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“I Made This One With My Tears”: 27 Memes That Perfectly Summarize What It’s Like To Be In Grad School
Funny,New MemesJAN 30, 2025

“I Made This One With My Tears”: 27 Memes That Perfectly Summarize What It’s Like To Be In Grad School

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Enrolling in grad school sounds like a good idea in theory—with eyes full of ambition, individuals hope to expand their horizons, learn something new, and work on the competencies they already have, all of which is great. But it’s when one starts reaching those goals that reality kicks in in all its glory, often making them re-evaluate their decision.
When said reality brings grad students to the ground, few things might seem funny—or everything does, depending on the stress levels—but memes have the power to cheer up a student, even one on the brink of quitting.
Such school memes, dedicated to keeping people going and providing solace in the fact that they're not facing grad school-evoked hardships alone, are often shared on the ‘Grad School Memes With Relatable Themes’ Facebook group.
We have put some of their best posts on this list for you today, so scroll down to find them, and see what challenges grad students face on their day-to-day (or take a moment to unwind if you are one of them yourself).

#1 I Wish I Had Thought Of This Years Ago

Tweet about grad school students collaborating on Google Doc for lecture notes.
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#2 It Took Me 4 Years To Finish My Master's Thesis Bc Of This

A cartoon depicts grad school stress, with a person wanting to work and a brain demanding guilt over relaxation.
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#3 Naughtayy

Tweet about grad school meme humor, jokingly citing articles without reading fully.
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#4 Relatable

Grad school meme showing thesis as tall towers and submission as corn cobs.
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#5 Currently

Grad school meme: Person sitting on a bed overwhelmed, captioned about doing nothing despite having many tasks.
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#6 Got Me

Grad school meme about email tone, balancing exclamation points for friendliness and periods for normalcy.
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#7 Go To Grad School They Said It'll Be Fun They Said

Banner with text about grad school: "We do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy."
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#8 Pure Gold

Woman and cat reviewing a paper, humorously depicting the grad school experience.
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#9 I Support This Wholeheartedly

Meme about grad school, suggesting to replace "quantitative" and "qualitative" with "numbery" and "feely".
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#10 I Was Definitely Not Doomscrolling When I Was Attacked This Way

Grad school meme about avoiding writing, shared on Twitter by Peter Gao, captures academic procrastination humor.
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#11 Hoping My Light Starts To Return After I Defend In 3 Weeks

Humidifier labeled with "I still work but the light in me has gone," humorously representing grad school experience.
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#12 Why It’s So Difficult To Write With Your Advisor

Two-part meme summarizing grad school: Woman yelling, "That's a terrible sentence," and cat responding, "You wrote that sentence."
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#13 Remember: You Can Edit A Bad Paper, Not A Blank Page

Meme depicting grad school struggle with drafting, featuring a person determined to make a perfect first draft.
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#14 Mine Is Definitely Finishing Me

Cartoon character looking stressed, sitting on the floor, with text depicting the struggles of grad school.
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#15 I Am The Maker Of My Own Problems

Meme about the stress of grad school, featuring text dialogue on honesty and binge-watching Netflix over the weekend.
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#16 Whenever I Have A Paper Due, I’m Suddenly Very Interested In Random And Completely Unrelated Things

Cartoon bear with "Let's Focus" blindfold; laptop screen reads "On The Wrong Thing," humorously capturing grad school life.
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#17 I Can't Wait For That Glorious Day

Cartoon character exhaustedly holding papers, capturing the grad school struggle with humor.
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#18 Why Does This Make So Much Sense

Cow standing in the ocean with labels "Me" and "My thesis," symbolizing grad school struggles.
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#19 100 Percent Me

Grad school meme showing "Final Thesis Draft" vs. "FINAL final draft v20 (1)" with labels "How it started" and "How it’s going".
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#20 Who Else

A dog holding its own leash, humorously symbolizing grad school struggles with minimal guidance from an advisor.
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