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so. situation. i did one thesis, aced it, and am shooting for getting into a phd scholarship program. the best shot for that, besides having the above aced thesis, is having as many publications as possible. i've got one out so far, but here's the issue: i wrote another one back in june which has been DONE since july, with the notable exception of one section which my thesis advisor was supposed to write. i've offered to write it or help write it many times, and he points out (rightly so) that he is way more qualified to do so than me. but he hasn't, it's october, and scholarship apps are due oct 31. he is ignoring (completely) my emails to this effect. (email's the only option, as i'm in a different country for the semester.)
what would you do? he's not going to be my advisor for phd, which is good because though i liked him a lot at the time, i'm losing patience now. and believe me, i have been patient. i've got to get this paper submitted at the very least. would you submit it behind his back? i'm afraid to do this with his name on it because he'd be incredibly angry with me (first because it's incomplete, second because i would be not following his directions). if i submitted it without him, i'm just another unaffiliated peon submitting something to a prominent journal. would you find another co-author? there are two really good ones that i know who would jump at the chance to co-author on this together, making three of us, EXCEPT that they are friends with said supervisor. meaning they probably don't want to piss him off. last resort? i track down his 2 arch-rivals and get them to co-author. that would place me squarely in the black-arts camp, as it were, and just be a plain evil thing to do. (not to mention that he wouldn't just ignore me after that, he'd probably actively try to get in my way for the rest of my life in this field.)
and last... am i neurotic? i hate bugging people like this, but what else do you do? and are seemingly-wonderful but secretly-control freak weirdo hot-and-cold advisors like this normal?
what would you do? he's not going to be my advisor for phd, which is good because though i liked him a lot at the time, i'm losing patience now. and believe me, i have been patient. i've got to get this paper submitted at the very least. would you submit it behind his back? i'm afraid to do this with his name on it because he'd be incredibly angry with me (first because it's incomplete, second because i would be not following his directions). if i submitted it without him, i'm just another unaffiliated peon submitting something to a prominent journal. would you find another co-author? there are two really good ones that i know who would jump at the chance to co-author on this together, making three of us, EXCEPT that they are friends with said supervisor. meaning they probably don't want to piss him off. last resort? i track down his 2 arch-rivals and get them to co-author. that would place me squarely in the black-arts camp, as it were, and just be a plain evil thing to do. (not to mention that he wouldn't just ignore me after that, he'd probably actively try to get in my way for the rest of my life in this field.)
and last... am i neurotic? i hate bugging people like this, but what else do you do? and are seemingly-wonderful but secretly-control freak weirdo hot-and-cold advisors like this normal?
