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Preparing For Back To College VS. Reality

A list of what a college student should've done to prepare versus what they actually did.

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As summer comes to an undesirable end, the dreadful anticipation of back to school lingers around us all. I so readily planned to use the month of August and my last free days of summer to get myself back into the academic mindset. After all, being prepared and on the ball will make the transition all that easier. While I promised myself that I would begin to adjust to ensure that I could take my studies and school to the "Hermione Granger" level this year, I fear that I may have already fallen short.

1. I am going to get my text books early and get a jump start on reading.

Normally, I wait until the very last day of summer to get my books only to stand in the longest and most depressing line with a pile of text books that weigh more than I can bench. However, this year I was admittedly semi-proactive and got them early. Unfortunately, I have yet to open any of them and they lay lonely on the floor in the furthest corner of the furthest room of my house. Side note: Open books sometime during the semester (you pay for them regardless).

2. I am going to start going to bed earlier so I can wake up earlier. That way I won't have any problems getting up for class in the morning.

Yeah, right. Instead I ignore this goal completely. I stay up just as late watching too much Netflix and drinking too much of (insert any adult beverage here). So we can only assume that heading back to school is going to be a crash collision for the first couple of weeks or so.

It was worth it, Rachel and Ross.

3. I am going to go school shopping and get everything I need to better my organization and studying this year.

While it was oh so very tempting to spend my last $13.27 on school supplies for the up and coming semester, I would like to eat yet this week. Yes, instead supplies will have to wait another week and a half for my barely livable pay check to deposit.

4. I am going to go to campus prior to school starting to make sure I know where all my classes are.

Scratch that. I avoid campus like the plague and stay away at all costs.

5. I am going to use my desk for homework and utilize my quiet space.

I vigorously attempt to find room for the pile of miscellaneous items on the desk that don't belong anywhere. Fail at this attempt. Put it all back on the desk, but this time in an orderly manner.

Close enough.

6. Buy some new clothes for the school year.

So I splurge and spend the rest of my money (that should've went to school supplies and or eating) on a new and improved back to school look...

Only to wear the usual yoga pants and random free t-shirt every single day.

So go ahead, all you brilliant go-getters. Prepare yourself (like I have, clearly) for the end of summer and the start of a brand spankin' new semester. As much as I would love to live in my ignorant world of summer bliss, the days my friends, are already getting shorter.

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