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Despite my hope that I wouldn't ever start a thread like this (personal aggrandizement), I just thought that it might be appropriate to share.

I returned from my thesis defense today, with my thesis bearing the signatures of my committee members. As a result, I've now officially earned my Bachelor?s in Biochemistry and Biophysics with Honors. Huge load off my mind (if you'd noticed, I was posting even less than usual here lately).

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

So I guess that all the biochemical/pharmaseptical companies will fight over you now?

Datana wrote:Despite my hope that I wouldn't ever start a thread like this (personal aggrandizement), I just thought that it might be appropriate to share.

I returned from my thesis defense today, with my thesis bearing the signatures of my committee members. As a result, I've now officially earned my Bachelor?s in Biochemistry and Biophysics with Honors. Huge load off my mind (if you'd noticed, I was posting even less than usual here lately).

From reading the title I thought you just got your masters or a PhD. Are you required to write a thesis for undergrad? How does honors work?

Congrats. You are now officially a bum. Get a job and quit being a drain on sociaty. Unless of course you already have one. In that case, never mind.

Many congratulations!

~ver

Congrats...now off to the job world with ya!

Specialist wrote:From reading the title I thought you just got your masters or a PhD. Are you required to write a thesis for undergrad? How does honors work?

Depends on the university, Princeton requires an undergrad thesis, Harvard doesn't. It all depends on where you go to and which faculty you're in.

A-1 supar, fellow Class of 2003 member!

jmac wrote:

Specialist wrote:From reading the title I thought you just got your masters or a PhD. Are you required to write a thesis for undergrad? How does honors work?

Depends on the university, Princeton requires an undergrad thesis, Harvard doesn't. It all depends on where you go to and which faculty you're in.

And whether you touch yourself at night.

~ver

verilon wrote:And whether you touch yourself at night.

~ver

Damn, they're catching on...

Specialist wrote:From reading the title I thought you just got your masters or a PhD. Are you required to write a thesis for undergrad? How does honors work?

The Honors program I'm in requires that I perform research and write a thesis based on that research then defend it before a committee in order to graduate. I would have graduated back in the spring, but needed to complete said research, which took longer than expected (delaying me a term). In addition, some majors require an undergrad thesis anyway -- physics being the most notable one where I'm at (Oregon State University).

Well done. You are now qualified to go get a job and find that you have so much more to learn.