Add "Appendix" before "A" in thesis TOC
You can easily achieve what you want using the appendix package. Here's a sample file that shows you how. The key is the titletoc option when calling the package. It takes whatever value you've defined in \appendixname and the default value is Appendix.
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[titletoc]{appendix}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\chapter{Lorem ipsum}
\section{Dolor sit amet}
\begin{appendices}
\chapter{Consectetur adipiscing elit}
\chapter{Mauris euismod}
\end{appendices}
\end{document}
The output looks like
