I don't know how to write my dissertation. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 3, 2013 - 19 answers

New to PhD candidacy and tanking fast - academics of MeFi, help me figure out how to get through this mess. [more inside]
posted by SNWidget on Oct 17, 2012 - 21 answers

How to deal with post-depression goal changes (or aimlessness)? [more inside]
posted by StoneSpace on Aug 12, 2011 - 8 answers

I don't know what I'm doing with my life; help me! [more inside]
posted by faeuboulanger on Apr 28, 2010 - 15 answers

Please, help me deal with a justified last-minute anxiety, regarding a Very Important oral presentation (end of the year research presentation), that will introduce a more than average research (due to personal problems, which interfered with academic work). Also, help me think about the right attitude to adopt towards my teachers on D-day. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 24, 2009 - 3 answers

I have fucked up yet another academic semester. This is the third time--I fucked up as a freshman, took time off, came back, fucked up again, took more time off, and came back and have repeated the cycle. Only now, now that I've realized I've shot myself in the foot again, I desperately want to recover my academic career somehow. Is it possible? Is it over? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 19, 2008 - 34 answers