College is a four-year period filled with new beginnings and exciting experiences. It’s typically considered the best four years of your life. But things change and the experiences you had in the beginning of your journey are definitely different from the ones you start having at the end of it. Inevitably you'll reach a point where you just feel like you've been in college for a long time…too long. If you’re not sure that you’ve yet reached this point, here are some signs:
1. You don't want to go to parties anymore
You'd much rather watch the stream of partygoers from your bed with a bottle of wine, some cheese, and a Disney movie. At least your friends feel the same way so there's always someone to join you in the cave that is your bedroom.
2. You know not to schedule classes before 1 p.m.
You thought you'd be able to wake up early and tackle those 9 a.m. classes because it's two hours later than when high school started. You thought wrong.
3. And if you have an early class, you rarely go to it
...unless attendance is mandatory and you absolutely have to. But then you're either on Facebook of basically sleeping through it.
4. You avoid dining hall food at all costs
Luckily at this point you have either on-campus housing with a kitchen, your own apartment, or friends who will cook for you in exchange for money. And you’ve learned that your crappy late-night drunk Chinese food spot is better than what the school serves.
5. Most of your friends have graduated
You somehow befriended people who were all older than you, which was great at the time because they'd buy you better alcohol and drive you places and let you eat at their apartment. But now they've all graduated and become real people and you feel lost in a sea of people you don't know.
6. The freshmen look like kindergarteners
WHY ARE ALL THE NEW STUDENTS SO TINY AND WHY DO THEY LOOK SO PREPUBESCENT?
7. And they also all look terrified of you
Being a senior means being the rulers of campus. Which also apparently makes you a terrifying monster. Which, to be honest, I'm kind of okay with?
8. You've pretty much lost the ability to get embarrassed
Whether it's falling asleep in the library, going to class in your pajamas, or even facing the ever-dreaded "walk of shame," you've just stopped really caring what people think of you. You decide if that's a good or bad thing yourself.
9. The people at the on-campus coffee shop know your name AND order
I've gotten to the point where I'm within 500 feet of the Einstein's on campus and they have a whole wheat bagel with veggie cream cheese and an iced tea ready for me. You know something similar applies to you. Don't lie.
10. You've mastered the ability to write a 10-page paper in 12 hours
Who needs to spend a month writing a paper when you know you can do it in a day? Seems like a waste of time. Sleep now, paper later.
11. When you think about leaving for good, you realize you never want to
Can we just go back and do it again?
