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11 Back To College Moments, As Told By Nick Miller

Your favorite grumpy man is back to help you get through the most grumpy inducing season of the year.

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11 Back To College Moments, As Told By Nick Miller

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TV's "New Girl" is one of my all-time favorite shows, and one of my all-time favorite TV characters is the grumpy yet loveable Nick Miller. School is starting up again soon and that means a huge range of emotions. Who better to describe the many faces of back to school than the world's most irrationally angry man?

1. Seeing Your First Tuition Bill

I'm paying you how much for the demise of my mental health?

2. Trying To Move In With Your Whole Family Present

There is no way I will get anything done with four other people in my closet sized dorm all yelling at each other about the best way to carry my clothes in. I'll be in the closet if you need me.

3. The First Couple Days That You're Moved In Before Classes Start

After you get all of your stuff moved in, there's really not a whole lot to do. You can sit and stress about all of the assignments you're going to have this semester, but even that only takes up so much time. At this point, you're ready for classes to start just to have something to do.

4. Not Wearing Sweatpants the Entire First Week of Classes

It wasn't easy, but it got done. Thank you to all of my supporters out there for helping me get this far.

5. Getting To See Your Friends Again

Probably the best thing about school starting again is getting to see all of your old pals. Sure, they might all have gorgeous tans and perfect summer bods while, despite your best efforts, you still look like the Pillsbury dough boy, but hey, who else would you shoot finger guns at and tell all of your terrible puns to? Besides, in your heart of hearts, you know that there's no one else you'd rather go through the next four months of stressful hell with.

6. The First Day Of Class When Everyone Acts Like They've Been Here For Weeks

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It inevitably feels like you're the only one in class that doesn't know what's going on the first couple of days. Everyone else acts like they've been here for weeks and you start to feel like a foreign exchange student in a country that you don't speak the language of.

7. Remembering That You're Going To Have To Eat Dining Hall Food For The Next Several Months

You think, "hey maybe I was overreacting and it wasn't that bad last year." You take the first bite and remember that, no you weren't overreacting at all. You might have even been underreacting.

8. When a Professor Decides to Skip Syllabus Day

I get that you may want to get an extra day of teaching in, but I have mentally prepared myself to listen to you talk for 50 minutes then leave without a single assignment. What's worse is that they might even decide to give a pop quiz too.

9. When You Realize You're In A Class With Every Single Person You Hate

I'm just here to get my notes and get out. Don't talk to me, and just don't talk in general if you could.

10. When You Try To Start Your First Assignment

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Ah, the moment when you go to begin writing and all of the information that you've learned comes flooding back. Just kidding, your brain has been allowed to turn to mush over the course of three months. You probably can't even remember the stages of mitosis at this point. Good luck trying to make anything sensible come out of your brain for at least three days.

11. The Acceptance

Yeah you complain about it, but in the end it's not that bad. It's stressful, I'll give you that, but it is what it is and at least you're not going it alone.

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