前文有不少同学留言，质疑导师的失职。作为一个回应，下面贴出作为委员会主席的我为前文提到的那位考生最后考试结果起草的并经所有其他委员审定修改的决议。这样的决议我们写得非常谨慎，要经得起学生上诉的考验。

Dear ABC,

The PhD Candidacy Exam is a milestone of PhD study.  The written and oral examinations are designed to allow for the Examination Committee to determine whether a PhD student is well prepared to conduct scientific research that will, within a reasonable period, lead to a PhD dissertation that can be successfully defended, and eventually, make significant scientific contributions to the academic and engineering community. 

Upon the completion of your examination, I am writing to inform you that the examination committee has made the following decision with respect to your Candidacy Examination:

           Your assessment is:  Pass (written exam) and Fail (oral exam).

The following are the main observations made by the committee during the oral examination, which led to the decision:

1. You do not have the solid background in fundamental hydraulics required to carry out the proposed research;
2. You did not provide convincing answers with confidence to questions related to development and execution of the proposed physical experiments;
3. You are inadequately equipped in the areas of  numerical analysis and mathematical modeling to carry out the development of the Lagrangian numerical model for CDEFGH systems in your proposal; and
4. There is deficiency in your communication skills.

As this is your second attempt at the candidacy examination, we regret to inform you that you will be withdrawn from the PhD program as a result of this unsatisfactory outcome.

We would like to wish you all the best with your future endeavors.

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Diaper O
Chair, Examination Committee

我在闭关讨论时只提了两点，请导师定夺。第一，一名博士候选人必须具备相关领域的body of knowledge；第二，他（她）还必须具备解决相关问题的toolsets。一无内力，二无外功，废人一个，两三年后凭什么拿到这个博士学位？
所以，大家不要再和我说导师或学校有责任的话。


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