10. You want to use up money left on your copy card.

9. You've gotten used to being poor and you're starting to like it.

8. You like studying subjects so specific that there are only five other people in the world to discuss them with.

7. Two words: Real World.

6. All the number 2 pencils you want, free!

5. Because it's more fun to dish out the grades as a TA than it is to get them.

4. You can't spell "philodendron" without a PhD.

3. So when all of your friends go out and get jobs and have real lives and money you can say, "Yes, but do you have a subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education?'"

2. One more chance to take a standardized test!

1. Your parents changed the locks.