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ModMommy
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Seriously. You will be taken advantage of. It is stressful. Make sure your degree has a work trajectory. I’m in my MA but might need a PhD. WatchMe apply for one in the fall so i can get a job lamo. Consider your degree and if it’s important to have work experience before grad school. That is all.

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PeppermillReno
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Lol

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PeppermillReno
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HypeBeast
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Do you get a stipend? Either way, push through it assuming the outcome is worth it. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to quit my degree- glad I didn't.
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ModMommy
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BST_PoliceDo you get a stipend? Either way, push through it assuming the outcome is worth it. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to quit my degree- glad I didn't.

No stipend. Instead I work full time as a program coordinater for a different department.

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No.Quarter
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Get your shit together, keep your chin up, and be happy that you get to be involved in academia for a few more years before having your soul and happiness sucked out of you by a 40hr/wk job where you may even work in social isolation without any effective collaboration because the closest co-worker in age to you is still 40 years older. But you stay there because financial comfort living in the place you want to makes you grasp on to that silver lining of happiness even though you aren't even sure if you completely understand how or if experiencing happiness will ever be possible again. I'm obviously projecting just a lil bit here tho
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TRVP_ANGEL
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american schooling OMEGALUL
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ModMommy
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No.QuarterGet your shit together, keep your chin up, and be happy that you get to be involved in academia for a few more years before having your soul and happiness sucked out of you by a 40hr/wk job where you may even work in social isolation without any effective collaboration because the closest co-worker in age to you is still 40 years older. But you stay there because financial comfort living in the place you want to makes you grasp on to that silver lining of happiness even though you aren't even sure if you completely understand how or if experiencing happiness will ever be possible again. I'm obviously projecting just a lil bit here tho

Hahahahaha i work 40 hours a week on top of grad school in academia.
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Youngm_IPCME
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Dunno if they’re on here or not (small possibility).

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a_pla5tic_bag
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You must be some kind of non-STEM student right? If not, that's weird. I'm a PhD student in molecular genetics and feel like I have none of those issues, other then stress obviously. And the stipend doesn't make you rich but at least I have one, I know an art history PhD student and she has to work a different job alongside her PhD work. And honestly, I wouldn't do anything else, I like my field.
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ModMommy
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a_pla5tic_bagYou must be some kind of non-STEM student right? If not, that's weird. I'm a PhD student in molecular genetics and feel like I have none of those issues, other then stress obviously. And the stipend doesn't make you rich but at least I have one, I know an art history PhD student and she has to work a different job alongside her PhD work. And honestly, I wouldn't do anything else, I like my field.


I’m an environmental historian, while I can likely get a job with my MA the good positions (Smithsonian, etc) all require PhD. This makes sense, our department stressed doing an MA over a PhD because it’s easy to over qualify yourself in history since there aren't many jobs in it. In terms of taken advantage of, I was asked to survey a forest service cabin that is eligible to be entered onto the historic registrar/can be rented out soon once conservation happens. I was initially asked to survey, not prepare the document for preservation. Super cool, but a bunch of work since I have a full-time job as well. Federal reports are meticulous and require great detail, something I really don't have the time to dedicate to it.

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Chinchi
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med student here, can confirm gradschool sucks. To be fair I'm really enjoying what I'm learning but sometimes I miss the good ole days. Went from skiing ~100 days a year to
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SofaKingSick
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dude plus you have to spend time around grad students :(
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ModMommy
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Chinchimed student here, can confirm gradschool sucks. To be fair I'm really enjoying what I'm learning but sometimes I miss the good ole days. Went from skiing ~100 days a year to

Med School is a whole other beast. Props to you.
SofaKingSickdude plus you have to spend time around grad students :(

Thankfully my department is super cool, but yeah, this.
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safarisamenvironmental historian

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I had to google exactly what this entails. It for sure sounds like a field with no jobs and where the PhDs are unfunded. Sounds rough, sucks when what you like doing has a shit job market. I'm lucky I liked a field that's booming.
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a_pla5tic_bagI had to google exactly what this entails. It for sure sounds like a field with no jobs and where the PhDs are unfunded. Sounds rough, sucks when what you like doing has a shit job market. I'm lucky I liked a field that's booming.


Hand sanitizer production?
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CaptainObvious.Hand sanitizer production?


its obviously paper straws to SaVe ThE TuRtlEs
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