common graduate school l graduate school is not hard. it's just tedious as fuck and full of ritual and single-handedly doing what would normally belong to a team. really, if your iq is just barely north of 100 and you can just grind for 4-8 years while ignoring all other aspects of your life then you can get a phd.  the people i see struggle in graduate school are the people in the 120-140 range because they're not going to vibe and cannot just grind out for days on end. the 160+ ultra spergs are doing high-end and cutting edge research and would grind regardless. they're a step above enough that they don't need to vibe to get on. i have an iq of 132 and am about to finish my ma and despite the department wanting me to continue to a phd i might not. i'm already very tired of the grind from my ma and most of the people in my department i'd prefer to never be around again.
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