I am currently on my last semester (yey!) and to be honest, apart from not going to a regular school, the curriculum and the requirements are pretty much the same with a regular school. Which is why on my 3rd year, I am required to do a thesis.

Well, I have a limited knowledge as to how regular students have done their thesis but from what I had heard from my friends, some were given the chance to choose their own topic to choose from (I am guessing, they will propose numerous topics and their thesis adviser will be choosing the best and work with it) while some are assigned a specific topic to choose from.

From my experience, my thesis adviser laid out five (5) different topics to choose from. I chose the topic about New Media since it was easier for me to talked about because I am already in this digital platform wherein I have more confidence and knowledge to put on my paper.

As to how I chose my thesis adviser, the professor assigned to the topic was also my adviser. In comparison to the regular students (correct me if I'm wrong) they have the option to choose who will be their adviser and if the adviser they have choosed from will agree to work with them- that I cannot be sure.

The contents were also the same, doing abstract, case study and such... the only difference is the way we defended the thesis and also, we have no choice but to do the thesis all by ourselves because we don't have a physical classmate to work with (obviously). Talking about how I defended my thesis- that didn't actually happened but I made a video presentation talking about the topic I chose and inserted different useful clips such as interviews with different persons involved and texts that will emphasize a specific point in my presentation.

The process was stressful as ever. Although I had 6 months (full semester) to work with my paper, of course, with schedule mixed up, priorities and work here and there, sometimes, my timeline didn't go the way I planned it. Also, the interviews are very much stressful. Since I am talking about how blogging can procure money, I need to interview bloggers and influencers who have revenues in their chosen platform. The problem is the schedule, at that time, I know that events are comming back and forth which gives the blogger minimal time to sit down and chat with me which I purely understand most especially if blogging is their bread and butter but what hurts the most is that I experienced some influencers who have agreed to do the interview at this specific time but didn't bother to meet me or even chat me (but no hard feelings).

But if you're asking, what are the pros and cons, I will lay atleast 3 of each (or probably more)

Pros

• Freedom of time
  Since you will be working by yourself, you don't need to wait for your groupmates to turnover their assigned section (or task) and if you're a person who is always on the go like me, working at your own pace is the cherry on top. Also, you can take a rest whenever you please.
• Can be less stressful
  If you're good at time management, you won't experience so much pressure of turning over your drafts to your adviser. If you have ample time to spare writing and doing research, there will be less chances of revisions.
  
  In my personal experience, my thesis adviser only omit the personal none-sense parts of my thesis paper. This was my disadvantage because it seems like I'm writing a narrative than a thesis since the topic has a personal attachment to me but I'm so glad that I overcome it.
  
  Also, if you didn't meet any obstacles on the way, you can pretty much finish the thesis in a very short period of time.
• Gives you more freedom to do your own research and be more creative with your thesis
  Since you depend on yourself, you have multitude of options on where you can do your research. In my own experience, I did visit several libraries, read alot of online books and watch different documentaries to help me understand the topic even better and when it comes to the video presentation, I am in control of what to put and what to ommit which is basically perfect for me since I cannot wait for other people to critic my work since I am always busy! Of course, my thesis adviser is excluded with this attitude (lols).