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Being a student can seem like existing in a strange limbo. On the one hand, you are an adult, with responsibilities, you have to both think about your future and do laundry. However, you are also going to classes, worried about the whims of professors and the antics of your friends. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that university living is one of those topics that can spawn entire dedicated meme pages.
The “University Life” Instagram page is dedicated to relatable and hilarious memes about student life. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts in the comments below.
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DelvianBlue 1 year ago
I had a general chemistry professor like that. Day one he told us that he only passes 50% of his students. I worked my butt off studying, getting tutoring and asking the prof for help. I did not pass. I took the class again with a different professor and passed with no problem. I went on to take organic chemistry and biochemistry as a graduate student - got an A and a B+. Maybe the problem wasn't his students after all but him? Unfortunately the F on my transcript really screwed up my GPA and I had a hard time getting into grad school because of it. I should have dropped the class but I thought I could make it.
David Morgan 1 year ago
Two sides here. 1) This class is actually tough, and you better study hard and take it seriously or you WILL fail. That is totally legitimate and fair. 2) I am not good at my job, and only regurgitate material instead of coaching students to understand it.
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Linda Riebel 1 year ago
Severely hearing impaired here. Hearing aids help a lot, but when people talk to me while walking away, standing behind me, or in a crowd, I do NOT know what they are saying.
Steve Robert 1 year ago
There's nothing wrong with my memory. It's just that my search engine has gotten really slow ..
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Diana Lucas 1 year ago
My daughter's college had puppy breaks in the library once or twice a month. Students could go there and play with puppies for a couple hours.
Ria C. 1 year ago
I'd almost consider going back for that experience. My pup doesn't like other pups so no adoptions for us for awhile (we hope).
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Montanavanna 1 year ago
You can go to any animal shelter and they will just let you walk the dogs and play with the cats. You don't even have to work there. It's amazing, me and my friends did it all the time in high school.
Shannon Donnelly 1 year ago
This really is a fantastic idea. The library should also have a bunch of resident cats to snuggle with when students are studying. Cats have a home, students are more relaxed when they study, it's a win-win for everyone.
Joshua David 1 year ago
Yes! Also the organization should be allowed to choose a dog for them so that way all the babies get to go out.
Bremusa4u 1 year ago
I'm not sure if it still a thing, but my Alma Mater used to have straight cats everywhere that loves the food and attention of the student body. Folks around campus seem to think it's a shelter cause lots cats are abandoned there. The campus ground keepers catch them, get checked up, vaccinated and fixed, and let them loose on campus.
Janissary35680 1 year ago
Upvoted but I'm still trying to get my head around "straight cats". 😹
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While now it basically goes without saying, it’s important to remember that in the past, the idea of "academic freedom” wasn’t a real concept for a long, long time. It was only in 1155 or possibly 1158 that the University of Bologna was set up to allow scholars to begin exploring the world.
It doesn’t take an expert to realize that such an institution might attract an interesting crowd, both among the lecturers and students. After all, if you put a bunch of younger people without too many responsibilities together in a semi-closed environment, there is just going to be some chaos.
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Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago
Psychology students would have to write that as "No (Shakespeare, 1599)"
arthbach 1 year ago
The line referenced is "No, not I; I never gave you aught." This is not a suitable reference for 'No.' When you use references, you should ones that actually address the topic.
Paulina 1 year ago
Technically they didn't say it has to cite CORRECT sources 😂
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arthbach 1 year ago
Oh ha ha. (sarcasm) Of course it is the same on each course. The university has a single policy on plagiarism, and the policy applies to each and every course. Of course it is going to be the same.
Cathleen Cummings 1 year ago
Because whatever college or university you are at has a policy that is mandated for all syllabi! Don't be such a dumbass.
Onan Hag All 1 year ago
Thank you Captain Obvious. That thing zooming over your head was the joke.
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Svenne O'Lotta 1 year ago
Considered that, ended up going with crying all the way through, but especially concentrated around exam times. I'm crying writing my BA paper right now. Fun times.
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
Good luck with your BA paper! You’ve got this!
Load More Replies... Steve Robert 1 year ago
I've always said that once you graduate, academia can't hurt you anymore
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Svenne O'Lotta 1 year ago
I'm very small and I have no money, so you can imagine the stress I'm under
Janissary35680 1 year ago
That's my current pet peeve these days. However I'm coming to the conclusion that it's a hopeless cause.
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Lee Gilliland 1 year ago
That one's easy, under the terms the scholarship was established, they have to give the money away EVERY YEAR. BY LAW. Sometimes it pays to listen to adults talk. And, yes, I got the scolarship.
Sue User 1 year ago
What if no one meets the criteria ? I have seen schokarships for weird things like " studying basketweaving and parent has one leg" .
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OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
Ouch. Terribly true. I’ve tried to set myself broader starting times; so I’ll want to try and get maybe an hour’s worth of work done between 12pm and 3pm, for example.
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keyboardtek 1 year ago (edited)
Those group projects prepare you for the real world work environment. You learn how to develop restraint from throttling people.
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Corvus 1 year ago
His minions, except they are not yellow and are called teaching assistants.
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WindySwede 1 year ago
*accidentally forgets about this line if text and submitted it as final version*
Steve Robert 1 year ago
I always ended my papers with AMF. I once told my professor it meant " Adios My Friend", but that's not what it really meant
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Pencil McGovern 1 year ago (edited)
@Apatheist Account2 None can be either plural or singular. In this case, because none refers to multiple assignments, "are" is correct.
Steve Robert 1 year ago
When I was a student, there were only two times that I was caught up: the first day of classes, and the end of my last final.
Cat R 1 year ago
Assignments is plural, so it is correct as written. For your 'correction' to be correct, it would have to be written - none of my assignment (singular) is done.
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keyboardtek 1 year ago
And then you get married and have a wife that tells you how to do everything because you apparently were doing everything wrong your entire previous life.
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Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago
Until you start having nightmares where you're back at school and there's a class that you haven't attended for the entire semester and you suddenly have to turn in the entire semester's worth of homework or a big final.
Feathered Dinosaur 1 year ago
I always seem to have missed courses I need to graduate, so I'm not really a doctor and have to go back to Uni to take these courses. But of course I haven't studied and fail the exams 🥹
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Sarah Goettge 1 year ago
When I get really overwhelmed, I hit this point where I manage to calmly organize my tasks and work through them one at a time. I usually get exhausted after it's all done.
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WindySwede 1 year ago
Them: "I just wrote it here" *points on white board, no further answer, moves along*...
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OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
Oh, I never had any of that even before I started uni. I was failing from primary school but looking like I was doing well. :)
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Orange Panda 1 year ago
When I got off caffeine, it was ugly. I didn't get headaches or anything, I just slowed down. My mental capacity went from 60 mph to like, 5 mph.
OneWithRatsAndKefir 1 year ago
I try and not touch caffeine anymore, especially if it’s Monster. Coffee has no effect on me (even though I never drink it), smaller energy drinks have no effect on me, but Monster will affect me eight whole hours later only to make me extremely anxious. No energy, just stress.
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Corvus 1 year ago
With many of my profs, doing your papers late was not an option. As one of them said "deadlines are sacrosanct." You could be just 30 seconds late, and he'd F you.
ginshun 1 year ago
There was literally no such thing as not handing in your stuff on time when I was in college. Like there were almost not classes where any of my teachers ever accepted late work the whole time I was there. It was in on time, or it didn't count. Kids today have it so easy when it comes to school.
Shannon Donnelly 1 year ago
Did all of that except for the good mental health part. That part was an absolute dumpster fire lol
Bertha Madott 1 year ago
I was actually able to do this for 3.5 years. Then my body crashed. From the stress overwork stress bad weather stress grungy student housing. And stress. Ghastly memory for me
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Montanavanna 1 year ago
My bachelor's is Environmental Studies and minor in Native American studies. I was angry and/or depressed all the time. We actually had a section in one of the activism class about how to pull through those feelings to still advocate for environmental and human rights. F**k the US department of Defense! (Not soldiers) It ain't just the corporations poisoning everything and everyone.
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greenideas 1 year ago
Who's going to tell them? University is just a soft intro to the rest of your life. Sometimes my students complain how exhausted they are because of all the projects they have to do and I just don't have the heart to tell them: "Get used to the feeling. This is your life now."
Corvus 1 year ago
A little bit of procrastionation from time to time can be good for your mental health... just don't overdo it, or the effect may be reversed due to lagging behind with all of your stuff.
Btsquestrian 1 year ago
A lot of these students would benefit from a learning disorder evaluation and a mental health evaluation (I am a very old grad student with both).
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Ellinor 1 year ago
If they are any people who dropped out Uni, how are you doing now ? I quit just this year and I'm very, very lost on what to do.
Btsquestrian 1 year ago (edited)
I dropped out of college after one class and then enlisted in the army at age 19 because I was desperate to get away from my father (I'm 50 now). It was the best decision I ever made. Despite my ADHD, to my great surprise I was happy in the army. I completed my 2-year degree while in the army by taking one class at a time. Because I was in the army, I was able to complete my Batchelor degree after my contract ended without any student debt. Maybe start smaller by taking one course at a time, in different subjects until you find out what suits you the best? Or try trade school or electrical school? My cousin is a stone mason who makes so much more money than those of us who graduated from college; his wife is a furniture restorer. Or maybe try a short enlistment in the military to see if you like it? Have you been evaluated for learning problems and/or mental health problems (I have diagnosed ADHD and non-combat PTSD and OCD)? Sometimes you have to get lost in order to find your way. Sending you prayers and warm wishes from an old lady on the Kansas prairie.
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Btsquestrian 1 year ago
I started grad school last semester at the age of fifty (while working full time and having diagnosed ADHD and PTSD). I'm so happy that I made it through my first semester. These memes are so relatable! I'm glad that I'm not the only one who feels in over my head.
supertall 1 year ago
I realise this makes me sound like a d**k, but I thought university (BA and MA) was... easy? I worked 2 jobs while I went, one paid and one unpaid, was out most nights of the week (worked at a music venue so was at gigs all night, at least 5x weekly) and graduated both with a 3.5. Lots of friends and adventures. And procrastination! I don't really get how 5 classes and nothing else can be that big a burden.
greenideas 1 year ago
Who's going to tell them? University is just a soft intro to the rest of your life. Sometimes my students complain how exhausted they are because of all the projects they have to do and I just don't have the heart to tell them: "Get used to the feeling. This is your life now."
Corvus 1 year ago
A little bit of procrastionation from time to time can be good for your mental health... just don't overdo it, or the effect may be reversed due to lagging behind with all of your stuff.
Btsquestrian 1 year ago
A lot of these students would benefit from a learning disorder evaluation and a mental health evaluation (I am a very old grad student with both).
Load More Replies... Ellinor 1 year ago
If they are any people who dropped out Uni, how are you doing now ? I quit just this year and I'm very, very lost on what to do.
Btsquestrian 1 year ago (edited)
I dropped out of college after one class and then enlisted in the army at age 19 because I was desperate to get away from my father (I'm 50 now). It was the best decision I ever made. Despite my ADHD, to my great surprise I was happy in the army. I completed my 2-year degree while in the army by taking one class at a time. Because I was in the army, I was able to complete my Batchelor degree after my contract ended without any student debt. Maybe start smaller by taking one course at a time, in different subjects until you find out what suits you the best? Or try trade school or electrical school? My cousin is a stone mason who makes so much more money than those of us who graduated from college; his wife is a furniture restorer. Or maybe try a short enlistment in the military to see if you like it? Have you been evaluated for learning problems and/or mental health problems (I have diagnosed ADHD and non-combat PTSD and OCD)? Sometimes you have to get lost in order to find your way. Sending you prayers and warm wishes from an old lady on the Kansas prairie.
Load More Replies... Btsquestrian 1 year ago
I started grad school last semester at the age of fifty (while working full time and having diagnosed ADHD and PTSD). I'm so happy that I made it through my first semester. These memes are so relatable! I'm glad that I'm not the only one who feels in over my head.
supertall 1 year ago
I realise this makes me sound like a d**k, but I thought university (BA and MA) was... easy? I worked 2 jobs while I went, one paid and one unpaid, was out most nights of the week (worked at a music venue so was at gigs all night, at least 5x weekly) and graduated both with a 3.5. Lots of friends and adventures. And procrastination! I don't really get how 5 classes and nothing else can be that big a burden.
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