Why do students contemplate on giving up degree programs? Ask any students pondering over this and the number one answer you’ll get is about preparing long dissertations. The key to this fear of dissertations is not just that the work is long and the research is tedious, but mostly that a botched dissertation will be rejected and eventually lose chances of earning a degree at the end. This is where students give up all hope and decide to throw in the towel.

The first thing about a dissertation that scares most students is the length. With over hundreds of pages and a word count in the tens of thousands, it’s no surprise that students tend to avoid the dissertation like a black cat crossing. Many students believe that they’ll never be able to write a dissertation that should contain hundreds of pages. This misperception is the reason which hinders them from winning their degree that they aspire for. Instead of believing negative misperceptions, students should verify the length of the dissertation from their professors or examiners.

Believing that your dissertation must be 100 to 200 pages long is not a wise thought. It may be that your professor may ask you to write a dissertation containing 50 pages only. Now, if you think those 50 pages aren’t your piece of cake either, well too bad! It shouldn’t matter if your dissertation is 50 or 200 pages long, what does matter is that you believe that it IS possible either way.

The second most crucial item that scares off students is researching for authentic and quality source material. In this day and age of the internet, finding sufficient information to write a hundred pages is not that difficult than it was a decade ago. Suffice it to say, there is way too much information available online for your dissertation to feast on. Whole libraries are now online waiting to be accessed; even the library of your own university must now be online and available to students. Online encyclopedias are also the gateway to authentic and quality information.

Besides, consider that the dissertation you are to write on belongs to area of study, which was your choice by all rights in the first place. Therefore, your dissertation must be reflective of your interest in the topic as well, so as to define yourself in the field of study.

Your dissertation is only lengthy if you believe it to be. Having adequate writing & research abilities is all you need to overcome your dissertation fear.