Mohammed Ammar Bayrakdar

In June 2006 I began my Masters in Information Systems Management with the University of Liverpool. The programme consists of 8 intensive courses; each course 8 weeks long, and a dissertation for 9 months.

I began working on my dissertation on March 2008 and submitted my final dissertation paper towards the end of November 2008. While the entire dissertation journey has been a tiresome and interesting one, the waiting period for my final grade is painful. I will not know my final pass/fail grade until the beginning of June 2009.

I was able to continue my life normally for the past couple of months, but lately I have been thinking about the final grade a great deal. There are about two weeks left and the that thought just keeps on popping up in my head. Everytime it pops up my heart beats, my hands sweat, and my feet tremble. I just want this phase of my life to be successfully over so that I can focus on other important things.

Edging towards the date of when I get the phone call from my Programme Support Manager gets harder and harder every day. The wait has been long, painful, and while its almost over, hopefully the end will be nothing farther than success. I pray that Allah gives helps me in this somewhat hard time and grants me what I am looking for.