Okay, let’s not dance around it–we all wish we were going to Hogwarts. It doesn’t matter how much you love your campus; it would be 100 percent better with moving staircases and a mysterious giant squid. But, when you think about it, going off to college isn’t that much different than hopping on the express over to Hogwarts -- freshman year you’re your very own Harry James P.
1. You never really know what’s going on.
“Okay, so all I have to do is go through a maze, solve a couple riddles and then they’ll give me the syllabus so that I can find out the answers on my own? Wow! Wait...” And it never really gets better.
2. Everyone else apparently does know what’s going on.
I don’t know why this always happens, but it’s practically a fact that everyone else is going to seem like they have their lives together way more than you do -- whether it’s that they understand classes better, have a more advanced social life or actually manage to sleep.
3. People expect you go out and face things you hardly knew existed a few months ago.
RESEARCH PAPERS? ALL-NIGHTERS? PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRIES? NO, NO, NO! IT IS TIME FOR NAP TIME AND SHOW AND TELL.
4. You immediately get way too full of school spirit.
“I need a sweatshirt, a lanyard, a bumper sticker, a.... -- they sell BLANKETS? WHAT? ARE THOSE SWEATPANTS????”
5. There’s fake money and you love it.
Forget leprechaun gold, you can use a tiny piece of plastic full of money that only works on/around your campus. That’s all the magic you need! And it certainly does disappear just as fast.
6. You think you’re really cool for about two seconds.
Don’t worry, it’ll pass. Maybe you were super popular in high school, or maybe you thought going away to school would immediately make you awesome, but intimidation settles in much quicker than you’re probably anticipating.
7. At least one person dislikes you for no reason
Possibly (probably) because you thought you were so cool before. Hopefully it isn’t a professor, but you’re somehow somebody’s least favorite person, even if you’ve only been on campus a couple days. Gotta start the rivalries ASAP or you aren’t living life to the fullest.
8. When you stay for breaks you feel like you’re in an abandoned building.
Staying on campus sounds fun in concept, until you realize that pretty much everybody else (like all those people you were expecting to hang out with) decided to leave. Then you’ve suddenly become the last man on Earth.
9. Food is the best part of your day.
Two words: Meal. PLAN. Eat anything and everything you want! It's the biggest reward for going to classes all day! You can even pay for it with all that fake money!
And most of all...
10. You make amazing friends.
