And so it begins

I have just sent out the official “defense draft” of my thesis to my committee members. This is the final version of my thesis, which will be discussed at my defense Friday. Any changes after this point should be minor in nature.

Now I just want to go through the manuscript and make sure that it matches the requirements of the grad school. The requirement are like 32 pages in length. Here’s a tiny bit so you get the idea:

• 8.5 x 11 inches in size
• 20 pound white paper with at least a 25 percent cotton-fiber content
• Acceptable fonts: Arial, Courier, Times New Roman
• Font size: minimum 10 and maximum 12
• Margins for preliminary pages: left margin 1.5, top margin 2.0, bottom and right margin 1.0 inch
• Margins for text and supplementary pages: left margin 1.5, top, bottom and right margin 1.0 inch
• Etc.