I'm in the middle of my written exams right now and I just feel sick and stressed. First of all, part of my exam had to be rescheduled because the question hadn't been submitted and I had to find another professor submit the question and review the answer. Heck, I pretty much am going to need special permission to even have an oral exam (if I make that far) because one of the important members of my committee suddenly had to take medical leave and the only other professor who can fill that spot can't do it the day the oral exams were scheduled (and that date was extremely difficult to schedule with the original committee).

Not only that, but on my first part of the exam I was asked a question that was outside of the expertise my degree is in. Apparently, the head of my committee expected me to know literature outside of both our specialty areas? Unfortunately, it's in the specialty area of two people on my committee, so I'm probably going to be absolutely REAMED on my orals. I did the best I could and will do research to fill in the gaps before my oral exam but still...I'm not happy. At least with the other two questions, I answered them thoroughly and well, but still.

And on top of all of that, my boyfriend had to cancel his oral exams because he failed a portion of his written exams. He gets one chance to correct it and if it's still not right, he gets kicked out of school I guess? I'm so scared for him...he has so many past experiences of working so hard and yet still failing. I don't know if he's going to make it through another one.