Questions tagged [deadlines]
Questions about navigating submission or application deadlines
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Requesting Deposit Deadline Extension
I recently received an admissions offer from my backup school for masters but they're asking the deposit to be by 9th of december. There are reasons why I can't accept the offer or pay the deposit ...
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Frustation with students and deadlines
I'm a lecturer in courses with 120-150 students. At my university, there are four months of lectures, and after that, students can take the exam. There are no midterms, mid-projects, or evaluations ...
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What strategies can PhD students use to prioritize research tasks with overlapping deadlines? [closed]
In the world of academia, PhD students often juggle multiple research tasks that have overlapping deadlines, like literature reviews, proposals, and conference submissions.
What are some practical ...
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Assignment submission portal's time system has a design flaw [closed]
My university, which is based in the UK, uses a digital portal where we submit our assignments. The portal shows most of the information that you need, including the deadline time.
Here is the problem....
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PhD supervisors taking too long to correct my thesis
I’m a 4th year PhD student and my scholarship is ending one month from now. I had a meeting with my three supervisors 6 months ago and we agreed together that I would send them each chapter draft as ...
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Missed the application deadline for a TA job. Should I contact them?
I missed the application deadline for a TA job by a day.
How should I contact the hiring committee while still looking professional and not make it awkward for anyone? Any suggestions?
The reason ...
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Can reference letters be sent in after the application due date? If so, how late it can be?
I am applying for Ph.D. programs for fall 2025. I found that most universities' application deadlines are before the end of the 2024 fall semester (or slightly later). Does that mean that it is ...
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Requesting an extension for revision due to being on holiday
I submitted an article on the first of May, and just got the comments from the reviewers today (31st of October).
The editor specified that I have 2 weeks to address the comments, but I am going on a ...
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What's the timezone for anywhere on inhabited Earth?
I read in this call for papers for some symposium:
Paper Submission: Saturday, 2nd June 2012 anywhere on inhabited Earth (disregarding Baker and Howland Islands)
What's the timezone for anywhere on ...
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Confused over these terminologies "Dissertation" vs. "Thesis"
I'm a Master's student and I will defend my study in a month. Tomorrow is the deadline to upload my manuscript. The university announced two deadlines a week apart from each other
One for Thesis (...
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Is it OK to inquire about my application status after a late application submission?
I recently encountered a situation regarding the submission of my application for a 9-month academic program. I submitted my application after the deadline by 40 minutes and now find myself ...
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14 Days given for a revision in Scientific Reports
I wanted to know if giving a deadline of 14 days for a revision is normal for a journal like Scientific Reports? In my decision letter, the reviewers have called my work novel.
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Submitted to journal, rebuttal period now ongoing but no feedback from referees yet
I submitted a paper to a journal in January. According to the journal web site, the rebuttal period is the present week of February 20 to 24. It's February 20 everywhere in the world and actually ...
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Late email to Professors for a Ph.D. program
I applied for some programs in the USA for a Ph.D. program for the fall semester and was very busy with my academic jobs, resulting in having no time to email the department faculties. So, I applied ...
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Postdoc offer requires response before common deadline
I recently got a postdoc offer from the mathematics department of University X. Many mathematics departments in the US agree not to require responses to postdoc offers before a certain date. ...
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