How often do you experience productive competition in your grad school classes a week? Here, productive competition is defined as a point where the competitive efforts generate a surplus for society. *
How often do you experience toxic competition in your grad school classes a week? Here, toxic is defined as "one within which behaviors are disruptive, destructive, exploitive, dysfunctional and abusive are pervasive and tolerant." *
Do you feel the competition you endure in your graduate program is necessary (for productivity and success) or destructive (to mental health and relationships with peers)? Picking 2 would mean it neither produces success nor impacts mental health. *
Destructive
Productive
On a scale from 1 to 5, how stressed are you in your average week at school? *
Not at all
Extremely
Select psychological and emotional factors you have noticed change within your time at graduate school. *
Required
Select physical factors you have noticed change within your time at graduate school. *
Required
On average, about how many times a week do you have thoughts of dropping out of graduate school? *
If you do have these thoughts, how serious are they on a scale from 1 to 5? 1 being not attempting to bring to fruition and 5 being in the process of dropping out.
Clear selection
Are you regretful of joining graduate school solely based on the impacts it has had on your mental and physical health directly? *