A.B.D. Odyssey

You’ve finished all the difficult tasks: the GRE’s, hours of coursework, finals, papers. You won the war over the certification exam. You’re a hero on the way home to a finished dissertation. So why does it feel that the soul crushing, mind flattening, physical flagellation has only just begun? Because writing your dissertation is no less daunting, terrifying, and seemingly insurmountable than Odysseus’ havoc steeped journey back to Ithaca. Ride with us, month by month, across the seas of the academic year as we meet and overcome all the hurdles and mind games nobody ever told you about in orientation.