The Best And Worst Things About Graduating
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The Best And Worst Things About Graduating

Graduating is definitely bittersweet, and here is why...

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The Best And Worst Things About Graduating
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As college comes to a draw for some, many of us have yet to find the time to think about it almost being over. Seniors are usually bombarded with projects, exams, and preparing for the "adult world" so much that they miss out on thinking about how big this transition from student to professional will be.

I wanted to write something really cute, but graduation is everything but cute. Its funny, stressful, challenging, and rewarding. There are positives and negatives to everything, and I've laid out the top 10 best and worst things about graduating.

Worst Things About Graduating:

1. You can no longer take naps in the middle of the day when you get a job

2. Unless you work for an awesome company, you can't wear whatever you want anymore

3. You can't skip work as easily as you can skip class or come drunk/hungover

4. Your competition is no longer the 30 people in your classroom, it's everyone in the industry

5. No more winter and summer break!

6. You schedule probably won't be as flexible anymore

7. Your schedule and your friends in college still's schedule will probably not match

8. Now that you're older you should probably stop eating Taco Bell at 11pm on a Tuesday

9. You have to start paying of your student loans

10. You're going to have to start paying more for some memberships, like Amazon and Spotify

Best Things About Graduating:

1. No more homework!

2. Your schedule will likely be more consistent

3. You hopefully will be making decent money, so you won't be a broke college student anymore!

4. Your nights will be free to do what you want

5. You can actually afford to enjoy your free time now that you're working more

6. You no longer have to stress about beating everyone to register for the best professors

7. No more loans being racked up!

8. You'll be able to see the value of your education as you transfer and apply it to your work

9. You'll make more friends at your new job

10. You can feel accomplished for graduating, congrats class of 2018!!


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