| High-stakes exams | 17 |
| Doctoral candidate's hurdle | 31 |
| Degree requirement, sometimes | 29 |
| Certain graduate exams | 22 |
| Tough exams | 11 |
| Rigorous exams | 14 |
| Pre-diploma hurdles | 19 |
| Ph.D. exams | 11 |
| Nonwritten exams | 16 |
| Hurdles for would-be Ph.D.'s | 32 |
| Face-to-face tests | 18 |
| Advanced degree tests | 21 |
| Advanced degree candidates' hurdles | 39 |
| Unwritten tests | 15 |
| They're all talk | 20 |
| Thesis counterparts | 19 |
| Tests of a sort | 15 |
| Stage in a Ph.D. program | 24 |
| Some tough exams | 16 |
| Some final exams | 16 |
| Some doctoral exams | 19 |
| Scary tests | 11 |
| Postgrad hurdles | 16 |
| PhD exams | 9 |
| Ph.D. preceders | 15 |
| Ordeals for would-be Ph.D.'s | 32 |
| Hurdle for a graduate degree, maybe | 35 |
| Heard tests | 11 |
| Grueling tests | 14 |
| Graduate-school exams | 21 |
| Graduate grillings | 18 |
| Grad students' grillings | 28 |
| Grad student's hurdles | 26 |
| Foreign languages exams | 23 |
| Exams that require quick thinking | 33 |
| Examinations of a type | 22 |
| Evangelist Roberts and others | 29 |
| Doctorate hurdles | 17 |
| Doctorate hurdle | 16 |
| Doctorate exam hurdles | 22 |
| Doctoral dread | 14 |
| Doctoral candidates' hurdles | 32 |
| Dissertation forerunner | 23 |
| Dissertation defenses | 21 |
| Challenging tests | 17 |
| Campus ordeals | 14 |
| Advanced exams | 14 |
| Trying period for a doctoral student | 36 |
| Think-on-your-feet tests | 24 |
| Think-on-your-feet challenges | 29 |
| They're often evaluated by doctors | 38 |
| Tests with presentations | 24 |
| Tests for Ph.D. candidates | 26 |
| Tests for many Ph.D. candidates | 31 |
| Test types | 10 |
| Spoken tests | 12 |
| Spoken exams | 12 |
| Some university exams | 21 |
| Some grad school tests | 22 |
| Some grad school exams | 22 |
| Some examinations | 17 |
| Some degree requirements | 24 |
| Seniors' hurdles, maybe | 27 |
| Rituals for doctors-to-be | 25 |
| Rigorous tests | 14 |
| Profs' posers, at times | 27 |
| Pre-doctorate experience | 24 |
| Postgraduate's concern | 26 |
| Postgraduate hurdles | 20 |
| Postgraduate grillings | 22 |
| Postgraduate exams | 18 |
| Postgrad hurdle | 15 |
| Post-graduate hurdles | 21 |
| Post-grad exams | 15 |
| Ph.D. trial | 11 |
| Ph.D. requirements, often | 25 |
| Ph.D. ordeal | 12 |
| Ph.D. candidates' concerns | 30 |
| Ph.D. candidates' bugaboos | 30 |
| Penless exams | 13 |
| One-on-one exams | 16 |
| Medical student's hurdles | 29 |
| Masters hurdles | 15 |
| Master's hurdle | 19 |
| Master's degree requirement | 31 |
| Hurdles to a degree? | 20 |
| Hurdles that postdocs have cleared | 34 |
| Hurdles on campus | 17 |
| Hurdles for would-be Ed.D.'s | 32 |
| Hurdles for would-be doctors | 28 |
| Hurdles for some students | 25 |
| Hard exams | 10 |
| Grueling grad tests | 19 |
| Grueling grad grillings | 23 |
| Graduate-school hurdles | 23 |
| Graduate exams, sometimes | 25 |
| Graduate exams | 14 |
| Grad students' exams | 24 |
| Grad students often dread them | 30 |
| Grad student's rituals | 26 |