We all know being an undergrad is all about trying new things, making mistakes, and learning or whatever. Meanwhile, those that decide to go back to the harrowing world of academia for graduate school know the return is all about crippling insecurities that push you to binge drink and face all your darkest demons.
OK, that’s not the case for everybody, but it definitely happens to a lot of graduate students, and especially Lego Grad Student.
He’s essentially what he sounds like: a Lego dude just trying to navigate the world of advisor meetings, thesis writing, and forgetting dongles for presentations. It’s both an exaggeration and starkly real portrayal of grad school.
Suffering from writer's block, the grad student stares at a screen as empty as his hopes and dreams. #LEGO #phd pic.twitter.com/Y67f11Cx6f
— Lego Grad Student (@legogradstudent) June 18, 2016
The grad student wonders whether his advisor's lack of eye contact stems from disappointment or apathy. #gradschool pic.twitter.com/3TU3fBiyFK
— Lego Grad Student (@legogradstudent) June 18, 2016
After meeting his advisor, the grad student takes a moment alone to reflect. #LEGO #PhD #phdlife #gradschool pic.twitter.com/s4nsuMrnQy
— Lego Grad Student (@legogradstudent) June 19, 2016
Lego Grad Student posts on several social networks, including Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. So no matter what platform you start following them on, you’ll always get an update of the newest thing the scholar is panicking over. They’ve been active since June, when it looks like the project was started.
Opening the grad kitchen fridge, the grad student smells a lesson on the tragedy of the commons. #LEGO #phdlife #phd pic.twitter.com/3NB24sxfvr
— Lego Grad Student (@legogradstudent) June 24, 2016
The grad student breaks into a cold sweat watching the workshop pizza dwindle away. #LEGO #phdlife #gradschool pic.twitter.com/V5cFXRCSTd
— Lego Grad Student (@legogradstudent) July 11, 2016
Tripping over the VGA cable, the grad student severs his research's connection to the physical world. #LEGO #phdlife pic.twitter.com/hHkxDVwRhb
— Lego Grad Student (@legogradstudent) August 5, 2016
Lots of the incidents have the student left passed out on the floor in some way, whether it’s from intoxication or embarrassment. Too real, right?
Somebody has also compiled a bunch of the posts to a gallery on Imgur, where you can easily click through below.
Lego Grad StudentSend Lego Grad Student to the grad student in your life—they’ll hopefully have a major laugh or grimly reevaluate why they would ever go back to school.