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======Thesis Lore====== | ======Thesis Lore====== | ||
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======Advancing to Candidacy====== | ======Advancing to Candidacy====== | ||
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- | One case in which Filing Fee might be a good idea is if you already have a sweet postdoc lined up somewhere, but do not quite manage to get your dissertation done in time, so that you need to file in the first week of September, or early January or something like that. Rather than registering for an entire semester just so you can file your dissertation and then leave, you can pay filing fee, file your dissertation, | + | One case in which Filing Fee might be a good idea is if you already have a sweet postdoc lined up somewhere, but do not quite manage to get your dissertation done in time, so that you need to file in the first week of September, or early January or something like that. Rather than registering for an entire semester just so you can file your dissertation and then leave, you can pay filing fee, file your dissertation, |
- | When on filing fee status you can't be paid as a GSR, you need to get a special appointment like " | + | When on filing fee status you can't be paid as a GSR; you need to get a special appointment like " |
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Since summer 2007, university regulations have required students to register for 3 units in the summer if they want to file their degrees in the summer. | Since summer 2007, university regulations have required students to register for 3 units in the summer if they want to file their degrees in the summer. | ||
- | There has been past confusion about whether the fall filing fee will cover the preceding summer. | + | There has been past confusion about whether the fall filing fee will cover the preceding summer. |
Assuming that fall filing fee is a permitted option for filing a summer thesis, here are the tradeoffs: | Assuming that fall filing fee is a permitted option for filing a summer thesis, here are the tradeoffs: | ||
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- more expensive for your advisor\\ | - more expensive for your advisor\\ | ||
- keep GSR status\\ | - keep GSR status\\ | ||
- | - keep SHIP insurance, Class Pass, student gym rate, etc.\\ | + | - keep SHIP insurance |
- if you file early in the summer, can get a certificate of completion without waiting for the filing fee to be billed\\ | - if you file early in the summer, can get a certificate of completion without waiting for the filing fee to be billed\\ | ||
- file by August deadline to avoid extra registration (or filing fee) expenses for the fall\\ | - file by August deadline to avoid extra registration (or filing fee) expenses for the fall\\ | ||
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Fall filing fee:\\ | Fall filing fee:\\ | ||
- save your advisor ~$1400 (as of 2012)\\ | - save your advisor ~$1400 (as of 2012)\\ | ||
- | - no GSR status, so your advisor will have to set up a Junior Specialist appointment for you (through one of the Astro HR staff)\\ | + | - no GSR status, so your advisor will have to set up a Junior Specialist appointment for you (through |
- no student privileges over the summer\\ | - no student privileges over the summer\\ | ||
- SHIP insurance expires in mid August\\ | - SHIP insurance expires in mid August\\ | ||
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- file by December deadline or you must re-apply for admission to the university | - file by December deadline or you must re-apply for admission to the university | ||
+ | **For international students:** if you want to use OPT, then you need a new I-20 F1-OPT and employment authorization (EAD) card to work in the US. The starting date of the EAD card depends on your program end date. The rules may be tricky and change over time. Please consult to the Berkeley International Office before making decision of finishing in the Summer or Fall semester. | ||
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Health insurance may be the last thing you want to worry about when trying to finish your dissertation. Luckily, you probably do not have to: Spring semester health insurance extends through August 14, regardless of when you file, so you are covered after you graduate. Fall term insurance extends through January 14. See [[http:// | Health insurance may be the last thing you want to worry about when trying to finish your dissertation. Luckily, you probably do not have to: Spring semester health insurance extends through August 14, regardless of when you file, so you are covered after you graduate. Fall term insurance extends through January 14. See [[http:// | ||
- | If you want to buy SHIP insurance while on filing fee after SHIP expires, you can, but it's $1500 (as of 2006). | + | If you want to buy SHIP insurance while on filing fee after SHIP expires, you can purchase it for one extra semester; |
======LaTeXing Your Dissertation====== | ======LaTeXing Your Dissertation====== | ||
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+ | If that's not enough, you can use the pdflscape package and invoke the landscape environment to make your tables landscaped. (Don't use \rotate command.) Here's how a table might begin: | ||
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The downside to using the landscape environment is that you have to put it outside of the floating table environment. | The downside to using the landscape environment is that you have to put it outside of the floating table environment. | ||
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====Figures==== | ====Figures==== |