I have experienced two sophomore years in my lifetime and both were garbage. Maybe I need to experience a third one, or a fourth one, to further cement my hypothesis. However, here is some of the data that I've collected.

1. The school is old news.

Maybe your first year is a little more exciting, but once you get a hang of being a student, you get a little jaded.

2. Your freshmen year friends start to drift apart.

Once you find the place where you fit in the most, be it your specific major or your own organizations, your old friends fall by the wayside. It doesn't mean you're not meant to be friends, but that you fit it more elsewhere.

3. Your parents don't pay attention as much.

Now that they trust you to make it through one year, they may give you more space. It's a blessing to have more independence, but it feels like the cold breath of adulthood is rushing over us.

4. You old relationships may not last the changes.

When your life gets shaken up, you change.Your first year may have been feat of trying to hold onto anything familiar, but now you could let go if you want to. Some relationships will last the switch to a new world, but I have met a lot of sophomore who have suddenly found themselves single.

5. The pressure is on.

You could let things slide your freshmen year. You could get by without having a major, not doing well in classes, or whatever, because you're just now getting started. Well welcome to the cruel world and welcome to the overwhelming sense that you need to get it together yesterday.

6. Classes are harder.

And they seem like they'll only get worse.

7. You might lose sight of yourself.

You get caught up in getting the hang of the new school or trying to handle the new workload, that you might not have noticed how much you've grown. You start to wonder who you really are and what you want out of life.

8. Your expectations might not get met.

It's one thing to realize you were wrong about what would happen your freshmen year, but the added resentment that you should've known better makes it that much more painful.