26 Pictures That'll Accurately Sum Up Your First Year Of University
Welcome to the emotional rollercoaster that is university.
1. Eagerly signing up for an insane amount of clubs during O Week, only to then never attend any of their meetings.
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2. Taking quite possibly the worst photo of your life for your student ID card.
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3. Participating in awkward but necessary ice breakers during the first week of class.
I hate icebreakers at uni, got asked to say my name and something nice that I've done today and I panicked and came out with "my names Dom and I haven't had any lunch today", socially awkward prick
4. Promising to get better grades every semester, only to accept that you're most likely going to fail halfway through.
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5. Calculating the minimum number of marks needed to pass a subject.
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6. Constantly debating whether attending university is actually worth it.
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7. Working on an entire group project yourself because no one else is bothered to get their shit together.
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8. Dragging yourself out of the warmth and safety of your bed to attend an 8am lecture.
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9. Congratulating yourself when you do any sort of work.
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10. Living off a diet that basically consists of instant noodles, pasta, coffee, and cheap alcohol.
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11. Attempting to learn an entire semester's worth of content right before an exam.
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12. Stressing over the format of a single email to your lecturer, only to then receive a one-worded response.
Emailing professors be like Me: *polite greeting, multiple paragraphs, perfect grammar* Professor: “sure” -sent from my iPhone
13. Trying to enrol in subjects for the following semester, only for all your classes to clash or already be full.
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14. Wasting an entire day while waiting in line at the Student Centre.
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15. Going out with your friends even though you have an assignment due at 9am the next day.
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16. Spending all your life savings on textbooks that you only use once.
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17. Avoiding certain areas during student elections you won't get swarmed with flyers.
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18. Visiting the library to free yourself of ~distractions~, only to have made no progress hours later.
walks all the way to the library to go on facebook and listen to music for 5 hrs #uniproblems
19. Pretending that everything's fine when someone asks how you're doing.
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20. Putting effort into an assignment and receiving a barely passable grade.
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21. Sending out numerous applications for unpaid internships you're only sort of interested in.
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22. Doing anything and everything besides studying for your exams.
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23. Having your camera roll transform into a mini note-taker.
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24. Taking a nap because you need a break from all your stressful responsibilities.
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25. Rocking up to lectures feeling like absolute death because of your hangover.
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26. And learning how to budget your meagre student bank account... the hard way.
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