Posted by alexandra_k on November 12, 2018, at 12:12:20
In reply to Re: one of my favorite FDOTM, posted by alexandra_k on November 12, 2018, at 11:35:18
i know now to ask for evidence of scholarship recipients before i invest in time applying for things.
i got no scholarships this year.
most aren't available to MPhil students (2nd masters) they are only available to PhD or first Master's students.
but there were a few.
and i applied for those few. and i got nothing.
like, there was a faculty scholarship (which you would think would prioritise highest GPA and / or people with no alternative scholarships) but I didn't get that.
there was a district health boards scholarship and i was working on one of their stated priority areas and i didn't get that.
nothing.
it's great. i get to say 'i have no conflict of interest to disclose'. i get to say i have recieved no source of funding for my project.
if i wanted to take 5 years to do 1 years worth of work i would have got funding for my project. if i wrote a crappier thesis (e.g., one that was largely google found phrase then copy-paste the reference) in a post-modernist essay generated no meaningful ideas kind of way i would have got funding.
they do their best to teach people that this is the only way they are allowed to be.
i feel like someone is sitting down somewhere just laughing their f*ck*ng *ss off about all this...
i just want to do the work and get out.
but people are all about 'see see see see see see see this is why we can't get anything done here'.
it's so swampy, here.
who profits?
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