I have only been through one semester in college and I often feel like I have learned more in this short time than in all of high school.

1. Just because you think you know everything about your roommates doesn't mean you actually do.

Through this process of living with three other girls I have learned a lot about myself and the types of people I do and don't want to surround myself with. Just because I knew someone really well in high school doesn't mean that translates well to me living with that person. I have talked to many people that feel the same way. If I have learned one thing it's that people, and girls especially are never what they seem.

2. Skim your readings....

This is the one thing they don't directly tell you in college. I have had my fair share (already) of very large political science books that I cannot read all at once. I have become a very good skim reader. I have also learned that spark notes has a purpose besides not reading for a test in high school. It is actually there to understand what is happening because let's be honest Machiavelli's The Prince isn't a piece of cake.

3. No one cares how popular you were in high school

Honestly, if you don't have communication skills in college you might not have many friends. You have to be able to talk to any random person at any given time. Acting stuck up like you did in high school only makes people not want to be friends with you. Also, in college there isn't really a popular group, it is too big for that. No one really has all that much time to define what class of people you are in either. I think this is great because I am friends with a variety of different people because it no longer matters.

4. It takes a very specific personality to fully commit to Greek life

Here's the deal, I was in a sorority for two weeks and I really did like it at first but it began to be a bit much for me. I felt like I was picking up a job rather than doing something fun with my friends. Although most girls and guys I am friends with are part of Greek life, I still can't bring myself to fully commit. It feels invasive to my identity and I don't feel like myself. Some people need that guidance to figure out who they are gonna be which is helpful but I don't. As an extrovert, people often suck the life out of me and I need to get away to refill. So I need time away sometimes. Don't be mislead though, if you love Greek life more power to you.

5. The library will become your best friend

It is my hangout, where I get most of my work done, and it's my safe space. I owe any success I have had this semester to the library.

6. You will actually have to study

I was that girl in high school that flew by as a straight B student with never studying for any test or basically spending any time on homework. Needless to say the first two weeks of college hit me like a ton of bricks. In college, you must study if you want to succeed. The material is not only harder but there is more of it. So if you are reading this as a high school senior and thinking you're like me, I hate to tell you it is not going be that way forever.

7. No matter how bad your mom cooks, anything is better than dorm food

Okay I will be the first to admit my mom is no Rachel Ray. Her cooking is at best sub par ( that's okay though I still love her) but compare it to dorm food and she practically is Rachel Ray. I am naturally a pretty healthy eater and dorm food makes me want to consume large amounts of fries and grilled cheese. This is really where the freshman 15 comes from. I mean the fries really aren't even that good they kinda taste like cardboard with salt on top.

8. At some point you will miss your best friend at home

I go through a little rough patch every weekend about how much I miss my best friend and how much I want to see her. She isn't far when I go home but even then our conflicting schedules make it practically impossible to hang out. I just miss her, I miss someone always being around that really gets me. That I don't have to tell my life story to because she was there for it all.

9. Your life will become homework and there isn't anything you can do about it.

Honestly the amount of math homework in a STATS 150 class should be illegal. I hate math and spending hours upon hours on it a night isn't what I want to do with my life. But I need to do it to pass the class, to get the degree, to have a life. This is my exact thought process every time I have to do a hypothesis test problem.

10. Coffee is praised more than Jesus...

Me: My name is Laci Williams and I am a caffeine addict

Caffeine addicts anonymous: Hi Laci

I really have a problem if I don't have caffeine in the morning I get horrible headaches, I get cranky, and I want to cry. Although this sounds a bit dramatic it is totally true. It is the way I get through hard nights and bad days. At this point it is part of the routine which makes it even worse of a habit.