It’s both a blessing and a curse to be so outrageously particular about your schoolwork. A blessing because you’re reliable, responsible and fantastic at time management (and you never fail to highlight these characteristics). A curse because you rarely relax, you binge drink coffee and everything must be done perfectly, no exceptions.
You are indeed that person that everyone can count on, but you’re also that person that always seems to be on the edge of a mental breakdown because your paper isn’t finished two weeks in advance, you haven’t updated your resume since you joined yet another extracurricular, and you’ve run out of room in your planner. But it will all be worth it in the end because you’re the overachiever and you will make it work. Your college career is defined by good grades and good friends... but mostly good grades.
1. Your planner is overwhelming to look at.
You have every event for every organization that you're involved in with its corresponding date and time mapped out in an orderly fashion. Your life might actually be over if you lost your beloved planner.
2. And it's all color coordinated.
This goes without saying.
3. All of the assignments in your planner will be completed at least a week ahead of schedule.
Because time management is something you pride yourself on.
4. You never skip class. Ever.
Unless you have contracted the plague, then maybe you'll consider it.
5. But if you end up having to skip class, you burden an intense amount of guilt all day.
And follow up with a sincere email to your professor. Simultaneously realizing that this is why people hate you.
6. All of your class notes are dated, titled and filed away in notebooks for each of your classes.
Again, I thought everyone did this? No?
7. Post-it notes, sticky tabs, and highlighters are your favorite accessories.
And you get pumped when you have to buy more.
8. You get excited about making study guides for important tests.
Because this is where all of your intricate notes pay off!
9. Your friends audibly laugh at you when you say you "slacked off" today.
Because your idea of slacking off is spending only half of the day in the library instead of all day.
10. You make sure to get to know every professor within the first week of classes.
You want them to know how obnoxiously driven you are.
11. Your professors half expect you to be laying on their couch when they come into their office in the morning.
Because that is how often you visit their office hours.
12. You arrive to class at least 15 minutes early.
You need to pick the best seat (in the front, naturally) and arrange all your books before class begins! Being on time = being late.
13. You bring at least three pencils to class.
One to use, one for backup, and one to give to the inevitable slacker in the class who always conveniently forgets their own writing utensil.
14. You absolutely despise group projects.
You hate relying on other people to complete work - to your liking - in a timely fashion.
15. Coincidentally, you always end up doing the project yourself.
And begrudgingly put everyone else's name on your finished product.
16. Everyone at your school is aware of your group project tactics.
So you always have people extending invitations to you to work in their group. Ironic!
17. You've made money at least once by doing someone else's work.
Everyone wins here, am I right?
18. Relaxation is hard to come by for you.
You only consider watching Netflix if all of your work is completed for the next two weeks.
19. Nobody ever asks you if you have started your work yet.
Because they already know the answer.
20. Anyone who isn't as organized and timely as you are gives you severe anxiety.
You simply don't know how they function.
