CryingAFTER ameeting withyour advisorYou had to payfor your owntravel, hotel,food, etc. for aconferenceFailing to passacomprehensiveexamYour advisor saysto change youranalysis only totell you afterwardto revert to theoriginal planYour dissertationdata is delayed bymonths becausePitt messed up asingle word in theData UseAgreementTurning toYouTubebecause thosevideos teachbetter than yourprofessorsYour advisor failsto give feedbackon your thesis formonths butdemands majorrevisions just daysbefore deadlineYour advisorneglects tointroduce youto theircolleagues at aconferenceYour advisorforgot you wereon vacation andexpected you todo somethingYour advisor forgotthat they asked youto do something andthen questioned whyyou would do suchan unnecessaryexperimentYour advisorforgot to tellyou they areout of thecountryWaiting forreimbursementafter paying forfood and drinkfor your wholejournal clubYour advisordidn't knowwhich classesyou needed totakeYour submittedmanuscriptwas rejectedby at least twojournalsDebugging codefor hours/daysonly to realizeyou forgot asemicolon (orsimilar)Reading Redditor Quora postsabout sad gradsituations tomake you feelless aloneCompleting agroup projecton GoogleDocshours/minutesbefore deadlineYourreimbursementfor a conferencegets stuck inConcur formonthsYour advisorcompletelyforgot about ameeting youhad scheduledYour advisorforgot whatyour projectwas aboutCryingDURING ameeting withyour advisorYour professorgives no feedbackon a paper duringthe semester, thentears it apart at theend of the courseYou turned30 while ingradschoolYour advisor andpostdoc(s)demand you makecontradictorychanges to yourpaperYou couldn't getahold of youradvisor for a ≥3workday periodBelonging to adepartment thathas nopermanent chairfor more than afew monthsYour committeemeeting wasvery delayedbecauseschedulesnever alignedMultiple monthswent by beforeyour stipendreflected a new,increased rateWhen, at yourdissertationdefense, youradvisor strugglesto remember howlong you've been astudentAttended adepartment-wide receptionthat has nofood or drinkPitt IT takesseveral weeksto unzip a .csvfile and make itavailable to youYour advisorrefused toteach you anessential labmethod/techniqueYou stayed upworking reallylate the nightbefore anadvisor meetingYour dissertationchair moves to adifferent university,forcing you toreconfigure yourentire committee withonly a few weeks'noticeCryingAFTER ameeting withyour advisorYou had to payfor your owntravel, hotel,food, etc. for aconferenceFailing to passacomprehensiveexamYour advisor saysto change youranalysis only totell you afterwardto revert to theoriginal planYour dissertationdata is delayed bymonths becausePitt messed up asingle word in theData UseAgreementTurning toYouTubebecause thosevideos teachbetter than yourprofessorsYour advisor failsto give feedbackon your thesis formonths butdemands majorrevisions just daysbefore deadlineYour advisorneglects tointroduce youto theircolleagues at aconferenceYour advisorforgot you wereon vacation andexpected you todo somethingYour advisor forgotthat they asked youto do something andthen questioned whyyou would do suchan unnecessaryexperimentYour advisorforgot to tellyou they areout of thecountryWaiting forreimbursementafter paying forfood and drinkfor your wholejournal clubYour advisordidn't knowwhich classesyou needed totakeYour submittedmanuscriptwas rejectedby at least twojournalsDebugging codefor hours/daysonly to realizeyou forgot asemicolon (orsimilar)Reading Redditor Quora postsabout sad gradsituations tomake you feelless aloneCompleting agroup projecton GoogleDocshours/minutesbefore deadlineYourreimbursementfor a conferencegets stuck inConcur formonthsYour advisorcompletelyforgot about ameeting youhad scheduledYour advisorforgot whatyour projectwas aboutCryingDURING ameeting withyour advisorYour professorgives no feedbackon a paper duringthe semester, thentears it apart at theend of the courseYou turned30 while ingradschoolYour advisor andpostdoc(s)demand you makecontradictorychanges to yourpaperYou couldn't getahold of youradvisor for a ≥3workday periodBelonging to adepartment thathas nopermanent chairfor more than afew monthsYour committeemeeting wasvery delayedbecauseschedulesnever alignedMultiple monthswent by beforeyour stipendreflected a new,increased rateWhen, at yourdissertationdefense, youradvisor strugglesto remember howlong you've been astudentAttended adepartment-wide receptionthat has nofood or drinkPitt IT takesseveral weeksto unzip a .csvfile and make itavailable to youYour advisorrefused toteach you anessential labmethod/techniqueYou stayed upworking reallylate the nightbefore anadvisor meetingYour dissertationchair moves to adifferent university,forcing you toreconfigure yourentire committee withonly a few weeks'notice

Marisa's Anti-PhD Bingo: Find an individual who has experienced a situation below (one block per person) - 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. Crying AFTER a meeting with your advisor
  2. You had to pay for your own travel, hotel, food, etc. for a conference
  3. Failing to pass a comprehensive exam
  4. Your advisor says to change your analysis only to tell you afterward to revert to the original plan
  5. Your dissertation data is delayed by months because Pitt messed up a single word in the Data Use Agreement
  6. Turning to YouTube because those videos teach better than your professors
  7. Your advisor fails to give feedback on your thesis for months but demands major revisions just days before deadline
  8. Your advisor neglects to introduce you to their colleagues at a conference
  9. Your advisor forgot you were on vacation and expected you to do something
  10. Your advisor forgot that they asked you to do something and then questioned why you would do such an unnecessary experiment
  11. Your advisor forgot to tell you they are out of the country
  12. Waiting for reimbursement after paying for food and drink for your whole journal club
  13. Your advisor didn't know which classes you needed to take
  14. Your submitted manuscript was rejected by at least two journals
  15. Debugging code for hours/days only to realize you forgot a semicolon (or similar)
  16. Reading Reddit or Quora posts about sad grad situations to make you feel less alone
  17. Completing a group project on Google Docs hours/minutes before deadline
  18. Your reimbursement for a conference gets stuck in Concur for months
  19. Your advisor completely forgot about a meeting you had scheduled
  20. Your advisor forgot what your project was about
  21. Crying DURING a meeting with your advisor
  22. Your professor gives no feedback on a paper during the semester, then tears it apart at the end of the course
  23. You turned 30 while in grad school
  24. Your advisor and postdoc(s) demand you make contradictory changes to your paper
  25. You couldn't get ahold of your advisor for a ≥3 workday period
  26. Belonging to a department that has no permanent chair for more than a few months
  27. Your committee meeting was very delayed because schedules never aligned
  28. Multiple months went by before your stipend reflected a new, increased rate
  29. When, at your dissertation defense, your advisor struggles to remember how long you've been a student
  30. Attended a department-wide reception that has no food or drink
  31. Pitt IT takes several weeks to unzip a .csv file and make it available to you
  32. Your advisor refused to teach you an essential lab method/ technique
  33. You stayed up working really late the night before an advisor meeting
  34. Your dissertation chair moves to a different university, forcing you to reconfigure your entire committee with only a few weeks' notice