41 Things Only Uni Students Understand

You poor, vulnerable soul. You’re living life in the big smoke with nothing but a notebook, a pen and a free mind. With your bank statement less than your age and aspirations of owning a washing machine when you’re older, you look to anyone (anyone?!) for a comforting shoulder to lean on.

To prove that we’re all in this #unistudentlyfe together we’ve rounded up 41 things that eeeeeeeevery uni student in Sydney knows is 100% truth. 

1. Uni before 9am is just not even fathomable. 
2. You get a little stressy if you wake up at 2pm, but like also… not really. 
3. You miss Uni, to catch up on Uni. 
4. You say ‘catch you round’ at the end of your tutorial, but you know you will never see them ever, ever again (thank god). 
5. Online lecture recordings will go down as the best thing that happened in the 21st century. 
6. You walk around Uni pretending you have a purpose and a life goal, but you actually are just looking for your lecture room, which you have never been to, even though it’s week 10. Ed Note: this is a judgement free zone guys. 
7. Similarly, ‘what does your lecturer look like’ is a common thought that plays on your mind.
8. You just hate stu-pol (that’s student politics for those who aren’t bombarded with it every damn day). 
9. If tomorrow isn’t the due date, today isn’t the do date.
10. Year 12 students in the library are So. Un. Welcome.
11. Group work AKA letting you down one mark at a time.
12. Sitting in the library, opening your laptop, closing it and leaving the library is perfectly acceptable, and definitely respectable. 
13. The location of your library card is almost as questionable as your library card photo.
14. Look Inside is the best hyperlink on Google Books. Essay = done.
15. Self-control isn’t a habitual practice, it’s an app on your MacBook Pro. 
16. You are an everyday hero when you study for 5 minutes straight without checking your phone.
17. Copping the 2% late penalty isn’t a life choice, it’s a lifestyle.
18. APA, MLA, CMS, CIA, FBI, SMH… they are all the same thing. 
19. You get into bed at 2pm and set your alarm for a 17-minute nap because you wouldn’t want to over sleep. 
20. You print at work because the 10c at Officeworks is just NOT in the budget. 
21. You sometimes scan broccoli as carrots at the self-service checkout (we won’t tell anyone). 
22. You are so proud of yourself for only buying groceries that are on special, but get takeaway anyway because you can’t be bothered to cook.
23. You are very entrepreneurial about making sure as many people as possible are using your UberEATS code (it’s a win-win situation). 
24. You haven’t done washing in so long you contemplate just buying new underwear.
25. Old people just don’t understand that smashed avocado is ALWAYS a wise investment.
26. You payWave everything…like actually everything.
27. There is no free parking in the WHOLE of Sydney, you know this so you don’t even try. 
28. That being said, you have probably singlehandedly funded the new business school with your parking fines. 
29. You can’t remember what you’ve eaten for dinner the past month, but you’re pretty sure you have eaten… we said pretty sure.  
30. Take-away is only a good idea if you can get 2 meals out of it. 
31. Even if you look like a 12-year-old, you might as well be 55 and having a mid-life crisis if you don’t have your Student ID on public transport. 
32. McDonalds in Stanmore has been under renovation FOR EVER… WHY? What could they possibly be doing?
33. You work somewhere where you can get free food… #lifehack.
34. Wine glasses are made of plastic and often don’t really look like wine glasses.
35. You just can’t stand when adults say pre-drinking or old people who think they are cool say pre-loading. Its pres or nothing, OK Mum?
36. You know that you can’t go out without pres, because the $20 cocktail just isn’t worth it
37. Except at Lil’ Darlin. Now THAT is worth it. 
38. You spend lots of time on Saturday night wondering where to go on a Saturday night.
39. R.I.P the pole at Iguana Bar. Actually R.I.P Kings Cross…. Actually R.I.P HAVING FUN. 
40. When you do go out, you buy $40 worth of vodka Red Bulls because it’s the only substantial way to last the night.
41. UberX is the nocturnal mum you never had #loveyou. 

Don't tick any of these boxes? Check out 32 Signs You Acutally Have Your Life Together (it's probably more for you.) 

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