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Keep in mind that the capstone is considered the culmination of your experience in the degree and the reason they list specific requirements (which are only now enforced) is to ensure that you are properly prepared for the course.
From the instructor's perspective, if you are ready to take your capstone you should already know what a thesis is and how to create a literature review; you should have learned that in your english composition courses and it should have been reinforced through the academic writing you did in your upper division coursework. From the instructor's perspective, at the capstone level they are not there to teach you, they are there to measure your ability to synthesize the knowledge you gained from your degree as you prove you are ready to graduate through completing the capstone assignments. It is not a course on paper writing, so they shouldn't be teaching you how to create the elements of your paper, only to help guide you on the path you should take while doing so.
From the student perspective, I always like to see an example of what good looks like to make sure I'm on the right path, but when asked my mentor told me that they don't have anything like that, but if I am there, I should already have all the tools needed to be successful, I just need to apply them. And he was right, I just was so used to having my hand held in the courses I had taken previously that I wasn't taking charge and taking my own approach to the problem that utilized what I already knew, combing what I learned in school and what I learned on the job. Once I did that, I was able to excel.
That all said, there are a number of excellent guides on how to write academic papers on YouTube if you need them. Plus folks here on the forum will obviously be able to contribute.
You don't need to withdraw, just do some extra research to refresh your english comp knowledge and get back to it. I'm sure you'll do fine!
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(03-03-2019, 03:38 PM)TexasTink Wrote: If any of y’all need some samples, I’d be happy to send over the samples my mentor has posted. I have 2-3 for each assignment and 4 complete capstones. I’ve downloaded them and could send them along if that would help. I would very much appreciate if you could share them with me as well. Do i PM you my email ID?
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(03-03-2019, 09:14 PM)Supermind Wrote: (03-03-2019, 03:38 PM)TexasTink Wrote: If any of y’all need some samples, I’d be happy to send over the samples my mentor has posted. I have 2-3 for each assignment and 4 complete capstones. I’ve downloaded them and could send them along if that would help. I would very much appreciate if you could share them with me as well. Do i PM you my email ID?
Sure! PM me your email address and I can send them over tomorrow.
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(03-03-2019, 09:27 PM)TexasTink Wrote: (03-03-2019, 09:14 PM)Supermind Wrote: (03-03-2019, 03:38 PM)TexasTink Wrote: If any of y’all need some samples, I’d be happy to send over the samples my mentor has posted. I have 2-3 for each assignment and 4 complete capstones. I’ve downloaded them and could send them along if that would help. I would very much appreciate if you could share them with me as well. Do i PM you my email ID?
Sure! PM me your email address and I can send them over tomorrow.
BIg thank you to Texas Tink for sending over a few samples. Very kind of you.
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Thank you Texas Tink. Reviewing samples brings so much more clarity than reading the Lib-495 textbook.
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I would not drop the class. You've already paid for it. You may be able to switch mentors, so I would ask about that first and explain that you are not getting enough direction.
I took the top grade in my capstone class, and have my paper available online. If anyone needs another sample PM me. One thing I did was hired someone from LinkedIn who had experience in the field I was writing about and a lot of writing experience. She listed herself as an editor, and I just reached out to her through LinkedIn. I did that at the tail end of the course. It was a huge help for me though, and well worth what little she charged me just to have peace of mind that I wouldn't fail. I really wasn't expecting to do as well as did. I can share her contact info as well if anyone needs it.
I did put a lot of effort into the class. I think my paper was about 120 pages. Most of the students papers I believe were around 50. I chose a main topic and researched about 5 sub-topics within it. I complied research for some sub-topics, but I also sent out surveys to organizations & compiled the results of those. The paper contained both quantitative & qualitative data I will say a lot of it felt very repetitive.
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@Sweetsecret, Where can I find your paper? Given that you have put so much work into it, I would definitely like to read it. Pls PM me the link.
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This thread has to be a caution to anyone accumulating credit that doesn't require writing- all 3 of the big 3 require a capstone. No way around it.
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(03-03-2019, 03:38 PM)TexasTink Wrote: If any of y’all need some samples, I’d be happy to send over the samples my mentor has posted. I have 2-3 for each assignment and 4 complete capstones. I’ve downloaded them and could send them along if that would help. Hi TexasTink, I would love those samples if the offer is still available. Thanks in advance.
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I took both Comp1 and 2 through Study.com and I don't recall having to write a 'thesis' paper. A thesis was always just described as the sentence (or three) that explains the main idea of the paper. When I do the capstone I am sure I will need to look at examples and research exactly what type of paper i am supposed to write.
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