A Tale of Two Theses

By on May 15th, 2010

I. Am. Done.

WRS – International Islamic Finance

Bayesians in a China Shop – Shawn Wang Huntsman Senior Honors Thesis

I have slaved for the past week or so on two mammoth thesis projects. Z has sacrificed so much to bear with my grumpy sleep-deprived self through this. The quality isnt as perfect as I’d like, but in this day and age it is better to be Done than to be Perfect – because the marginal rates of productivity go down so quickly when you are facing a 40 or 50-page project to write.

Expended over the course of this journey:

  • 5 Double Big Gulps from Seven Eleven
  • 4 cans of Red Bull/Random Energy Drinks
  • 1 trip to the Penn Hospital
  • 4 all-nighters
  • 2 sick babies
  • 1 awkward conversation with Z’s best friend
  • 5(!) cycles of my Grooveshark Vivaldi Classical Music playlist
  • Almost no food consumed cos it slows down thinking
  • Missed out on Walnut Walk

But I am DONE. The finality of finally graduating is hitting me. I have been trying to avoid it. I purchased my cap and gown yesterday, a strangely empty exercise. It’s the first uniform I’ll be wearing since I left the army in 2006.

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