A graduate student nearly quit due to tuition costs, but committed to two more semesters as an investment. Dr. Tippins' feedback on their work became the turning point, validating their progress and giving them the confidence to finish.
I was just trying to get that. At that point, I knew every semester I was in school, that was another set of tuition that I had to pay. I can work with your pops for at least 10 months, at least in my goal for at least 2 semesters. It would be money well worth it to get done because I was just at a point where I was like, I'm never going to get out and I'm spending a lot of money and I've come too close to my goal to not finish. I had to buckle down. He was my discipline anchor. It gave me confidence every time I submitted something to my chair as a result of work, proud of what she was reading. She validated the fact that I was making sense. Significant progress, and I was just closer to my goal. So Dr. Tippins Ph.D. was definitely my secret sauce to the whole progress.
