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15 Things You Miss About Living On A College Campus During Summer

There's a lot of things you don't realize you miss until the annual three-month hiatus.

Katherine Yochum
Jul 02, 2019
University of Kentucky
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15 Things You Miss About Living On A College Campus During Summer
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We patiently wait for dead week and finals to end for what feels like forever, craving summer. We complain about the dorms, the classes, the stress, the dining hall food, missing our dogs. We can't wait to be home, in another city for an internship, traveling, really anywhere that isn't campus. Once we finish those exams and finally make it to the end of the spring semester, we realize something: we don't want to leave. Then, we spend 3 months patiently waiting for summer to be over so we can go back to campus. From dorms and dining halls to friends and food, there are so many things about being with tens of thousands of students on a college campus. Here are just 15:

Living no more than a 5-minute walk from your best friends

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"Be there in 5!"

Being able to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner with your friends at the dining hall

The food ... not missed nearly as much.

Being with friends for an entire year

sorority sisters

Especially when they live far away from your hometown.

Going to all the local spots near campus

Local Taco or The Press, anyone??

Living with friends

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The only good thing about the dorm life.

Library study dates

Maybe not the studying part …

The late-night food runs

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2 a.m.? 3 a.m.? Who knows?

Walking EVERYWHERE

Much of what is in your daily routine on a college campus is within walking distance ... at home, not so much.

Constantly being busy

studying

Unless you are taking summer courses, being busy in the summer just isn't the same as being busy during the school year on a college campus.

Always meeting new people

It feels like you meet a new person every week during the school year, that's how many students are on campus.

Not having to plan and coordinate around a million summer obligations to be with all of your friends

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Living hours away from each other makes it way more difficult to meet up in the summer.

The hysteria from all-nighters at the lib

Everything is funnier at 2 in the morning.

Football games

tailgating

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Let's not forget gamedays and tailgating (Go Cats)

Being academically productive

Aside from summer classes, internships, and jobs during the summer, you may find yourself missing getting things done.

Having all of your friends' clothes to choose from instead of just whatever is in your closet at home

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Questions like "Does anyone have a navy dress I can wear tomorrow?" can't be immediately resolved.

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