May 19, 2013
WHEN YOU SEE THE FIRST YEAR GRAD STUDENTS HANGING OUT ON CAMPUS:

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2:01pm
(Notes: 30)
  
Filed under: babies you're just babies clever babies full of hope beware the future i wish you well first years grad school wheninacademia 
May 18, 2013
WHEN YOUR UNIVERSITY CONGRATULATES ITSELF FOR BEING *SLIGHTLY* LESS HOMOPHOBIC THAN IT USED TO BE:

2:01pm
(Notes: 67)
  
Filed under: anonymous ask congratuwelldone too little too late get with the 21st century university homophobia honestly wheninacademia 
May 17, 2013
WHEN YOU ARE IN SEMINAR AND DECIDE TO TAKE ON A MAJOR CONTROVERSY THAT YOU DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT:

10:05pm
(Notes: 56)
  
Filed under: oops sorry i meant to say that the rest of the class barely cares seriously i'm smart the rest of the time i haven't been sleeping seminar failure fail wheninacademia 
May 17, 2013
WHEN YOUR SUMMER STIPEND ARRIVES IN ONE LUMP SUM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER:

2:01pm
(Notes: 47)
  
Filed under: make it rain better grab an umbrella money summer stipend fellowship broke by mid-july academia wheninacademia 
May 16, 2013
WHEN YOUR ADVISOR SUDDENLY CHANGES SUBFIELDS AND LOSES ALL INTEREST IN YOUR WORK:

2:01pm
(Notes: 42)
  
Filed under: anonymous ask oh no all alone advisor subfields abandonment issues actually just got abandoned here wheninacademia 
May 15, 2013
WHEN A STUDENT CREDITS YOU IN A SCHOLARSHIP LETTER:

(Source: TYLER)

2:01pm
(Notes: 33)
  
Filed under: aw yiss high fives all around you go get it teaching TYLER undergrads validation pay it forward bless worth it wheninacademia 
May 14, 2013
WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN INDOORS WRITING FOR LITERALLY DAYS, AND DECIDE TO GET SOME FRESH AIR:

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3:28pm
(Notes: 109)
  
Filed under: AAAAAAAH what is 'outdoors'? dissertation diss isolation sedentary writing ABD no outdoors until graduation wheninacademia THE WHITE FACE THAT BURNS US 
May 13, 2013
WHEN A COLLEAGUE GIVES YOU REALLY USEFUL JOB MARKET ADVICE:

1:01pm
(Notes: 26)
  
Filed under: you're the best advice job market a hare above the rest collegiality wheninacademia 
May 12, 2013
WHEN MY MOM ASKS IF I’LL BE DONE WRITING BY SUMMER:

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1:57pm
(Notes: 47)
  
Filed under: I LOVE YOU MOM HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY I WILL DEDICATE THE DISS TO YOU YOU AND LIL WAYNE diss dissertation writing wheninacademia repost kinda 
May 7, 2013
WHEN YOU READ A HILARIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE RAMPANT PROBLEMS IN THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM:

1:56pm
(Notes: 71)
  
Filed under: hahaha oh ah boo too true hitting me where i live academia i want to believe wheninacademia