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

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