The first week of a new semester brings both excitement and dread. We see our friends who we have not seen during the break, and we resume our college life schedule. You can feel the energy on campus, from lively welcome back events to the new influx of students. But, all college students understand that the first week of the semester also means syllabus week. The week where you meet your new professors, buy the textbooks, and realize the workload ahead for you.
1. Forcing oneself to readjust their sleeping schedule. As much as you love your Netflix marathons till 4 AM, it will become impossible with assignments.
2. You will walk into the classroom praying you will see a familiar face. Even if it the person who sat three rows behind you last semester in your philosophy class.
3. The struggle is real when you are deciding where to sit. If you sit in the front, you will be the kid who takes good notes and the professor will recognize you. The downside to that, whenever you have an off day, the professor will notice. While, if you decide to sit in the back, the temptation of watching Netflix or surfing Tumblr may win.
4. When your professor hands out the syllabus and you see the grading rubric. You realize they count the final exam as 50 percent of your grade.
5. You look at the assignments and slowly begin to accept that you no longer have a social life. Due to the fact that you have quizzes every class or a 20-page paper due once a month.
6. Excitement fills your soul when the professor says they will take extra credit.
7. The excitement suddenly disappears when you see that books are required, and you have to buy them.
8. It physically hurts you when you hand the cashier at the bookstore all your money for books, that we all know you are not going to be able to sell back.
9. You sit in your bed and start to wallow in pity, missing the times when you were in high school. When the books were free and the workload was significantly less.
10. A friend invites you to a fun welcome back event being held on campus and realize that despite the work. You love the freedom and possibilities that come with being a college student.
