They say that high school is the best four years of your life; however, I disagree. Yea, there were some good times spent with good friends making good memories, but I definitely would not say they were the best. Going into college I was actually scared because if those were supposed to be the best four years of my life, I could not imagine how awful college would be. As I complete my freshman year of college, I am beyond happy to say that those were not the best years to come, in fact, those past four years don't even compare to this past first year of college. There are honestly so many things I do not miss about high school.

1. Waking up early.

Honestly, I have no idea how I managed to wake up early enough for school every day. Getting to school around 7 a.m. meant I had to be awake by, at the latest, 6:30 a.m. In college, you get to pick your classes, which means you can start your day as late as you want to. Even if you need to take a morning class, classes don't start until 8 a.m. the earliest, usually.

2. The Drama.

After you leave high school, you realize how pointless all of the drama really was. When everybody moves away for college and goes their separate ways, you look back on all of the pointless arguing and twitter drama, and you ask yourself why you ever even fell into such dumb stuff. It's easy to escape the fake friends and the drama when you're in college, as it's such a big place with so many different people.

3. Dress codes.

Basically, every high school has absolutely ridiculous dress codes. Why can't my shoulders show? What's wrong with my leggings? If my butt isn't hanging out, are my shorts really too short on this hot mid-May day? Some dress code rules are just unnecessary and it's so nice not having to worry about if I'll get in trouble for my shoulders anymore.

4. Long days.

In high school, the day would start at 7:20am and continue until 2:20pm. That is seven straight hours of learning. How can you even learn when your body and mind are so exhausted from working for that long? And if you have sports after school, you don't even have time to breathe. You wake up at 6:30am, go to school, go to practice, get home to shower and eat dinner, try to stay awake long enough to do homework, pass out, and then repeat the next day.

5. Pointless Rules.

You want to skip class? Go for it, but it's your responsibility and you're accountable for anything you miss. You have some time in between classes to go grab coffee? Go get it. You're late to class? You won't get a three-hour detention for that, although you may get marked absent, not that most professors care though.

6. Cliques.

You don't have to try to change yourself to fit into any specific cliques because everybody basically does their own thing with their friends. You meet so many people that are similar to you and you can be happy with just being yourself, unlike all of the pressure you felt in high school to fit in. In college, you might have a friend group, but those are rarely labeled as cliques because nobody really even pays any attention to other people's friend groups in college.

7. Secrets.

In high school, if people hook up with each other the entire school knows because there are only a couple hundred people there, rather than the thousands in college. If you want something to stay a secret in high school, it probably won't, let's be real.

8. No Freedom.

In high school, you're constantly being watched by your teachers and parents. In college, your professors don't care what you do and you don't have parents hovering over your shoulder constantly. You don't have someone telling you what choices to make and along with freedom, you have more responsibility.

Overall, high school wasn't that great. If you're questioning how awful your next few years will be based off of high school, don't worry. Those weren't the best four years of my life, and they probably won't be the best four years of yours, either. Yea, you'll make great friends and memories, and I appreciate the memories and the lessons I learned, but they definitely weren't the best years of my life and I'm glad it's over.