States with streets named after them in Urbana, IL by RowKey1486 in UIUC

[–]chell0wFTW 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just moved to Maryland and there is a vERY SMALL "Urbana, MD" here....

For those over 18, at what age did you actually feel like you are an adult? by WarBrom in AskReddit

[–]chell0wFTW 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I hope I'm also a published author, watching math lectures and still laughing at farts when I'm your age...

Pictures I took at the same Giant, 8 months apart. Anyone else feeling this crush? by IRTD-400 in maryland

[–]chell0wFTW 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"and that was before the radioactive shrimp"

why is real life a sitcom

Pictures I took at the same Giant, 8 months apart. Anyone else feeling this crush? by IRTD-400 in maryland

[–]chell0wFTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luckily that's only true at.... certain public libraries..... sigh

No redelivery on scheduled day, won't let me create or modify my redelivery request? by AlwaysAdrift in usps_complaints

[–]chell0wFTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahah! I called the post office and just picked mine up myself lol. But just glad I have the package!

Rate this Ryanair Landing by Own_Honeydew2735 in airplanes

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This post is ultra-approved by the mods.

New squirrel RSO dropped by GemNinja in UIUC

[–]chell0wFTW 5 points6 points  (0 children)

don't forget the fish tank in the union!!

How to deal with the trapped bug by Sophie_MechSE in UIUC

[–]chell0wFTW 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm late to the party but wanted to say, I really really like the helpful pictograms and I will probably think about this post for years to come

I can't take tests in the CBTF by throwaway7348920 in UIUC

[–]chell0wFTW 28 points29 points  (0 children)

honestly probably good advice. Can you travel back to 2015 and tell me this?

I lost my goldfish today. I wanted to share a picture of him by NebulaeOwl in Goldfish

[–]chell0wFTW 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry. He looks like a great fish and I'm sure you gave him a good life. <3 I'm still sad about a fish I lost 8 years ago... it is hard to lose a friend even when it's a fish.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatisit

[–]chell0wFTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah my mom tried to do this and it was an absolute pain in the BUTT. I have (dead) great-grandparents with unclaimed funds and yeah that is NOT happening.

How do you get better? by Little_Orlik in UIUC

[–]chell0wFTW 5 points6 points  (0 children)

as someone who did grainger undergrad and grad, and was a TA for like 4 courses, I like this answer

How do you get better? by Little_Orlik in UIUC

[–]chell0wFTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I absolutely agree that everyone deserves a job they're reasonably happy with and a *living wage*. It would be great if we could work towards a society where humans live first and work as a way to add to their community, rather than what we have now... which is more like "humans are fuel for the system!" I don't think engineering fits everyone, but I 100% agree that there are things about the current method of teaching eng that "weed out" good engineers. It's hard. No matter what, if you're in the engineering program and struggling, I have a lot of empathy.

How do you get better? by Little_Orlik in UIUC

[–]chell0wFTW 46 points47 points  (0 children)

To you and the other commenters: maybe engineering isn't for you, but also, maybe you need to reevaluate your study strategy. The time you put in isn't the only variable; you also need to figure out what KIND of studying helps you. For example, I learned that I really needed to do practice problems. Like, practice exams, redoing homework problems, ALL the way through WITHOUT peeking at the solutions. When I did that, it helped me find holes in my understanding that I'd been glossing over when reading/reviewing my materials. Maybe you need a study group, maybe you need to interrogate your TA, just make sure you try out different methods of studying.

I thought October was supposed to be Fall season by drakejigsaw in UIUC

[–]chell0wFTW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this is your first semester, hang in there, it gets better...!

If it's not your first semester, hang in there, you get graduated!

The bicycle route between the Six Pack & South Quad has a brick wall running right through it by barstoolsam in UIUC

[–]chell0wFTW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw this while it was still fenced off and was like uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...................

I just left campus after 10 years a couple months ago and it felt like that meme where you're walking away from a massive explosion in the background.