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 938K 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 29K 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: 18K 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: 244 members
Themes
- Advice Requests29 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.
- Leaving my PhD after my first year. How do I handle the conversations with my advisor and parents?
- I’m looking for advice from anyone who has left a PhD program and later returned to academia
#129Advice RequestsAdmitted to a Master's in Spain but need urgent institutional funding/scholarship to escape Gaza. Only 9 days left. · Leaving my PhD after my first year. How do I handle the conversations with my advisor and parents? · I’m looking for advice from anyone who has left a PhD program and later returned to academia - Pain & Anger5 posts in the past month
- Missed flight back from conference, feel bad about how much I’m costing supervisor
- My PI doesn’t believe in me and idk what to do
- Advisor left me off a paper I worked hard– feeling used and sidelined
#25Pain & AngerMissed flight back from conference, feel bad about how much I’m costing supervisor · My PI doesn’t believe in me and idk what to do · Advisor left me off a paper I worked hard– feeling used and sidelined - Solution Requests3 posts in the past month
- Recommendations for laptops?
- Best Qualitative Software to Use for Thesis and Dissertation?
- Tech suggestions for my post grad course
#33Solution RequestsRecommendations for laptops? · Best Qualitative Software to Use for Thesis and Dissertation? · Tech suggestions for my post grad course - Money Talk1 post in the past month
- Title: I Have a $150k scholarship for grad school but can't do part-time - is it worth leaving my cushy tech job?
#41Money TalkTitle: I Have a $150k scholarship for grad school but can't do part-time - is it worth leaving my cushy tech job?
Topics
- Struggling85 posts in the past month#185Struggling
- Looking For63 posts in the past month#263Looking For
- Masters36 posts in the past month
- 100% research based masters worth it?
- Working during masters
- Balancing a Masters Program with Getting Married
#336Masters100% research based masters worth it? · Working during masters · Balancing a Masters Program with Getting Married - Grad School29 posts in the past month
- Getting married during grad school?
- I dropped out of a university years ago. Can I go back to that school for grad school?
- Taking time off before grad school?
#429Grad SchoolGetting married during grad school? · I dropped out of a university years ago. Can I go back to that school for grad school? · Taking time off before grad school? - Phd27 posts in the past month
- Physics PhD as a single parent?
- Mastering out my PhD program
- Starting my PhD in Computational Materials: Stick with Linux or switch to Windows 11?
#527PhdPhysics PhD as a single parent? · Mastering out my PhD program · Starting my PhD in Computational Materials: Stick with Linux or switch to Windows 11?
Flair
- Admissions & Applications28 posts in the past month
- declining after accepting
- Letters of recommendation for “older” students
- I’m looking for advice from anyone who has left a PhD program and later returned to academia
#128Admissions & Applicationsdeclining after accepting · Letters of recommendation for “older” students · I’m looking for advice from anyone who has left a PhD program and later returned to academia - Academics17 posts in the past month
- Missed flight back from conference, feel bad about how much I’m costing supervisor
- Never published my thesis and feeling real bad about it
- Citing primary sources?
#217AcademicsMissed flight back from conference, feel bad about how much I’m costing supervisor · Never published my thesis and feeling real bad about it · Citing primary sources? - Research17 posts in the past month
- When do you know it’s time to drop out?
- How do I defend my thesis when I heavily disagree with my PI’s decisions?
- Advisor left me off a paper I worked hard– feeling used and sidelined
#317ResearchWhen do you know it’s time to drop out? · How do I defend my thesis when I heavily disagree with my PI’s decisions? · Advisor left me off a paper I worked hard– feeling used and sidelined - Health & Work/Life Balance15 posts in the past month
- Are you guys actually doing 60+ hr work weeks?
- What’s your human equivalent of cat food?
- Baby during Doctorate
#415Health & Work/Life BalanceAre you guys actually doing 60+ hr work weeks? · What’s your human equivalent of cat food? · Baby during Doctorate - Finance4 posts in the past month
- Grad school financial instability
- Accepted to a Psychology PhD program that I can’t afford
- What are people using for MBA student loan refinance this year?
#54FinanceGrad school financial instability · Accepted to a Psychology PhD program that I can’t afford · What are people using for MBA student loan refinance this year?
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 938K 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.
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