There are few things more dread-inducing than a sink or swim Chemistry exam. Chemistry is the ultimate weed-out class for basically all STEM majors at most American universities. It plagues students who are planning on studying subjects that have nothing to do with chemistry and stunts their GPA from the first semester. I was lucky enough to get out of college without having to take a Chemistry class, but most aren't so lucky. Freshman in college gets packed into a thousand-seat lecture hall li…

A strange place

Peak insecurity

Grad school is one of the craziest things you can willingly subject yourself to. You have to work 16 hours a day on one very specific subject, teach 3 courses, and live off of a $15,000 stipend. Sounds simple enough, right? Grad school is different for everyone, and there are many different types of postgraduate academics. There are the people who are in it for the long haul and for the love of the game, aspiring to be academics forever. There are those who go into grad school straight after un…

Dark, dry, classy.

The perfect combo of hilarious.

Modern humor at its finest.

I've got something important to tell you all: I am not an engineer, and I never will be. For those of you who are disappointed, I'm so sorry. My college major prepared me for writing paragraphs that precede lists of memes. I don't know what to tell you. If you're an engineer who thought that the people in the industry actually forge career-centric memes lists like these, I can't help but question your critical thinking skills—very liberal arts of me, I know. I might not be an engineer, but I do…

Classic brew of art and memes.

Art and memes, a winning combination...

Kind of impossible to keep a straight face when looking at these memes.

It's that time of the year again: the absolute worst three weeks of the year for every college student . You don't even have to say it to know that finals week is upon us, and students at universities around the world are super bummed out about it. This is the first December I haven't had to deal with finals week since I was a mere preteen, and I'm incredibly stoked. You're telling me I no longer have to kill myself for 4-6 classes during the most depressing time of the year? Sign me up; being…

“College was the best part of my life” is a sentiment often expressed by weepy alumni. It can be a lot of pressure for college students to have the best time ever because college is supposedly the best part of their lives. I sometimes wonder whether college was the best part of my life, and it's all downhill from there, and I must answer that with a decisive no.

Grad school is one of the craziest things you can willingly subject yourself to. You have to work 16 hours a day on one very specific subject, teach 3 courses, and live off of a $15,000 stipend. Sounds simple enough, right? Grad school is largely different for everyone, but there are certainly different types of postgraduate academics. There are the people who are in it for the long haul, and for the love of the game, aspiring to be academics in school forever. There are those who go into grad…

Bright college days , oh, carefree days that fly! It's almost time for first-year students to move into their dorms, syllabus week to commence, and the binge drinking to begin. College is such a unique time in your life. For many students, it's the first time they'll be away from their family and maintain a semblance of independence. You are forced to learn how to take care of yourself and not make crazy choices all the time. I learned over the course of my freshman year that I couldn't eat thr…

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