The hope level can be lowest (and cynicism maximal) late and at then end when one is the senior student and the major (only?) contributor in the lab or key proj

The hope level can be lowest (and cynicism maximal) late and at then end when one is the senior student and the major (only?) contributor in the lab or key project with no one coming up behind. A weak thesis committee won’t stand up to the PI to drop the cycle of “just address this loose end” tasks. Meanwhile relatively non- or lowly- productive fellow grad students in the program are given quick PhDs in other labs because the labs are underfunded and those PIs don’t want the burden of retaining or the stigma of failing those students, and … Wow—-pardon the rant I’m having a flashback. I’m going to go exercise my anxiety away,