Full-time prof at a CC here, at my college for 8 years. Just got my own, non-shared office this past academic year 😂🥲
2026-06-27 00:14:33
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pokimone_stories :
Can you please explain to us why I have sent dozens of emails for potential supervisors yet none responded for a PhD position with a TA as funding source btw I have an objectively very good cv with an exceptional research proposal
2026-06-27 16:43:47
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alex :
im a bio masters student and while i dont have an office, my lab is usually empty so its kinda my office
2026-06-27 21:05:35
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Lilly :
Having a office space as an undergrad is amazing it doubles as a lab. So fumes sometimes haha
2026-06-28 04:33:19
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Christyna :
I'm a PhD student, I share an office with like 6 other master's/PhD students in my department, with another 4 students in an attached room. I'm in the nicest of our 3 grad student offices (assigned by seniority), but all of them are bright and spacious, and I get along well with the other students, so it works great for me! I do spend the majority of my time in a windowless lab though, which isn't quite as great.
2026-06-27 18:22:31
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The_sociology_cat :
I love the humble brag that you just did. My advisor is the chair. I see you 💪
2026-06-27 00:39:29
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Clairebquesí :
Def did NOT have private office spaces as a standard at my PhD program
2026-06-27 02:06:37
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Tika & Terry :
Office and labs
2026-06-28 01:28:01
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⁷⁷Josephine ⸆⸉ :
Hi! How would you recommend going about getting clinical experience as a minor? I’m a 16 year old undergraduate psychology student.
2026-06-27 06:07:31
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the political scientist :
I had an office when I was going for my masters but only because I was a TA
2026-06-27 04:02:22
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snarthnog :
ALL the English grad students at my school get a choice between TWO communal offices, both of which are really nice. It’s crazy
2026-06-27 04:38:32
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David :
I have an office for the summer and I’m loving it! I hope I can convince the department to keep letting me use it during the semester 🤞
2026-06-29 02:56:45
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Dalton Haley :
I’d love to hear your input/advice about attending PhD programs with limited funding opportunities
2026-06-27 13:36:02
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Admir :
The shared spaces in my grad program weren’t great. Barely ever ended up using them anyhow
2026-06-27 02:20:33
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Amanda :
I’ve had a shared office for both my masters and PhD and tbh I kinda love it! It fosters a lot of support between coworkers!
2026-06-27 13:52:36
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dakota (she/they) :
In my program (chemistry PhD) we each have a desk in our lab. not a big space but at least my desk is by a window!
2026-06-27 05:16:59
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Black clover :
I shared my office with another PhD student. She was never there so it basically felt like my own office. The few times she was there was really cool! I would get a little lonely in my office lol.
2026-06-27 14:21:20
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The_sociology_cat :
Sadly at my R1 one of the big decisions they made when we got our new building was to give all PhD Student floating desks of no ownership. It has not been received with a lot of love.
2026-06-27 00:38:50
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Jacob :
I feel so lucky to have an office with this view of campus and I’m only an undergrad
2026-06-27 05:40:12
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tk_echo :
I had 2 office mates and thankful that they were great - we did not share an advisors.
2026-06-27 00:37:01
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taylerryoung :
I’ve started applications for PhD programs, any tips for writing personal statements? Absolutely love your content btw 💕
2026-06-27 01:02:41
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Victoria Gonzalez :
I have an office but each office is shared with 4-8 other people, and since it's for music, we can't be in the office at the same time. scheduling is the worst 😅
2026-06-28 05:11:34
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Jacob :
I can't stop yapping in a shared office, I think I'd get lonely in my own.
2026-07-01 09:54:08
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Payton Ciolli :
At my university the TAs get an office. Some people get their own desk while others just a room with some tables. There’s like 20 of us sharing one room. Some lab spaces have desks but our old space didn’t. We would just sit in the corner of a hallway with our drinks and snacks as our break room. I have a desk now but we found out that it’s not a safe space so we can’t drink there or anything
2026-06-29 03:54:39
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yatsakimekgekwe🪶 :
And not if you make someone mad 😅
2026-06-28 18:15:21
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