Do you worry how to develop a dissertation proposal outline, write a dissertation proposal, go through dissertation proposal defense, collect and analyze your data, make it through final defense ALL in three years while also completing course work and living a complex adult life? Many people entering graduate school will be told by their university that it is possible to earn their doctoral degree in three years. The wise student will ask, "What percentage of your students actually do so?" I know from my experience both in pushing the systems at Columbia University to allow me to graduate (and I…