Your self-deprecationjoke only getsawkward pitylaughsHalf-hearted"Wow, that'sso cool!"Appears tobelieve thatyou don'tactually work"What doyou do,exactly?""Bet you'reglad to beon break,huh?"Tries tomansplainyour workto you"Why didyou want togo to gradschool?"Directsaggressiveopinions abouteducationtowards youHarps onhighereducation"What doyou want todo withyour PhD?"Anyreferencesto being"in school""Lookingforward tosummer?"Glazed overlook whenyou explainyour work"So you justwant to stayin schoolforever,huh?"Brags abouthow smarttheirundergradchild isAsks aboutschool butnot aboutyourresearchFeignsinterest inyourresearch"That'sa lot ofschool.""Can'tbelieve thestudent loancrisis, huh?"Directsaggressiveopinions aboutsciencetowards you"Have youpublishedanything?""You're goingto love being adoctor/vet/etc!""Oh, [somekid] reallywants to be adoctor/vet!""So whendo youfinish?"Your self-deprecationjoke only getsawkward pitylaughsHalf-hearted"Wow, that'sso cool!"Appears tobelieve thatyou don'tactually work"What doyou do,exactly?""Bet you'reglad to beon break,huh?"Tries tomansplainyour workto you"Why didyou want togo to gradschool?"Directsaggressiveopinions abouteducationtowards youHarps onhighereducation"What doyou want todo withyour PhD?"Anyreferencesto being"in school""Lookingforward tosummer?"Glazed overlook whenyou explainyour work"So you justwant to stayin schoolforever,huh?"Brags abouthow smarttheirundergradchild isAsks aboutschool butnot aboutyourresearchFeignsinterest inyourresearch"That'sa lot ofschool.""Can'tbelieve thestudent loancrisis, huh?"Directsaggressiveopinions aboutsciencetowards you"Have youpublishedanything?""You're goingto love being adoctor/vet/etc!""Oh, [somekid] reallywants to be adoctor/vet!""So whendo youfinish?"

PhD Student Holiday Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Your self-deprecation joke only gets awkward pity laughs
  2. Half-hearted "Wow, that's so cool!"
  3. Appears to believe that you don't actually work
  4. "What do you do, exactly?"
  5. "Bet you're glad to be on break, huh?"
  6. Tries to mansplain your work to you
  7. "Why did you want to go to grad school?"
  8. Directs aggressive opinions about education towards you
  9. Harps on higher education
  10. "What do you want to do with your PhD?"
  11. Any references to being "in school"
  12. "Looking forward to summer?"
  13. Glazed over look when you explain your work
  14. "So you just want to stay in school forever, huh?"
  15. Brags about how smart their undergrad child is
  16. Asks about school but not about your research
  17. Feigns interest in your research
  18. "That's a lot of school."
  19. "Can't believe the student loan crisis, huh?"
  20. Directs aggressive opinions about science towards you
  21. "Have you published anything?"
  22. "You're going to love being a doctor/vet/etc!"
  23. "Oh, [some kid] really wants to be a doctor/vet!"
  24. "So when do you finish?"