Whether you’re in the middle of semester or the middle of a semester break, student life can be tough. Although the middle of exams are arguably going to be the toughest, the dilemmas of being a student don’t magically disappear with the end of each semester. These are the gifs that we think summarise these struggles to a tee.

We’re Doing Just Fine With Adulting…

Cue the phone call home to our parents where we assure them we’re totally capable to be out in the world on our own. “No worries Mum! I made the best meal yesterday – did you know you could add an egg to Mi Goreng? MIND BLOWN!”

We Love To Brag About How Many Holiday Breaks We Get

From the first week of semester, you’re counting down to any free time between classes, free days or the coveted uni holidays. But when you finally get to that time of freedom, you have no idea what to do with yourself. Enter your next existential crisis.

Just One Word: Study

Maybe you’re like the Community fam that formed their own study group, only to spend more time getting in wacky adventures than actually studying. Except instead of wacky adventures, you’re more likely to be sharing memes and gifs about student life with each other…

That #Internlyf

 

The intern struggle starts with needing years of experience just to get experience *urgh*. Then when you finally land something, it’s dodgy af and definitely illegal unpaid labor. When you finally get experience under your belt, paid jobs still need at least a million more years on top of that experience.

But The Biggest Student Struggle Is Being Broke AF

Start of semester one? Broke! Gotta buy those textbooks. Middle of semester? Broke! Gotta drown those sorrows at the uni bar. Semester break? You better believe you’ll be broke af and not able to afford anything that makes holidays enjoyable. Oh, the student struggle.

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(Lead image: Community)