What's it Like Being a Graduate Student?

"Being a graduate student is like becoming all of the Seven Dwarves. In the beginning you're Dopey and Bashful. In the middle, you are usually sick (Sneezy), tired (Sleepy), and irritable (Grumpy). But at the end, they call you Doc, and then you're Happy. "

-Ronald T. Azuma, PhD (and, of course, former grad student)
From So long, and thanks for the Ph.D, March 2000