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Should I Quit? What Would You Do?


So I’m on a four year masters program at a uk university . I’m in my fourth year and they send the top students to do our masters in a Harvard affiliated research department – where I have to write a year long thesis. Sounds great – but all it means is I’m in a cubical with a library card and told to get back in 8 month with a thesis, the lack of training is unbelievable. My supervisors to busy to see me I have no idea what I’m doing. I am given no support and expected to do more than the p.h.d students here who get proper training. It feels like the department are like your from another uk in another country – you not our responsibility. and my grade is slipping form a 90% average to a pretty much a fail!! – I have contacted the university (which have abandon us by the way) and having been given the choice: either put up with it or quit.
What annoys me is I’m paying to become a trained scientist not left in a room and forgotten about. I have forced the unis hand and they (if i give the go ahead) can give me my undergrad (batch) degree and I can walk away with my degree intact. I’ll take a few months off and start my masters again at another uk uni in oct/nov 2011 – to do some proper training.
So my question is – what would you do?? I am very angry that the uni has done this to me. I am/was the top student in my year. I’m working 65 hours a week just to get anywhere – I might just as well be sat in a library in the uk with internet access – I get no help. I handed in a draft of the first chapter of my thesis 6 weeks ago – my supervisors not even bothered to pick it up of his desk!!! I don’t know what to do?!
I feel that (if I quit) employers will want to know why and they will automatically assume that it was because I was not able to cope – not that I got no help!!
any advice is welcome. thanks guys. Signed a very desperate grad student 🙁

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