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PhDon’t quite understand, but I’ll pretend I do

#phd #grad school #grad student #i don't understand #just nod and look pensive

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PhDiscussing my subject with people

Me:

Other grad students:

Them:

#phd #grad school #grad student #i can talk at lengths about my work #nerdy is the new sexy #maybe i'm weird

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PhDirector sent me more corrections

#phd #grad school #grad student #corrections #thesis writing

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PhDamn, how’d you get so smart?

#phd #grad school #grad student #phd student #wikipedia #research

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PhDrafting up an article

#phd #grad school #phd student #grad student #article writing #making stuff up

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PhDecided to take a mini vacation

#phd #grad school #i needed a vacation #feeling refreshed

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PhDeveloping back problems

#phd #grad school #back pain #hunched over all day

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PhDaily pep talk

#phd #grad school #i need to get off tumblr #start working #pep talk

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PhDonning my finest outfit at the conference

#phd #grad school #swag #tom haverford #looking fly #fancy #this makes me feel like an adult

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PhDocument corrupted

#phd #grad school #why does this keep happening to me #file corrupted

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PhDoing all I can

#phd #grad school #gotta keep going #trying my best

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PhDigitized books are the greatest

#phd #grad school #research is so much easier #control f #keyword search

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PhDirector wants to meet to discuss my “progress”

#phd #grad school #i am stagnating #not moving forward #haven't written in a while

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PhDodging hard questions

Are you published yet?

Did you get funding?

When will you finish?

#phd #grad school #hard questions #ugh #grad life #never ask these questions #most hated questions

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PhDesperately trying to convince myself that things are fine

#phd #grad school #there are ups and downs #it'll all get done

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PhDo you get time off soon?

#phd #grad school #time off #what's that #i work a lot

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PhDisguising my disappointment

On the outside:

On the inside:

#phd #grad school #disappointment #crying on the inside #corrections