embarrassment of facing my committee again with barely anything done.
Dang, I'm sorry man, that's certainly rough. I've been extremely on-point to make sure I schedule my annual committee meetings (in my department, it is up to the student to initiate them, which is a pro or a con depending on the student) and have been fortunate that they've gone well so far. Regardless, congrats for almost being done. It'll feel great when you finally get out of there.