Dissertations - Uni
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Hopefully you're not studying English or you're screwed.
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Did the bulk of my Post Grad one in 3 weeks and a half weeks last year, 3 drafts in total. Manage to get 74/1st. 
Currently doing mine now, 10,000 words.
Of the people I know about in my year, they've done anything from 0 to 3,000 words. Personally I've done about 1,500 words.
Deadline's end of May and I've got set goals for how many words to get done per week leaving myself with plenty of time to get it bound and just in case of any problems that cause me to get behind.
Of the people I know about in my year, they've done anything from 0 to 3,000 words. Personally I've done about 1,500 words.
Deadline's end of May and I've got set goals for how many words to get done per week leaving myself with plenty of time to get it bound and just in case of any problems that cause me to get behind.
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I have about six weeks left to write 5-10,000 words, and I've written nothing so far. I have read around the topic quite a bit though, and could probably make a good start if I was bothered.
I had to do 15,000 words (2 years ago). I started mine in April and it was due at the end of May.
It really isn't about how quickly you produce the words, it's about the content. I was reading for my dissertation in December.
It was still terrible, mind
. I've read mine over a couple times since and I still wonder how I passed 
It really isn't about how quickly you produce the words, it's about the content. I was reading for my dissertation in December.
It was still terrible, mind
. I've read mine over a couple times since and I still wonder how I passed Got untill September to do my MSc dissertation, started it and wrote about 1000 words but got more important things at the mo, also I have to wait a while for my experimental data.
My last one took me intotal around 3 weeks to write 10k words
KaHn
My last one took me intotal around 3 weeks to write 10k words
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The word count isn't that much of a hurdle personally speaking if you have read lots and lots on the subject. Literally read everything you can get your hands on, if the research is bang on then words just comes out of my fingers. The problems with esssay writing is when you are short on words, that usually arise when you are short on material to write about, so the reading and research is paramount. When i did my Law one I knew in my head what to write for each section, made a little plan to start with for points i had to cover and the actual dissertation itself wasn't too hard to complete. Where i struggle quite a bit with my Degree one in Architecture.
I left mine til easter break, once every other piece of coursework was handed in.
15k words on dissertation and 15k words of code for the actual program
It was the most work I'd ever done in my life, including all previous years combined!
I did lose all my work at xmas time though (4000 words
) and I just lost all motivation to start it again until easter
15k words on dissertation and 15k words of code for the actual program
It was the most work I'd ever done in my life, including all previous years combined!I did lose all my work at xmas time though (4000 words
) and I just lost all motivation to start it again until easter 
I had to do 15,000 and write a very very large program. I did a lot of research throughout the year but I essentially left it to 2 weeks to go before I started typing anything.
9 days to write the program (well as much as I could/dare) and the remaining 5 days to write 16,500 words (total in the end), also managed to fluke a 1st for it.
Gods honest!
9 days to write the program (well as much as I could/dare) and the remaining 5 days to write 16,500 words (total in the end), also managed to fluke a 1st for it.
Gods honest!
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Written about 1000, there is no limit for my project and previous project were around 16k , which is an awful lot for a bsc.
, which is an awful lot for a bsc.
Mine is 10,000 words which is nothing.
We had to show them in december an "outline plan". I started mine a couple of days before and it came to about 6,000 words. Some of that will probably get chopped and put in an appendix but I'd say I'm about half way through the report writing.
What I'm yet to start on (Computing degree) is the actual coding, but I'm about done with the design. My plan is to start coding in a week or so. Hand in is the end of April.
We had to show them in december an "outline plan". I started mine a couple of days before and it came to about 6,000 words. Some of that will probably get chopped and put in an appendix but I'd say I'm about half way through the report writing.
What I'm yet to start on (Computing degree) is the actual coding, but I'm about done with the design. My plan is to start coding in a week or so. Hand in is the end of April.
10,000 words nothing? I guess it depends on the contents.
I've been writing mine for over 10 weeks now, just doing a bit where I can around my other work. The requirement for technical content is so great its taking me about 3 hours per page . Its pretty damn good though (lol).
I've been writing mine for over 10 weeks now, just doing a bit where I can around my other work. The requirement for technical content is so great its taking me about 3 hours per page
. Its pretty damn good though (lol).Mine is what you'd expect as part of any software development lifecycle.
*Requirements Capture/Analysis/Specification
*Functional Spec
*Functional Design
*Some stuff on implementation
*Test scripts
*Conclusions, comparing the final deliverable back with the requirements etc, discussing potential for future development
Obviously the usual report writing stuff... exec sumary, intro, literature review, bibliography etc etc
To be honest 10,000 words hardly seems like enough.
*Requirements Capture/Analysis/Specification
*Functional Spec
*Functional Design
*Some stuff on implementation
*Test scripts
*Conclusions, comparing the final deliverable back with the requirements etc, discussing potential for future development
Obviously the usual report writing stuff... exec sumary, intro, literature review, bibliography etc etc
To be honest 10,000 words hardly seems like enough.