If You Miss Being A Student, These 19 Truths About Grad School May Cure You Of That

by N/A, 10 years ago | 4 min read

If you went to grad school, you know the struggle. If you're in grad school now, you'll recognize these truths soon enough. Godspeed.Â

1. Grad School is hard.

2. You're probably really excited at first.

3. But then you quickly feel overwhelmed.

4. You develop a severe addiction to coffee...

6. You're basically in a monogamous relationship with your studies.

5. ...because you're always tired.

7. Prepare your body for a steady diet of Ramen for the next few years.

8. You definitely spend way too much time trying to sift through your professor's over-explanations.

9. Your thinking is clouded more often than it's not.

10. You have to learn all about time management ASAP.

11. Your books are worth more than you are.

12. Your work load is just depressing.

13. You'll officially feel old for the first time...

14. And start looking for new ways to get crazy on the weekends.

15. Which leads to a newfound appreciation for nap time.

16. You realizes it's become a lot harder to relax.

17. There will be times when you may feel a little intellectually inferior.

18. Thesis time will eventually roll around... and no matter what, you won't feel ready to finish.

19. At the end of it all, you have this to look forward to.

But it's all totally worth it. Right?