been in grad school a year, skimming will become your best friend! there’s simply no time to read everything in detail anymore 😭
2026-09-07 21:06:06
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Meg (MK)📚✨ :
Unsolicited advice, but open everything in edge and do a cltr shift u. It will read the whole thing to you. Listening and taking notes works really well for me and it’s a little less strain on my eyes given all my material is online and I’m on a screen for work too 💀. You got this 👏
2026-09-07 14:09:38
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Addison :
Less than a month in and I’m already exhausted
2026-09-07 20:47:36
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Erica Whitney🍉 :
some advice from a 3rd year grad student, not every reading is important! i prioritize the ones that professors say to do or i prioritize the chapter readings since those usually have more of the content where i can actually learn from
2026-09-07 15:56:49
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lolo :) :
One class required reading 99 pages..I’m taking 7 classes
2026-09-07 23:31:27
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Katelyn ! :
take it from a second year grad student… don’t waste your time reading everything! focus on the broad concepts and then go back to read if you still don’t understand💕
2026-09-08 00:41:42
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Sydni :
I just don’t understand how I can retain all the readings and work
2026-09-07 21:25:23
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Mealz :
Here's a tip if you do discussion posts, if your professor mentions specific vocab in a question, search for it in each article, focus on the one that mentions it the least, and the one that mentions it the most! Good luck! You got this!
2026-09-07 18:49:55
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Quizlet :
keep going, baddie!
2026-09-08 19:30:11
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hotapplepeye :
Look up a tutorial on how to strip a book for info. This saved me in my masters and is saving me still in my doctorate. You got this 🤍
2026-09-08 02:16:45
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Julia🌙✨ :
ME TOO!! I feel like I’m the type of person who thinks everything is important because knowing me, the one thing that I feel like is not important my professor is going to want us to know 🥲 so I am trying to catch up with my readings 😭
2026-09-08 00:38:02
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destiny | msw student:) :
no literally i am drowning
2026-09-07 23:43:33
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aa1iyaahhh :
omg same 😍 i’m genuinely losing it with how much reading there is
2026-09-08 19:14:41
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✨kaitlin✨ :
I’m glad I’m not the only one feeling this way
2026-09-07 21:04:10
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Laur :
like how do i do it
2026-09-08 22:21:52
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CryingCowboy_ :
This comment section has never made me feel so seen. I feel like I'm missing something much info by not reading everything. It's killing me
2026-09-08 02:49:48
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Lex 🦋✨ :
oh same girl i’ve been skimming a lot and then going back and taking notes on what i think is absolutely important because it’s sooo much
2026-09-07 19:31:04
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mitchplleeease :
I’m 3 classes away from completing my masters imma tell you right now only read what’s related to assignments… have chat summarize chapters and highlight definitions for exams it’s literally impossible to read all that and work full time not to mention you guys who are parents…. YOU GOT THIS!❤️
2026-09-07 20:42:07
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sheimonyou :
I have chat summarize the chapter and make me an outline …it’s been helpful! And I’ve also used notebook LM to make a podcast so I can listen and take notes
2026-09-08 04:58:39
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cait :
we got this despite the horrors our passions will persist
2026-09-07 18:54:12
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anna ᖭི༏ᖫྀ :
third semester grad student here, idc what any professor says, not EVERY reading is as mandatory as it seems (sometimes you can literally just do an assignment without the reading at all if you skim summaries/abstracts or just flat out look up the reading with ‘analysis’…)
2026-09-08 02:23:17
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Lex 🖤 :
I work 12-13 hours, taking 5 grad classes for my masters. Trust me reading everything isn’t important. Just make sure you can understand the concepts that you’re dealing with that week. I find YouTube videos that will also explain the concepts better to me if I don’t understand!
2026-09-08 06:00:33
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Ashton Greene :
I literally go to the discussion post see what it’s asking for and go about the reading that way cause AINT NO WAYYYYYY😭 (only the 3rd week btw)
2026-09-08 02:01:37
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arianafan123 :
Girl yes
2026-09-07 14:45:47
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