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I am not the least bit surprised. To be a graduate student often means dealing with conflicting information/feedback from 3 or more people, all of which claim to have the same power over you. Never mind the financial uncertainty or the uncertainty concerning whether there will be any payoff in the end (other than being a well-rounded, well-educated individual). I think the only reason suicides and folks going postal are not more frequent is most of the likely candidates leave of their own accord or become so advanced that neither they or their institutions care much about them anymore.

-- Alan Davidson, University of Connecticut (posted 10/27, 12:34 p.m., E.S.T.)
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