25 Deeply Painful Ph.d. Student Problems (Besides Your Thesis)

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[b] [background=transparent]12.[/background] Finding an old paper you wrote your first year of grad school:[/b]


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[b] [background=transparent]13.[/background] Realizing where most of your stipend went.[/b]


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[b] [background=transparent]14.[/background] When master’s degree students complain about their workload, you’re just like:[/b]


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[b] [background=transparent]16.[/background] When all of your colleagues are married, and you’re just like:[/b]


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[b] [background=transparent]17.[/background] Feeling some degree of “impostor syndrome” at least once a day.[/b]


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[font=ProximaNovaRegular, arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]…as in, you’re just waiting for someone to realize that they made a HUGE mistake letting you into your program and to swiftly kick you out.[/size][/font]

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[b] [background=transparent]18.[/background] When someone asks you for the 357th time what your dissertation is about:[/b]


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[b] [background=transparent]19.[/background] How you feel when your annual conference is in:[/b]

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[b] [background=transparent]20.[/background] Seeing someone on your dissertation committee outside of school:[/b]


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[b] [background=transparent]21.[/background] Grading your undergrads’ papers:[/b]


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[b] [background=transparent]22.[/background] When someone asks how “writing” is going:[/b]


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[b] [background=transparent]23.[/background] Trying to say something romantic to your significant other after a long day of coursework:[/b]


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[b] [background=transparent]24.[/background] Explaining to your friends with 9-to-5 jobs why you can’t go out on Friday night.[/b]

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[b] [background=transparent]25.[/background] When ANYONE asks you what your plan is after you graduate:[/b]


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