College is awesome. College is a special time. College is the best years of your life... blah, blah, blah we already know this. What about the messy stuff that happens while we're here? What about the milestones that are reached that no one seems to notice? What about the never-ending list of tasks that must be completed before you leave here? There are so many wonderful things that happen while you're in your undergraduate years, but there is also some super real and scary events that occur while you're here as well. You know, the stuff that the campus tour guides don't want your fragile high school ears to hear (or your parents). Now that you've already been sold on the fantastic place that's said to be college, let's unleash the truth about this sacred institution.
1. The cafeteria isn't that good: This is unfortunate because we all know that the way to the heart is through food. But, it's true, the caf really isn't all that it's cracked up to be. If you're fortunate enough to be near a good cafeteria, you'll without a doubt be sick of it by the end of the first month of classes. There's just something about caf food that is only appealing sometimes. Oh and you may gain some weight... Holla.
2. You're actually going to really miss home: The yearn for your parents touch and cooking has never been so real. You'll start to miss the annoying sound of your mother's nagging and your dad obnoxiously blowing his nose in the bathroom while you're trying to sleep. This doesn't only apply to freshmen, everyone experiences this.
3. Being independent is harder than you thought: Dragging your butt to class and being accountable for your meals and expenses is tough. Yes, expenses. If you don't already loathe dealing with money, you'll start to as soon as you have to have some sort of budget and start paying bills.
4. Your heart will get broken: If you didn't find love in high school, you'll find it here. All people won't get their hearts broken, but most will for the simple factor that you let yourself start liking someone and they either don't like you or they fall deeply in love for a month or two and then leave you out in the cold like a lonely, confused, heart broken mess.
5. Some professors really aren't very good: At all. You either get the professor that has a Russian accent so deep your ears bleed trying to translate his words or the professor that assigns 8 books worth of reading, yet covers none of the material in class.
6. You will meet your best friend: BFFL was defined at a college campus (not really, but let's go with it). The friends you make at college are without a doubt the friends you will have for life. It's something to do with maturity, finding yourselves together, and having various mental, emotional and physical break downs while you're at college.
7. You will either change your mind a lot or be so certain of everything that it drives you crazy: Even the ones with the set-in-stone four year plan doubt themselves; it's only natural at a place with endless opportunities and constant thoughts that make you second guess yourself. They do say that the average college kid changes his or her mind four times.
8. You will have at least one bad roommate: And that person will drive you to near insanity, I promise you.
9. If you live somewhere cold, you will develop a hatred so deep for winter that you often contemplate on quitting life and moving to Bora Bora: The chill that is winter will never be more real than when you have to walk your butt to class every single day in it. There will be side-ways wind, massive snow masses to walk through, and runny noses that allows snot to freeze to your mouth while outside. It's s'cute.
10. You will either fall in love with your school or hate it so much that you transfer: More times than not, the first happens. But, if you happen to be the latter, then you will most likely fall in love with your second or third (or fourth) school and finally understand the obsessed freaks who have already experienced this love.
