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Empty pockets, all-nighters, annoying professors, more all-nighters... It's difficult to explain what being a student is really like in just a few words. So let's do it through memes.

Bored Panda has looked through the Internet far and wide for the funniest, most creative pictures that capture the true essence of school life. So whether you're preparing for class and need a break or simply want to reminisce about the old days, continue scrolling and check out what we've come up with!

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    Of course, the pandemic made sure there's nothing “normal” or “routine” about this academic year, with some classes being in-person or mixed-mode and some remote; the need to wear masks and observe social distancing; and the restrictions on gatherings.

    Talking to PennState News, some of their freshmen shared how they are navigating college during these challenging times, and ways they are finding to have fun.

    "It was my dream to come to Penn State after hearing all my dad's stories about his time as a student," Angie Busch said. "It's obviously hard for everyone to adjust, but I make sure to do my part because I don't want to leave the happiest place on Earth."

    "With all the protocols in place, I have been able to explore a lot of campus with my roommate. We have found a good group of friends to hang out with in a socially distant manner. We aren't going to let this virus ruin our time here."

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    My College Doesn't Want Us To Make Popcorn In Their S****y Microwaves

    My College Doesn't Want Us To Make Popcorn In Their S****y Microwaves

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    Tommy Doughty, who has one class in person per week, said things are a little different but he's "been able to adapt and so far at Penn State I have been having a great time."

    "Since this is my first college experience, it's weird. However, we have to make the most of it, and I am only here for four years so I have been trying to maximize the number of people I meet. I have learned over the years that positivity is key and that even though our classes aren’t in person, there is still tons of fun to be had at Penn State," Doughty explained.

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    Word Count

    Word Count

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    JessG
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that's what this is saying. Like, you have to add so many extra adjectives so you can meet the quota

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    Monty Is Fiennes
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah sorry... more like expand on the history of everything in 750 words, coz we don't want to pay the tutors (Phd and ex students without jobs) very much to mark these...

    Daniel Marsh
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you get older, early pees become more of a problem. So I'm told. And you spelled it wrong. Get then straight, or you'll be very confused when you're told to eat every carrot and pea on your plate.

    JessG
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What do you mean? This is talking about puffing up the word count with adjectives so you CAN meet the 500 words, not that it's hard to keep it so low

    El Dee
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has left me with the ability to waffle on, seemingly without any purpose, in almost anything I write. Getting up to five hundred words isn't a problem now. No, it's keep the word count down so that I can still fit it in the comments section. It's made me unnecessarily 'wordy' and unable to be succinct which is exactly the opposite to the kind of skill-set you need as an adult. Coupling this with inordinately long sentence and an ability to 'bullet-point' the information means that whilst I overcame my initial inability to attain a certain word count or, actually a page count in my day (yes, things were actually HAND WRITTEN back then) I have failed to adjust to what's necessary in the world of world AFTER university. Perhaps schools and universities would be better placed to actually teach a separate course in how to write essays and to prioritise writing clearly and succinctly over a simple 'word count' This would mean that the skills we learned and practised at school and

    lol idk
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    therefore = for this reason conclusion can be drawn that there must be a direct, and obvious, connection between the two ideas so...

    Ryan Deschanel
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The hardest thing is to not write too many words, actually. I used to have teachers who set a lower limit but not an upper limit... I always made them change their mind, eventually.

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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hardly ever make the word limit, so what I do is deduct the points from where I don't meet and try to nail the paper. It usually works for me. As long as I get the 90 or above....

    Mike Wahousekey
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here is a tip: Change your font colour to white and just eargvfdvgbdasfjbhdf away.

    Arran Walker
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Won’t work for profs who demand printed essays and count the words manually. Back when I was in school, nothing was submitted electronically.

    karin s.
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i raise you to: durable canned delicous very young small early green peas

    Matheus Oliveira
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you get to cheat on German word counts by joining them?

    Aroha
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try essay writing in Finnish. We don't have prepositions or articles, none of those wonderful short words, and we join soooo many words together 😅.

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    Vicky Zar
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What do you mean? You cant just randomly join any words. But joined words would count as one word, not two.

    Mimi M
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bookman instead of Arial and increase the margins. Oops - that's for meeting a page count. Or extending your existing page count. But yeah, it works.

    Loki’s Lil Butter Knife
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never have I see the adjective so tragically abused, so utterly defiled, so outrageously overused. As a linguistics/literature major I mastered the delicate art of florid language writing to hit word counts. Some of my early essays probably sounded like I made love to a Thesaurus.

    Miss Frankfurter
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And of course it is now " would not, should not, will not, could not" and any other plethora of words you could use to help get you there. "Just one more word! All I need is one more word!🙏

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    Giles McArdell
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Young, small, early - any one of these would have been an adequate description.

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    Justin G
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On some essays you have to have a certain amount of words (like 500 or 1,000), so if you fall short, you have to use way too many words

    Krazy Onion (KJ)
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't have enough words for a full essay, so you use verbose sentences.

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    When There’s A Group Project, But You Do All The Work

    When There’s A Group Project, But You Do All The Work

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    Suspension of face-to-face teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to concerns about consequences for students' learning. While data on this subject remains limited, one 2021 study evaluated the effect of school closures on primary school performance in The Netherlands. 

    "Our results reveal a learning loss of about 3 percentile points or ... the equivalent to one-fifth of a school year, the same period that schools remained closed," the researchers wrote. "Losses are up to 60% larger among students from less-educated homes, confirming worries about the uneven toll of the pandemic on children and families."

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    "The findings imply that students made little or no progress while learning from home and suggest losses even larger in countries with weaker infrastructure or longer school closures."

    Well, at least we have memes to ease the situation while things slowly return to normal.

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    College Decisions

    College Decisions

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    Lauren Caswell
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To change my major I had to meet with the head of dept to explain why. I couldn't do a major in bio anth so I was doing in I anth, but some aspects I had less interest in, and one class was soul crushingly tedious. Turns out that the head of Anth dept was also my lecturer in the boring class. Such an awkward conversation, definitely filed in my brain's "remember when you did this?" cringe category

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    When The Teacher Is About To Switch The Powerpoint And You’re Still Not Done Taking Notes

    When The Teacher Is About To Switch The Powerpoint And You’re Still Not Done Taking Notes

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    #15

    Ouch, That Hurts!

    Ouch, That Hurts!

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    Things I Study vs. Things I'm Asked On The Exam

    Things I Study vs. Things I'm Asked On The Exam

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    Savvy Helps, When You Have No Money!

    Savvy Helps, When You Have No Money!

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    #24

    When You Know You Did A Bad Job, But You’re Just Proud You Finished Your Assignment!

    When You Know You Did A Bad Job, But You’re Just Proud You Finished Your Assignment!

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    Wouldn’t Want Smart Kids Going To College

    Wouldn’t Want Smart Kids Going To College

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    troufaki13
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People with good looks always get appraised more than people who actually have something to offer to society. I don't know if it's something new or if it's always been like that.

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    Or Basically Any Other College Major

    Or Basically Any Other College Major

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    I Graduated From College Today. This Pretty Much Sums It Up

    I Graduated From College Today. This Pretty Much Sums It Up

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    College Life In A Nutshell

    College Life In A Nutshell

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    Lauren Caswell
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Daily life in a nutshell, put ur hands up *raises hand that isn't holding mug of coffee*

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    #31

    It's Hard Being College Student

    It's Hard Being College Student

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    Sarah Simons
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't even strictly for college. Do you know how long it took for me to learn long division? No one taught me it because they all expected me to know it already.

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    #32

    College Students Everywhere Unite

    College Students Everywhere Unite

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    When The Exam Is Too Hard, And You Gotta See If You’re Still Alive

    When The Exam Is Too Hard, And You Gotta See If You’re Still Alive

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    The Struggle

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    Lauren Caswell
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in the 20th century for us older lot, the weird lump that would appear on ur finger in exam season from using a pen so damn much. I wonder if that's now replaced by the sore wrists or something from typing

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    #37

    College Is So Much Harder Than This -Every High School Teacher Ever

    College Is So Much Harder Than This -Every High School Teacher Ever

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    #42

    When All You Want To Do Is Sleep, But Attendance Counts For 15% Of Your Final Grade

    When All You Want To Do Is Sleep, But Attendance Counts For 15% Of Your Final Grade

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    #43

    As A Uni Student With No Money, I Give You My New Cups!

    As A Uni Student With No Money, I Give You My New Cups!

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    This Isn't Surreal, This Is High School And College

    This Isn't Surreal, This Is High School And College

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    #46

    Gen Z Has Record Low College Enrollment

    Gen Z Has Record Low College Enrollment

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    #48

    When Your Alarm Goes Off And You’re Trying To Count How Many Times You Missed That Class Already

    When Your Alarm Goes Off And You’re Trying To Count How Many Times You Missed That Class Already

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    Just Made It To College 0/10 Would Not Recommend

    Just Made It To College 0/10 Would Not Recommend

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    #51

    Going To College To Become A Professor Is A Pyramid Scheme

    Going To College To Become A Professor Is A Pyramid Scheme

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    #54

    Like If I Am Taking Out Loans To Afford College Who Says That I Have Extra Money To Donate

    Like If I Am Taking Out Loans To Afford College Who Says That I Have Extra Money To Donate

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    #59

    When You Have To Attend The Morning Lecture At Any Cost

    When You Have To Attend The Morning Lecture At Any Cost

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    John C
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG I don't think I could ever be a college professor. I just don't have the patience for this s**t.

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    #60

    Ur Mom Goes To College!

    Ur Mom Goes To College!

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    DogMom
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex’s ex got into Harvard cuz daddy’s name is on a building so yeah

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    #61

    No Time To Explain, I Need To Finish My Paper!

    No Time To Explain, I Need To Finish My Paper!

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