1. Names. You thought you were the best with names? So did I. Until I thought…. what’s the name of the guy I met on the elevator? The girl I walked with to Sigma Chi? The twins I met at that party? How about the person who sits next to me in chemistry? Do I even know the person who lives down my hall? Turns out I’m not as good with names as I thought.    

2. Walking. You thought you had the art of walking down at a young age. The uneven bricks will ensure that is not the case. I thought I was pretty skilled at walking until I came to UNC. The uneven bricks will never fail to trip you and always at the perfect time -- just as you are walking past a frat house and rushing to catch up with some friends. Right as an attractive guy walks past. And, of course, late at night on a Thursday.

3. Too many clothes. As a freshman you bring practically your whole closet to college with you, and even worry that you may not have brought enough. No matter what you think, you have brought too much. In high school the issue is having so many cute clothes but nothing to wear. In college, it’s more along the lines of having cute clothes, but nowhere to wear them. At night you may decide on dressing up for class the next day, but nine times out of 10, your lack of motivation and sleep will cause you to conform to the typical Nike shorts and long t-shirt look.

4. The plague. What’s the plague, you say? If you asked that question, you’re the luckiest person on campus. Everyone says that you will always be sick in college, but you don't realize how truthful that comment is until you are the one who has been sick for a month straight.

5. Wifi. Free wifi throughout the whole campus -- awesome, I can do my work anywhere on campus with no worries, right? Wrong. No one ever said that your laptop would actually connect to it all the time. 

I was prepared for so many difficult things in college, such as a lower GPA than I had in high school, the freshman 15, and never getting sleep, but there are some things you never expect to struggle with.