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

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