Being a senior now, I can finally sympathize with seniors of the past that looked like the life was ripped out of them and/or like they wanted to set someone or something on fire 24/7 (I wouldn't actually set someone on fire; please, know that). Life is rough, especially with the looming "real world" right around the corner.
With that being said, there are things that we find particularly aggravating (to the normal person, these wouldn't be that bad, but our perfect concoction of stress and exhaustion makes us on-edge).
Trust me; there are far more than three things that make us the bitter individuals we are now...but, I don't have the time for that.
1. The food you think is amazing is the same food we've been eating for three years now.
Don't get me wrong; when I came to school as a freshman, I was the same way. I thought the cafeteria food was the best thing since sliced bread. But, what you don't seem to realize is that it doesn't change, which means we've been eating the same "amazing" food for three years now and can't stomach the idea of eating it another day let alone for our last year.
However, what you also don't seem to realize is that you'll be sick of it soon enough, too. I give it two weeks--maybe three--at most.
2. Freshmen who steal our parking spots have a special place reserved in hell.
We seniors did our time hiking from the freshman parking lot. Our calves felt the burn. We fell on our asses on the poorly-treated, ice-covered walkways in the winter. We earned the parking passes hanging from our rearview mirrors.
You freshmen did not, so stop taking our parking places. We understand you don't want to have to walk all the way up from your lot, but you'll get your chance to park wherever you want eventually. Let us have this one thing--this one perk of being older.
3. We are burnt out, but we still have to muster up enough strength for grad school/professional school applications and standardized testing that will determine our futures.
We went to 6 semesters of classes. We made the most of our time outside of the classroom, spending countless hours seemingly reading the same sentence over and over again. We joined clubs and pursued leadership positions to show that we had potential. We tried to make ourselves seem like well-rounded individuals...just to get to this point. And, now, everything we've done and learned is being put to test.
Did we pay enough attention in class to retain the information we needed for one section on this single test that could make or break our future? Did we score high enough to get into the school/program we wanted? Do we have enough spare money to send in one more application? Do our extracurriculars make us desirable applicants?
But, we have to study for these exceedingly difficult exams and write the essays and personal statements necessary for applications all while taking our final two semesters of classes in addition to possibly working a job on the side for money to be able to afford these exams and application fees.
Ask us again why we look tired and/or pissed off all the time.
