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

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