r/DissertationSupport↗
A place to vent and ask for help on your PhD Dissertation
This is a subreddit for those taking on the lonely task of writing a PhD dissertation. Come here to vent about research problems, unhelpful advisors, impostor syndromes, work/life balance, or whatever else comes to you. Need an online writing buddy? Let's make that happen! NOTE: Any solicitation of academic fraud (writing services, “sample essays,” etc. will be deleted and you will be banned.
5.7k subscribers22 posts / mo in Sep 202622 authors / mosince 2015
r/DissertationSupport has 5.7k members. It gets about 22 posts a month from 22 people. Top topics: Writing Challenges, Research Reading Strategies and PhD Defense Success Stories.
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- Research Reading Strategies3.4%
- PhD Defense Success Stories2.8%
- Thesis Defense1.4%
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