yeah I've heard that quals for math people are at masters level - for my brother it was the same. It think my quals are more akin to what my brothers program calls orals. It's the you've done everythign but the dissertation, lets test you one more time just to make sure you're ready final rite of passage kind of thing.

But I'm getting through it - the goal is to be done before May 1 so I can go to Annwfn for Beltane.