If you are a Senior Citizen (and happen to have an aptly named photo album on Facebook) of your current University, this semester is probably feeling a little rough. Whether or not you’re taking a light or heavy load, just the notion that you are oh-so-close-but-yet-so-far-away from graduating and starting your life is terrifying yet invigorating at the same exact time. So you still sorta have to care so that you can keep your grades up for grad school, or those job apps that for some strange reason want your transcript before you can fully celebrate being a second semester senior and completely slack off. Either that or I’m the only person feelin’ these 12 things.
1. You’ve been to every job fair, ever

2. Your caffine tolerance is too high

3. You literally can’t do frats anymore
So, every time I’ve walked into a frat this semester, I find my self wondering “Who are all these people even? Are they in high school? Do they even go here?” Yes, they do! They are freshman and sophomores who are full of vigor and have not yet grown sick and tired (literally) of drinking out of plastic handles and wine bags. There aren’t even any eligible prospects because everyone you knew has either graduated, you’ve already hooked up with them, or you have absolutely no desire to hook up with them. So instead you go to bars and tell yourself you’ll find a fine young bachelor/bachelorette who is, like, a founder, or a CEO with a funded startup, or some kind of doctor who saves children. But you won’t. Stop kidding yourself. You’ll black out on well-drinks and end up in bed with someone who went out looking for the same thing. Or you'll end up alone with Chipotle.
4. Staying in and drinking is a thing now
Since when were you completely content with staying in? Since now! Sometimes you just don’t have it in you to put on that super sexy body-con and go to the clubs, or even put on pants. Besides, the cheapest alcohol just doesn’t cut it anymore, and as I’ve mentioned before you just can’t even with frats. So there’s no more free alcohol, and cocktails are expensive. Why pay ten dollars for one drink when you can pay ten dollars for a whole bottle and not have to wear clothes? And you can watch Netflix and chill in bed?
5. You’ve considered this

6. But actually, you have to start getting your life together
7. Bye bye, mad money

8. You can’t tell the difference between high schoolers and college underclassmen anymore

9. You’ve considered actually selling your soul for the job you want
Apple, Google, Salesforce, J.P Morgan — whatever it is, you want it and you want it bad! You’ve stalked everyone from the department you’re looking to work in, and everyone from HR on Linked In. You know everything about the company backwards and forwards, and can recite your interview talking points, jam-packed with buzzwords, on cue. All you have to do is hear someone utter the word “hiring” and suddenly you’re on about how you're a “natural born leader” and a “self-starter” with “top-notch data analysis skills.” Okay, just stop, you’re making a fool of yourself.
10. The job hunt is so terrifying, you’ve started thinking about entrepreneurship

11. What is love?

12. Going to class is “optional”
Regardless of whether attendance is actually mandatory or not, or if the lecture slides are not posted online, you kind of just can’t get yourself to go. Maybe you’ll go leading up to the midterm, but that's about it. Just show up to office hours and get a good grade on your assignments, and you’re pretty much set. Remember the good old days when you were terrified of failing and missing class? Haha...those were the days.
But, we should really just stop complaining and enjoy the rest of our time in college!


























