I was considering skipping one of my least palatable classes this week but then I realized that this is my literal last week of actual college (before reading week) and therefore skipping should probably be discouraged. I then started to get weird emotions and in an effort to quash all sadness and or nostalgia I decided to write an article about everything I will NOT miss about college so I won't burst into tears at random points during this week.
1. Quizzes
Honestly, I find these more annoying than exams, they aren't worth as much so when you do well like whoopdeedoo but then when you do poorly its just as demoralizing as failing an exam. Also they're too little to ever know how much to actually study and so you're always just a little (or a lot) unprepared.
2. Registration Stress
First off, s/o at all you underclassman who are sweating it out on the waitlist. It is a horrible place to be, a sort of purgatory where you don't know if you should just jump ship and drop the class and find something better or if you should stick to your guns and try to convince others to drop. Also trying to reconcile the goals of fulfilling graduation requirements and no class before 11:30 is an impressively difficult task. Then when the year actually starts and your schedule sucks you know it is 100 percent your fault and so you can't even complain as much as you would have wanted to.
3. Actual ROOMmates (not just someone who also lives in your apartment but in separate rooms)
No one actually likes sharing a room. If you say you do you are just lying to yourself and everyone around you.
4. Neighboring Parties at Inappropriate Times
The paper thin walls of most college apartments in the area mean that if your neighbors want to throw a party and you just want to watch Netflix in bed all night, you better have some noise cancelling headphones. The idea that when you want to go out is the only right time to go out might actually come true in the real world since jobs make you want to die during the week so everyone is forced to go out Friday and Saturday and so this weird overlap where you are staying in and your neighbor is raging is less likely to happen.
5.Crappy College Apartments (and landlords)
On that note, also number 4 has less a chance of bothering you if you don't live in the disgusting hovels that we are forced to call home. Real apartments for real adult people have real walls and hopefully better noise blocking capabilities. Also I will not miss living in a possibly asbestos infested home with a landlord who swears we are up to the U City code even though are ceilings are cracked and probably will collapse before graduation.
6. Homework
Good Riddance.
7. Group Meetings
I know that something similar probably exists in the work world, but those awful Sunday night group meetings at like 10 in Bauer are just the bane of my existence.
8. Backpacks
I have an annoying amount to carry around this year and honestly would love nothing more than to be able to frolic around unencumbered by a huge heavy backpack. Also the big backpack thing makes it seem like I'm a little more into class than I would like to be.
9. Freshmen
Sorry, guys, you're the worst. And while we seniors enjoy saying things like, "Ugh freshman" when we see you around, it'll be nice to be the youngest again so we can thoroughly live in denial about the fact that we are aging and will have real responsibility. Talking to a freshman makes you realize that you are not 18 anymore and never will be 18 again and that is depressing.
10. Grades
I'm sure there is some similar performance measurement used in the real world but I'm just hoping its not as harsh as seeing those cold little numbers on Blackboard followed by that evil letter especially when you totally thought you killed the exam and then surprise!! C-.
