"What doyou do,exactly?""So whendo youfinish?""Wow,that's a lotof school!"Brags abouttheir "smart"undergradchildHarps onhighereducationAppears tobelieve thatyou don'thave a job"Why didyou want togo to gradschool?"Your self-deprecationjoke only getsawkward pitylaughs"Betyou'reglad to beon break!"Tries tomansplainyour workto you"Oh, [somekid] reallywants to be adoctor/vet!"Mentionsstudentloansand/or debtGlazed overlook whenyou explainyour work"Lookingforward tosummer?""Have youpublishedanything?""You mustreally loveschool!"Half-hearted"Wow, that'sso cool!"Asks aboutschool butnot aboutyourresearch"What doyou want todo withyour PhD?"Feignsinterest inyourresearchDirectsaggressiveopinions aboutsciencetowards youAnyreferencesto being"in school""Whatclassesdo youtake?""So you justwant to stayin schoolforever!""What doyou do,exactly?""So whendo youfinish?""Wow,that's a lotof school!"Brags abouttheir "smart"undergradchildHarps onhighereducationAppears tobelieve thatyou don'thave a job"Why didyou want togo to gradschool?"Your self-deprecationjoke only getsawkward pitylaughs"Betyou'reglad to beon break!"Tries tomansplainyour workto you"Oh, [somekid] reallywants to be adoctor/vet!"Mentionsstudentloansand/or debtGlazed overlook whenyou explainyour work"Lookingforward tosummer?""Have youpublishedanything?""You mustreally loveschool!"Half-hearted"Wow, that'sso cool!"Asks aboutschool butnot aboutyourresearch"What doyou want todo withyour PhD?"Feignsinterest inyourresearchDirectsaggressiveopinions aboutsciencetowards youAnyreferencesto being"in school""Whatclassesdo youtake?""So you justwant to stayin schoolforever!"

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