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

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