We all hear stories about everybody's freshmen year of college and think about how we won't make the same mistakes or give into the same guilty pleasures as our older friends. But in reality, we'll probably follow right in their footsteps and give in just like everyone else.
1. Going to the dining hall four+ times a day
We all came in to college saying we wouldn't be victims of the dreaded "Freshman 15" but when you have unlimited swipes to free food, it's kind of hard to avoid. Not to mention the fact that all they serve is carbs and calories-two of our favorite things. We all love things like pizza and burgers, and when it's available basically 24/7, were obviously gonna hit that up as much as we can. Let's also recount how no one likes to eat alone, so when a friend asks to go to the dining hall, we always say yes even if we've already eaten dinner twice.
2. Not ordering your textbooks on time
First of all, they never tell us exactly which ones we need, and if they do there's always that slight fear of spending hundreds of dollars on a textbook we might not end up using. Thus we all wait for the first day of classes, and then the rush to get the last ones at the bookstore begin. Then there's those of us, like myself, that are living the broke college student life and order textbooks from Amazon-which means we have to wait like a week before they get here. Sorry I couldn't do the homework professor, it's not my fault shipping takes so long.
3. Going out in the middle of the week
So what if we have class the next day? It's college, a time for having fun and doing new things! We convince ourselves we'll do all our work before we go out and that we'll be up in time for class tomorrow, and thus it's okay to be out partying until three O'clock in the morning on a Tuesday night. And yet we wake up the next day wondering if going out on a school night was such a good idea-but no matter what we decide we know we'll end up doing it again anyways.
4. Sleeping through that 8am class
This is where going out on weekdays really fucks us up. Maybe we went downtown, or maybe we just chilled at a friend's dorm later than we should've, but whatever the case we still screwed up. We were so tired we either slept through our alarm, turned it off and went back to sleep, or deadass forgot to set it in the first place. Next thing we know it's noon and we've already missed half a day of classes. Whoops. Better start making friends in class so they can send us notes next time.
5. Wearing your lanyard around your neck
That first day when they give us our keys and our ID, we know right away there's no way in hell we can lose them. I mean, it's not like we can afford that $100+ fee to replace anything. That's wear the free lanyard comes in. Sure we said we'd never use them, but when push comes to shove, they become the only way to keep track of our essentials. And when we have no where else to put it, it ends up around our necks-which we all know is not okay in college. And yet we continue to do it until an upperclassman calls us out on how embarrassing it is. Sorry I didn't want to get locked out of my room.
6. Ordering food at 2am
Most of us come back to campus pretty fucked up at least once or twice a week and want nothing but fried chicken or a cheesy, greasy pizza. We call up one of those few places that's open till 4am and waste what little money we have on our late night munchies. And this is the time when food literally tastes like heaven-even if what we ordered usually tastes like cardboard. Guess it's time to pig out while it's still good. Freshman 15 here we come.
7. Saying you'll go to the gym, and then bailing
Everyone wants to keep in shape and stay healthy when they come to college, but sometimes it's just not realistic. Sure, we'll plan to go to the gym at least 3 times a week, and we'll even make plans with a friend. But when the time to actually go there comes, we're too tired, too lazy, swamped with work, or coming up with some other lame ass excuse-which is why it never ends up happening. Guess we bought all those cute sports bras for nothing.
8. Getting in trouble
Whether it's something major or something minor, everyone gets in some sort of trouble during their first year of college. It may be for playing your music too loud during "quiet hours" or failing to show up to a lot of classes. But it could also be for drinking, smoking, or violence, which is a lot more severe. Whatever the case, we learn from our mistakes and make sure it doesn't happen again. Not tryna get kicked out of school if you what I mean.
9. Doing a walk of shame
It may be because we met a guy and went back to his dorm. It may be because we PTFO in our friends dorm because we were too lazy to go back to our own. It may even be because our roommate needs the room for an insane amount of time for the night. Either way, we all experience the dreaded walk of shame back to our dorm in the morning in last night's clothes and makeup. We probably look horrible and get a bunch of hardcore stares as we make our way across campus, but hey, it's not like were not the only ones.
10. Procrastinating on everything
We always say were going to do something, and it never ends up happening when we say it will. And we do this with literally EVERYTHING. Homework? We'll do it later. Gym? We'll go tomorrow. Call mom and dad? They can wait a few more days. Joining that club? We'll do it next week. Ordering that textbook? We'll just borrow a friends for awhile. All the things we need to do are pushed off until we screw ourselves over and end up in trouble. And then we promise ourselves we'll do better next time, but let's be real, we'll procrastinate everything all over again.
