Whether it be registering for an 8am class, knowing you will later regret that decision, or having to set three alarms just to wake up by 11, life in college is no where near what it was in high school.
Classes didn't start and end at different times and on different
days, didn't require you to stay busy or awake in the two hour break
between an Honors Seminar in Great Books & Ideas and Urban Anthropology. You enter an entirely new world of adulting when in college; making sure to wash your laundry, clean your room, eat something other than junk food, get on the correct shuttle bus.
And while all of the above is a bit overwhelming and frustrating at times, it is no where near uncommon. From a parent reflecting on their past as a student, to the lyrics of Fall Out Boy, college life is an experience that can and has been described in many ways.
I set my clocks early 'cause I know I'm always late.
"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me"
From Under the Cork Tree
Sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger.
"Miss Missing You"
Save Rock and Roll
We're the new face of failure, prettier and younger but not any better off.
"I'm Like a Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off"
Infinity On High
I don't know where you're going, but do you have room for one more troubled soul.
"Alone Together"
Save Rock and Roll
I only want what I can't have.
"From Now On We Are Enemies"
Believers Never Die
I wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel.
"The Pros and Cons Of Breathing"
Take This to Your Grave
The best part of "believe" is the "lie".
"Sophomore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year"
From Under the Cork Tree
I'm just young enough to still believe, but young enough not to know what to believe in.
"Champion"
Mania
I've got troubled thoughts and the self-esteem to match.
"What A Catch, Donnie"
Folie a Deux
Am I more than you bargained for yet?
"Sugar We're Goin' Down"
From Under the Cork Tree
I can move mountains, I can work a miracle.
"Uma Thurman"American Beauty / American Psycho
Doesn't it feel like our time is running out?
"The Phoenix"
Save Rock and Roll
I forgot what I was losing my mind about.
"Young And Menace"
Mania
In the meantime, I'll sport my brand new fashion of waking up with pants on at four in the afternoon.
"Grand Theft Autumn / Where Is Your Boy"
Take This to Your Grave
The best of us can find happiness in misery.
"I Don't Care"
Folie a Deux
We're only liars, but we're the best.
"Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued"
From Under the Cork Tree
I don't have the right name or the right looks, but I have twice the heart.
"Just One Yesterday"
Save Rock and Roll
We've been here forever.
"Centuries"
American Beauty / American Psycho
These words are all I have so I write them.
"Dance, Dance"
From Under the Cork Tree