POINTERS FOR YOUR ORAL DEFENSE TO ATTAIN A PASSING GRADE:

Let me share with you my experiences during the making of my dissertation paper and during my oral defense.

Before I finished my degree, I encountered a lot of challenges while making my thesis. I was about to give up because it gives me headaches, more sleepless nights, horrible experiences while gathering information on different places and even the fear of failing during the oral defense. But I came to realized that how can I get my college diploma If I wasn`t able to finish my thesis, right?

I have spent a lot of money to accommodate my thesis expenses. Yes, it is not just money but a big money. That is the reality that we have to face.

I read bundle of books, references, journals, and magazines. Library became my second home during this time. My personal computer became my diary at this time. I almost stayed for 12 hours in front of my computer just to finish it before the deadline.

And luckily after all the sufferings, I finished it with help of my group mates and mentors.

I, being the leader, concentrated on how we will pass the oral defense in front of different terror panelists and meticulous adjudicators.

And Thank God, after that scary questions and answers, you will not believe it but I got a grade of A in my oral defense as well as my group mates.

FOR TEAM:

§ We have a brainstorming 2 days before the oral defense.

§ 1 DAY BEFORE OUR DEFENSE, WE JUST RELAX OUR MIND AND BODY.

§ Complete Sleep, Meal and Leisure hours.

§ It is better to have a group discussion. A question and answer.

§ A thesis is a matter of group / team work. Assigning topics is the most important.

§ The introduction will be assigned to the person who has the ability to catch the interest of the panel.

§ That person will be confident enough, well read and she knew how to bring herself in the podium.

§ The beginner will be the one who will be criticize first. The impression of the whole group is depends on her shoulder.

§ In most cases, Chapter 4 and 5 are the hardest part during the oral defense.

§ Therefore, Chapter 4 should be assigned to the person who understands math a lot especially when it is quantitative. The answer for the Statement of the Problem and Hypothesis will be gathered from this chapter.

§ In chapter 5, the person to be assigned here is the one who have high memory. Chapter 5 is all about the summary, conclusion and recommendation of the whole thesis.

§ It is important that all of you knew the contents of the whole thesis. You may not know who will be asked. So always prepare. Do not be too dependent with your group mates, support them and trust them as well as help them.

§ Assigning topics to every member does not mean that you will not read the entire thesis. The assigned person is the only who will discuss his part in a simpler way for everybody to understand.

§ THAT`S IT!

§ Just follow these, and for sure, you do not have to bluff in front of your adjudicators.

FOR INDIVIDUAL:

§ All you have to do is prepare yourself.

§ You do not have to read your thesis ten times. It will only put you into worse.

§ All you have to do is read it twice or thrice with comprehension.

§ Get some sleep. Relax. Eat the right meal. Do not drink coffee! It is not because it will make you feel nervous but it will make you think that you are nervous. Gets?

§ Try to communicate with yourself in front of the mirror.

§ Much better if you have set of possible questions like how do you get the answer for your problem? Or, Does your hypothesis correct?

§ Get in touch with your mentor or consultant to knew everything about your thesis.

§ Be confident! For your adjudicators to believe you. It is a matter of eyed to eye contact.

§ The only key to success is once you know what you have done!

§ Just rely on these and for sure these help will you a lot to get a passing grade in your oral defense.

Good Luck!