Stress Vernacular

Generated: October 23, 2025 at 04:55 AM

Chapter 3 Computational Analysis

CUNY Reddit Query Results

Query Date: 2025-09-05T15:51:38.537444

Search Terms: cooked, fucked, screwed, gonna fail, dropping out, cant afford, broke, stressed

Total Results: 500

Results by Subreddit

r/CUNY (200 results)

Top Submissions

[Evidence: submission_1ic1a4p]

  • Title: Trump suspends Federal loans and Federal grants

  • Author: u/Nervous-Passion-1897 Score: 315
  • Text: [Trump is pausing federal loans and grants as his administration reviews spending AP News](https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-f9948b9996c0ca971f0065fac85737ce)

I am noā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1kntyfv]

  • Title: I didnā€™t take the straight path

  • Author: u/effdotemm Score: 236
  • Text: I came to New York City as a teenager, an immigrant raised by my grandparents while my mother worked overseas. When we reunited in Queens, we had each otherā€”but not much else. The systems were unfamilā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1ihrcb9]

  • Title: Are we cooked?

  • Author: u/Conscious_Value5790 Score: 176
  • Text: This whole Elon musty / orange ape thing is really starting to grind my gears. Am I the only one feeling a sense of ā€œweā€™re cookedā€ vibes, like America is done up permanently after this whole presidencā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1hqkkh0]

  • Title: ADVICE ON BMCC NURSING PROGRAM ACCEPTANCE + HESI

  • Author: u/Able-Search-5738 Score: 118
  • Text: UPDATING EVERY SEMESTER :) !!

currently in: semester 1, spring 2025

hi everyone! iā€™m making this post for people to refer to when it comes to the BMCC Nursing program and HESI since there arenā€™t manā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1bkjxv9]

  • Title: Watch out for scammers

  • Author: u/Fun_Bathroom8447 Score: 117
  • Text: So thereā€™re these ppl right in front of campus buttering ppl up and asking for money for children with cancer. They have a website and all and seemed refutable enough with a quick Google search and hoā€¦

Top Comments

[Evidence: comment_m9mqm92]

  • Author: u/hellohoomansOoP Score: 183
  • Text: that would make the majority of CUNY cooked tbh- a lot of us depend on SNAP and pell grants to get through college. if he does this and it lasts i might as well drop out at that point because i wonā€™ā€¦

[Evidence: comment_mn6abxk]

  • Author: u/Middleburg_Gate Score: 135
  • Text: I took a few classes with the girl I ended up marrying. Her boyfriend was in the first class we took together so we never really interacted. A few semesters later they had broken up and we ended up inā€¦

[Evidence: comment_m3vaq7w]

  • Author: u/SarcasticSeaStar Score: 127
  • Text: Of course I donā€™t know your specific context and professors should be posting grades regularly enough that youā€™re not surprised by the final exam.

However, hereā€™s some context that might be helpful ā€¦

[Evidence: comment_mdotdid]

  • Author: u/SaintRemus Score: 80
  • Text: Weā€™re cookedā€¦

[Evidence: comment_m9mqvpt]

  • Author: u/PeachTeaaa_ Score: 76
  • Text: šŸ˜­šŸ˜­nah i aint dropping out ima slap that shit on my credit card. Aint letting 4 years goto wasteā€¦.

r/Baruch (200 results)

Top Submissions

[Evidence: submission_1ksysqj]

  • Title: i missed my finalā€¦

  • Author: u/ConfidentDig6002 Score: 114
  • Text: i pulled an allnighter last night and i missed my 8am-10am final.

i fell asleep by accident šŸ’” and by the time i woke up it was already 8:15. i sent my professor an email HEAVILY APOLOGIZING and askedā€¦

[Evidence: submission_xcifz4]

  • Title: Is Baruch aware of how fucked everything is this semester?

  • Author: u/IceTheChilled Score: 91
  • Text: Thousands of kids squeezing past each other in the halls. 10 minute waits just to use an elevator. A waitlist of 100+ people just to borrow a calculator. The WiFi is literally un-usable. The library iā€¦

[Evidence: submission_j98xvm]

  • Title: Motivation

  • Author: u/KO944994 Score: 85
  • Text: Hello, If you are reading this just know that we all feel the same way. We are all stressed and tired of how cruel this semester is being. Hanging there, we are all in this together, you can do it jusā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1je96iu]

  • Title: Why the hell you go to fucking lecture room (2nd floor library) just to hang out and talk SHIT with ppl.

  • Author: u/Prestigious_Road8385 Score: 81
  • Text: I know it, I sound like a Karen.. bro we are in MIDTERMS, everyone is STRUGGLING and SELLING THEIR SOULS and DIGNITY just to pass 4-5 midterms next week. Why the hell you have to come to the lecture rā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1mq1e0g]

  • Title: The job market is cooked.

  • Author: u/Glad-Gur8549 Score: 78
  • Text: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/nyregion/nyc-jobs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d08.UQYS.yg23ktfzYuNo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShareā€¦

Top Comments

[Evidence: comment_it3gu5d]

  • Author: u/yman1995 Score: 77
  • Text: Please dont flood the school. Its already brokenā€¦

[Evidence: comment_ed9kl5z]

  • Author: u/d1ss0nant Score: 63
  • Text: Iā€™d say the bursar office - every time I go in there I get fuckedā€¦

[Evidence: comment_mtpguuz]

  • Author: u/Techheavysoul Score: 54
  • Text: Your kinda cooked but try to plead with the professor , i know sometimes they allow a inc and let you take it in the next sem.

You can try to contact the department too but they may ask for documentā€¦

[Evidence: comment_gs4pbxc]

  • Author: u/purple_shadess Score: 45
  • Text: The people who say youā€™re fucked are just awful. You may be at a disadvantage, yes, but itā€™s never too late to start gaining experienceā€¦.

[Evidence: comment_mbw40f5]

  • Author: u/Capital_Nectarine726 Score: 44
  • Text: youā€™re cooked if youā€™re asking rn tbhā€¦

r/HunterCollege (154 results)

Top Submissions

[Evidence: submission_1inj9ok]

  • Title: ā€œis this a scam??ā€

  • Author: u/perpetuallyyanxious Score: 96
  • Text: YES. YES ITS A SCAM. iā€™m sorry I know Iā€™m gonna come off as pretentious and rude, but can we please be serious??? Look at the damn email. Itā€™s from a random ass email address, is asking you for your cā€¦

NB: [Evidence: submission_ud88zj]

  • Title: Homeless college student at hunter college

  • Author: u/kokolokodoko Score: 52
  • Text: This is my first Reddit post so Iā€™m not even sure if Iā€™m doing this right lol this post is literally my last hope for any useful advice, but last Wednesday, sanitation workers came to my house and labā€¦

[Evidence: submission_xe5dwk]

  • Title: Hunter has the worst campus ever and Ive been to a lot of campuses

  • Author: u/LOAthrowaway4444 Score: 41
  • Text: Hot as balls, extremely overcrowded, no free spaces to study, chill or sit, broken elevators, dirty asf. Its so hard to genuinely want to stay on campus after classes, most people will run home once cā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1hmaw7i]

  • Title: I failed my classes this semester

  • Author: u/Sure-Two-5672 Score: 32
  • Text: My mom was diagnosed with cancer. I started having terrible anxiety and depression. Currently taking prozac. I was a good student before this. Now my GPA is getting completely demolished. Am I screwedā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1evuuli]

  • Title: Freshman schedule, am I cooked?

  • Author: u/dumpypantzz Score: 19

Top Comments

[Evidence: comment_g6kd32q]

  • Author: u/qwertyuiopmnbvcx098 Score: 18
  • Text: This is so stupid. If anything heā€™ll tell administration that a student blackmailed him for a grade and youā€™ll face repercussions. And u were recording without him knowing. Youā€™re seriously fucked upā€¦

[Evidence: comment_m3sr5dk]

  • Author: u/naboing_tariq Score: 16
  • Text: first off, iā€™m sorry to hear about everything. wishing you and your mom the best and that she beats cancerā€™s ass!

this sucks, it hurts like nothing else, but itā€™s going to be okay. last fall i faileā€¦

[Evidence: comment_mipe6xi]

  • Author: u/bigbootybishes1 Score: 12
  • Text: Switch your major dude. It doesnā€™t get better at all. It only gets worse. Even the CS TAs and professors claim that they purposely have the CS classes so frustratingly difficult to force people to droā€¦

[Evidence: comment_ltli06i]

  • Author: u/tenamine Score: 11
  • Text: Bro is cooked šŸ’€

nah you good tho I seen people w/ worse ngl. deadass heard a girl say a 1200 is insane lmao. As long as your essay is good and you had good ecs you should be aii, ofc 81 ainā€™t the ā€¦

[Evidence: comment_lhkxlzr]

  • Author: u/custychronicles Score: 11
  • Text: Drop the class then re enroll in the section. The automatic waitlist is broken and the person ahead of you isnt checking their schedule builderā€¦

r/QueensCollege (153 results)

Top Submissions

[Evidence: submission_16k908h]

  • Title: For My QC People who Park Outside

  • Author: u/Busy-Ad7220 Score: 21
  • Text: Yesterday my car got broken into and all 4 of my tires ( that even had wheel locks ) got stolen. Please be aware to protect your car and have STRONG wheel locks because they know how to break most wheā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1h64qax]

  • Title: Professor thinks I used AI..

  • Author: u/Apart_Ad_5111 Score: 17
  • Text: My ANTH 200 professor returned my 2nd essay back today with no grade and said to see him. He told me that there were no typos, that it was professionally written and that it was weird I didnā€™t cite thā€¦

[Evidence: submission_seahxw]

  • Title: Why is Queens College terrible at contact?

  • Author: u/corndogs1001 Score: 14
  • Text: Any number I call for queens college, no responce. Emails take days to get a response back from. Live Chat is broken. Im having a serious schedule problem and I need an answer. I cant take this anymorā€¦

[Evidence: submission_ognvmr]

  • Title: Question for CS Major alumni

  • Author: u/Grayehz Score: 14
  • Text: If you graduate without an internship how screwed are you in finding a job right now? About to start senior year and Iā€™ve had trouble getting an internship but Ive been getting work as a cs tutor for ā€¦

[Evidence: submission_gahz9f]

  • Title: Been hearing that lots of students are getting points deducted from their waxman 211 midterm because of suspected cheating. How are they determining who cheated? By Formatting.

  • Author: u/theOneandOnly7374747 Score: 14
  • Text: Imagine being a teacher and saying, ā€œhmm, this code is readable, they must have cheatedā€. I feel like trying to make code neater is fine, especially when weā€™re typing code in that trashy blackboard suā€¦

Top Comments

[Evidence: comment_incgrkm]

  • Author: u/vngelique Score: 19
  • Text: and this is being marketed to broke college studentsā€¦let me laugh. ha haā€¦

[Evidence: comment_mdbr2ed]

  • Author: u/sexylassy Score: 16
  • Text: Staff depends on two things: Students enrollment and government funding. QC students have been dropping out or transferring to other CUNY schools. If you feel this, QC may not be the school for you. Cā€¦

[Evidence: comment_inbxr4l]

  • Author: u/EconomistOld4476 Score: 13
  • Text: too expensive n iā€™m too broke lmfaoā€¦

[Evidence: comment_m1u0gr9]

  • Author: u/Bulky_Tangerine9653 Score: 12
  • Text: Same here. I really want to go to stony brook but QC fucked over my GPA. These professors are so cruel and cringeā€¦.

[Evidence: comment_ixxs3yj]

  • Author: u/sexylassy Score: 12
  • Text: I am a returning grad student. They were broken in 2012 when I was a student. So, itā€™s safe to say noā€¦.

r/CCNY (82 results)

Top Submissions

[Evidence: submission_1kmpjro]

  • Title: am i cooked?

  • Author: u/[deleted] Score: 11
  • Text: so i think i just screwed my entire lifeā€¦ so i am an upcoming freshman at ccny, my major is currently undeclared engineering and i applied for biomed. so they made me take the math placement exam anā€¦

[Evidence: submission_w2swv9]

  • Title: What do you make for lunch on campus?

  • Author: u/[deleted] Score: 9
  • Text: Going to be a broke college student again. Returning for my masterā€™s. So looking for ways to cut down on funds. That being said, what are some meals or snacks you bring to campus for lunch? Curious toā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1h4fwng]

  • Title: 2 bedroom apartment 2 mins from CCNY, 2600 a month no broker fee

  • Author: u/Beginning_Prize8305 Score: 8
  • Text: We have a place up for grabs about 2 min walk from CCNY, 2 bedroom if anyone is interested :) its 2600 a month (no broker fee). landlord is open to a sublet or lease takeover (Dec/Jan - July so perfecā€¦

[Evidence: submission_1h1n4rx]

  • Title: How cooked are we chat šŸ”„šŸ”„

  • Author: u/Western_Tangerine_93 Score: 7

[Evidence: submission_1gqxnim]

  • Title: Bio 101

  • Author: u/Hot_Gate3146 Score: 7
  • Text: Hi taking bio 101 with fardad and just took the second exam and damn I got cooked on both thought I knew biology studied weeks in ahead and still felt unconfident any tips!ā€¦

Top Comments

[Evidence: comment_mscfa1z]

  • Author: u/Accomplished_Two6772 Score: 10
  • Text: Believe me, I am really sorry to tell you that you are kinda cooked. You could have possibly survived if you would have gotten MATH 19500(Precalc) and take Precalc course at CCNY this summer but I do ā€¦

[Evidence: comment_m0tkw6t]

  • Author: u/PositiveEmo Score: 8
  • Text: Very biased, I liked my time at CCNY. The only thing I didnā€™t like is the nac/marshack building layouts. Kind of dead and lifeless and easy to get lost. Elevators are slow, escalators often break. Figā€¦

[Evidence: comment_i55z3f6]

  • Author: u/cyborg1612 Score: 6
  • Text: Basically, you have to pass the math requirements for you to get accepted into Grove School, which will have computer science. I fucked up and failed in Calculus 2, so Iā€™m having to have to retake theā€¦

[Evidence: comment_mrvztkb]

  • Author: u/No-Recognition-8129 Score: 5
  • Text: if you are struggling in pre calc then itā€™s kinda cooked for engineering. it gets wayyy harder from there palā€¦

[Evidence: comment_lez39pf]

  • Author: u/Lukevaderjedi Score: 5
  • Text: I graduated from CCNY in 2015 with Mech Engr and I think this schedule is fine! Engineering 2xx, 3xx class schedules are also fucked up when you take them, so this would be a good intro to the chaoticā€¦

r/BrooklynCollege (13 results)

Top Submissions

[Evidence: submission_1k8ydc2]

  • Title: Short Film: The Party

  • Author: u/PushSimple Score: 4
  • Text: Hi everyone! My nameā€™s Alexis. Iā€™m a film major looking for actors to play in a short film Iā€™m directing called The Party. Itā€™s a silent, black and white film. Hereā€™s the synopsis:

Mollyā€™s a lonelyā€¦

[Evidence: submission_14veilg]

  • Title: Friend Matchmaking - College NYC

  • Author: u/brooklyn32323 Score: 3
  • Text:

Hey everyone!
Looking for new friends in the city? Iā€™m excited to announce another Friend Matchmaking Event! Hereā€™s how it works:

  1. Complete a questionnaire to build your profile.
  2. Based on yā€¦

[Evidence: submission_mnoxv5]

  • Title: Stressed Out? Weā€™re Seeking NYS College Student Participants for a Study of an Online Mindfulness Intervention (Ages 18-30)

  • Author: u/DRTLabUB Score: 1

Top Comments

[Evidence: comment_h9f7ljj]

  • Author: u/AC2SalesInc Score: 3
  • Text: I am a graduate from ā€œBrokenā€ College. most offices do not interact with other officesā€¦.

[Evidence: comment_mprtwyl]

  • Author: u/Good_Requirement2998 Score: 2
  • Text: I graduated with a bfa in 2015, I majored in film production and creative writing.

I canā€™t say how it is today. But I will say back then it was the strongest cuny program for film and I can happily aā€¦

[Evidence: comment_iu22qtl]

  • Author: u/tubameister Score: 2
  • Text: I was in BCā€™s sonic arts graduate program. BC does have this, which is nice https://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/news/bcnews/bcnews_180830.php

and if you befriend SA grad students you can get access to ā€¦

[Evidence: comment_i34j8jx]

  • Author: u/andrea_dee_ Score: 2
  • Text: Hey welcome to BC! I did my Bachelorā€™s degree there and now Iā€™m getting my Masterā€™s there as well. Itā€™s a great school!

Generally speaking, a lot of the professors are good and willing to help. Everyā€¦

[Evidence: comment_hubngvw]

  • Author: u/PME_joelcod Score: 2
  • Text: Had the same problem last semester it turns out they broke the app for anything before IOS 15 so if you have an iphone that could be a solution they sent out an email about it Iā€™m pretty sureā€¦.

r/CUNYuncensored (3 results)

Top Submissions

[Evidence: submission_ud7gsl]

  • Title: Homeless college student at hunter college

  • Author: u/kokolokodoko Score: 12
  • Text: This is my first Reddit post so Iā€™m not even sure if Iā€™m doing this right lol this post is literally my last hope for any useful advice, but last Wednesday, sanitation workers came to my house and labā€¦

[Evidence: submission_v2xlh8]

  • Title: How do I get my fafsa back? Someone help!

  • Author: u/Latter_Professor_551 Score: 3
  • Text: ā€‹

I need to desperately find some proper answers online. Iā€™m supposed to be a junior in college this year but I am actually a lower sophomore and it makes me anxious about my school expectatioā€¦

Top Comments

[Evidence: comment_ixrnusn]

  • Author: u/kokolokodoko Score: 1
  • Text: Hi! Yes I did! My mom canā€™t afford heat for the house rn tho, so we are just surviving but this is much better than being on the streets, and even better than being in my old cramped up broken house wā€¦

r/JohnJay (4 results)

Top Comments

[Evidence: comment_ghn5wtv]

  • Author: u/Hefty_Law_7692 Score: 2
  • Text: I actually jus logged into my CUNY FIRST account. But I have no acceptance nor rejection letter from John jay. Just says that my application is being reviewed and that has me stressed outā€¦

[Evidence: comment_ghmtw0n]

  • Author: u/Hefty_Law_7692 Score: 1
  • Text: I just logged on to my CUNY first account. I still have not received any acceptance of rejection letter. It still says being reviewed and evaluated. So stressed!!ā€¦

[Evidence: comment_ghm4kjr]

  • Author: u/Hefty_Law_7692 Score: 1
  • Text: Thank you! Yh itā€™ll probably take some time just has me a bit stressed out thatā€™s allā€¦.

[Evidence: comment_ghfdure]

  • Author: u/Hefty_Law_7692 Score: 1
  • Text: Oh wow! Yh mine is not that good I have a 3.2 thatā€™s why Iā€™m a bit stressed outā€¦

Top 20 Results (All Subreddits)

[CUNY - Evidence: submission_1ic1a4p]

  • Title: Trump suspends Federal loans and Federal grants

  • Author: u/Nervous-Passion-1897 Score: 315

[CUNY - Evidence: submission_1kntyfv]

  • Title: I didnā€™t take the straight path

  • Author: u/effdotemm Score: 236

[CUNY - Evidence: comment_m9mqm92]

  • Comment: that would make the majority of CUNY cooked tbh- a lot of us depend on SNAP and pell grants to get through college. if he does this and it lasts i might as well drop out at that point because i wonā€™ā€¦

  • Author: u/hellohoomansOoP Score: 183

[CUNY - Evidence: submission_1ihrcb9]

  • Title: Are we cooked?

  • Author: u/Conscious_Value5790 Score: 176

[CUNY - Evidence: comment_mn6abxk]

  • Comment: I took a few classes with the girl I ended up marrying. Her boyfriend was in the first class we took together so we never really interacted. A few semesters later they had broken up and we ended up inā€¦

  • Author: u/Middleburg_Gate Score: 135

[CUNY - Evidence: comment_m3vaq7w]

  • Comment: Of course I donā€™t know your specific context and professors should be posting grades regularly enough that youā€™re not surprised by the final exam.

However, hereā€™s some context that might be helpful ā€¦

  • Author: u/SarcasticSeaStar Score: 127

[CUNY - Evidence: submission_1hqkkh0]

  • Title: ADVICE ON BMCC NURSING PROGRAM ACCEPTANCE + HESI

  • Author: u/Able-Search-5738 Score: 118

[CUNY - Evidence: submission_1bkjxv9]

  • Title: Watch out for scammers

  • Author: u/Fun_Bathroom8447 Score: 117

[Baruch - Evidence: submission_1ksysqj]

  • Title: i missed my finalā€¦

  • Author: u/ConfidentDig6002 Score: 114

[CUNY - Evidence: submission_r8b7c2]

  • Title: CUNY is really, really bad at paying its graduate students. Weā€™re suffering. There is no end in sight.

  • Author: u/drosophilism Score: 97

[HunterCollege - Evidence: submission_1inj9ok]

  • Title: ā€œis this a scam??ā€

  • Author: u/perpetuallyyanxious Score: 96

[Baruch - Evidence: submission_xcifz4]

  • Title: Is Baruch aware of how fucked everything is this semester?

  • Author: u/IceTheChilled Score: 91

[CUNY - Evidence: submission_1kxmtij]

  • Title: I survived

  • Author: u/AddressCivil3561 Score: 89

[CUNY - Evidence: submission_1iay9s5]

  • Title: John Jay Email screwed me over

  • Author: u/DakotaPagoda Score: 87

[Baruch - Evidence: submission_j98xvm]

  • Title: Motivation

  • Author: u/KO944994 Score: 85

[Baruch - Evidence: submission_1je96iu]

  • Title: Why the hell you go to fucking lecture room (2nd floor library) just to hang out and talk SHIT with ppl.

  • Author: u/Prestigious_Road8385 Score: 81

[CUNY - Evidence: comment_mdotdid]

  • Comment: Weā€™re cookedā€¦

  • Author: u/SaintRemus Score: 80

[CUNY - Evidence: submission_i67b24]

  • Title: Extremely Frustrated

  • Author: u/Cefitie Score: 78

[Baruch - Evidence: submission_1mq1e0g]

  • Title: The job market is cooked.

  • Author: u/Glad-Gur8549 Score: 78

[Baruch - Evidence: comment_it3gu5d]

  • Comment: Please dont flood the school. Its already brokenā€¦

  • Author: u/yman1995 Score: 77
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Comments (35)

Submissions (34)