r/PhDAdmissions↗
A place for PhD applicants and current students to share advice, victories, commiserations, and more!
25k subscribers647 posts / mo in Sep 2026535 authors / mosince 2022
r/PhDAdmissions has 25k members (+164% over the last 12 months). It gets about 647 posts a month from 535 people. Top topics: PhD Rejections, Advising & Professors and PhD Finances & Life.
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