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Can you promote on r/GradSchool?

Only in a dedicated thread Its rules send self-promotion to a dedicated thread, such as a weekly or pinned one. Promotion outside it is removed.

Discussion forum for current, past, and future students of any discipline completing post-graduate studies - taught or research.

What its rules say about promotion

No irrelevant surveys or advertising
Survey requests must be specifically relevant to graduate students. All advertisers must contact the mods for permission before posting.
No spam or spammy self-promotion
This includes bots. For new redditors, please read this wiki: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion Users found engaging in spam or spammy self-promotion will be permanently banned.
All 13 rules of r/GradSchool
  1. No NSFW content.
    No NSFW content.
  2. NO Reposts
    For a further explanation of what is considered a repost, please see: https://www.reddit.com/r/GradSchool/comments/1qcqjty/mod_psa_repost_vs_crosspost/
  3. Posts and comments must foster reasonable discussion. (No memes. No LLM-generated content.)
    All posts and comments must foster reasonable discussion, e.g. no memes, pictures of text, insults, or mere celebratory/commiserative posts. Posts which appear to be primarily written by an LLM such as Chat-GPT are also not a good fit for this sub, as they do not reflect an authentic contribution to discussion.
  4. No editorialized link titles
    No editorialized link titles (use the original article’s title when possible)
  5. No Unrelated Political Posts
    Discussion for and against unionization of grad students is allowed, as are because it is relevant to this sub. No extraneous political posts.
  6. No irrelevant surveys or advertising
    Survey requests must be specifically relevant to graduate students. All advertisers must contact the mods for permission before posting.
  7. Be Kind and Follow Reddiquette
    https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/205926439-Reddiquette
  8. No spam or spammy self-promotion
    This includes bots. For new redditors, please read this wiki: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion Users found engaging in spam or spammy self-promotion will be permanently banned.
  9. No humblebrags
    No "I just got accepted!" or "I just got a job!" posts, etc. This stems from Rule 3, but is abused enough to be its own rule for clarity.
  10. No posts about Imposter Syndrome
  11. No venting.
    Posts require substance, not just complaints.
  12. No posts of the type: "Should I go to X vs Y university for this specific subfield."
    Go to r/gradadmissions instead.
  13. Keep Megathread Posts in the Megathread
    All posts related to a current Megathread should be added as comments to that Megathread, instead of creating a new post. For posts about AI usage in grad school, see "Weekly Megathread - AI in Grad School" For posts about time management, see "Weekly Megathread - Time Management in Grad School"

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The verdict is our reading of r/GradSchool's rule text on 2026-09-26. Rules change and moderators decide: read the current rules before you post. Not affiliated with Reddit or r/GradSchool.