About r/GradSchool
Discussion forum for current, past, and future students of any discipline completing post-graduate studies - taught or research.
The community at a glance
r/GradSchool is a Subreddit for Students with roughly 940K members. It has been around since 2009. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 7th largest community in the Students topic page.
Roughly 31K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Looking For, and Masters. Common discussion themes are Advice Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention laptop.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a forum
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 5K members
- 2014: 5K members
- 2015: 5K members
- 2016: 5K members
- 2017: 9K members
- 2018: 22K members
- 2019: 29K members
- 2020: 69K members
- 2021: 98K members
- 2023: 249K members
- 2024: 352K members
- 2025: 69K members
- 2026: 20K members
Past year (monthly)
- Aug: 2K members
- Sep: 1K members
- Oct: 830 members
- Nov: 3K members
- Dec: 4K members
- Jan: 3K members
- Feb: 3K members
- Mar: 3K members
- Apr: 3K members
- May: 3K members
- Jun: 3K members
- Jul: 3K members
Themes
- Advice Requests35 posts in the past month
- Admitted to a Master's in Spain but need urgent institutional funding/scholarship to escape Gaza. Only 9 days left.
- What is a normal Master's thesis workload and is my PI being unreasonable?
- Left PhD in late twenties and I feel like I am falling behind. Is getting a PhD worth it?
#135Advice RequestsAdmitted to a Master's in Spain but need urgent institutional funding/scholarship to escape Gaza. Only 9 days left. · What is a normal Master's thesis workload and is my PI being unreasonable? · Left PhD in late twenties and I feel like I am falling behind. Is getting a PhD worth it? - Pain & Anger4 posts in the past month
- Failed Thesis Defense. What now?
- Does anyone else get judged for wanting to keep studying?
- Want to quit grad school but worried about job references
#24Pain & AngerFailed Thesis Defense. What now? · Does anyone else get judged for wanting to keep studying? · Want to quit grad school but worried about job references - Money Talk2 posts in the past month
- Just graduated! What should I use my student discount for before my student email account is removed?
- 100k in loans
#32Money TalkJust graduated! What should I use my student discount for before my student email account is removed? · 100k in loans - Ideas1 post in the past month
- Looking for thesis ideas in robotics
#41IdeasLooking for thesis ideas in robotics - Solution Requests1 post in the past month
- What qualitative analysis software do you actually recommend?
#51Solution RequestsWhat qualitative analysis software do you actually recommend?
Topics
- Struggling75 posts in the past month#175Struggling
- Looking For63 posts in the past month#263Looking For
- Masters22 posts in the past month
- Success stories from people who did poorly in their masters program?
#322MastersSuccess stories from people who did poorly in their masters program? - Thesis19 posts in the past month#419Thesis
- Grad School17 posts in the past month
- Grad school writing - does it get better the more you write?
#517Grad SchoolGrad school writing - does it get better the more you write?
Flair
- Health & Work/Life Balance22 posts in the past month
- Are you guys actually doing 60+ hr work weeks?
- Junior member of my lab and I have applied for all the same grants this year - I didn’t get any but they have gotten all of them. How to deal with feeling inadequate?
- How to recover from burnout
#122Health & Work/Life BalanceAre you guys actually doing 60+ hr work weeks? · Junior member of my lab and I have applied for all the same grants this year - I didn’t get any but they have gotten all of them. How to deal with feeling inadequate? · How to recover from burnout - Academics20 posts in the past month
- Have you ever seen an advisor pass a student just because it’d look bad if they didn’t?
- Grad students, what small first-year mistake caused you the most stress later?
- Citing primary sources?
#220AcademicsHave you ever seen an advisor pass a student just because it’d look bad if they didn’t? · Grad students, what small first-year mistake caused you the most stress later? · Citing primary sources? - Admissions & Applications20 posts in the past month
- declining after accepting
- I’m looking for advice from anyone who has left a PhD program and later returned to academia
- I (37m) am going back to school with over 90 credit hours of an undergrad, and need help deciding between Masters of Public Administration, Accounting/MBA, Law School, and Medical School.
#320Admissions & Applicationsdeclining after accepting · I’m looking for advice from anyone who has left a PhD program and later returned to academia · I (37m) am going back to school with over 90 credit hours of an undergrad, and need help deciding between Masters of Public Administration, Accounting/MBA, Law School, and Medical School. - Research12 posts in the past month
- Failed Thesis Defense. What now?
- Thesis solidarity
- Left PhD in late twenties and I feel like I am falling behind. Is getting a PhD worth it?
#412ResearchFailed Thesis Defense. What now? · Thesis solidarity · Left PhD in late twenties and I feel like I am falling behind. Is getting a PhD worth it? - Finance7 posts in the past month
- Accepted to a Psychology PhD program that I can’t afford
- 100k in loans
- Advice for F31 Grant
#57FinanceAccepted to a Psychology PhD program that I can’t afford · 100k in loans · Advice for F31 Grant
Product recommendations
- laptop2 posts in the past month
- Laptop recs for science PhDs
- Laptop recs for science PhDs
#12laptopLaptop recs for science PhDs · Laptop recs for science PhDs
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/GradSchool for?
- Best for Students enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/GradSchool free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/GradSchool have?
- Roughly 940K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/GradSchool on?
- r/GradSchool runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/GradSchool cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/GradSchool is organized under Students.
- How do I join r/GradSchool?
- You can join r/GradSchool by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Students communities like?
- Communities for students at high school, university, and graduate level, covering study skills, campus life, career prep, and mental health. Discord hosts massive study communities with focus rooms and accountability systems, while Reddit has subreddits for specific schools, programs, and academic disciplines.
Added 10/21/2021
Monthly Stats
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- Views /mo (-50%)
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- Visitors /mo (-36%)
- 0
- Referrals /mo (-100%)
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