While the fall semester can be cold and full of reckless decisions, the spring semester seems to be a bright future. New classes, new you after all. Ignoring the fact that you made and broke these same promises to yourself last semester, and the semester before that, and so on and so forth. It always feels nice to play pretend for a little bit and fantasize about just how studious and organized you'll be this semester.

Of course, the reality for most of us is that we'll say f*ck it and stop bothering three weeks in, but still, imagining how neat your dorm and your notes will be is a special kind of fun unique only to students. And so, here are the five resolutions all college students make at the start of every semester:

1. "My dorm is gonna be so clean all the time."

There's nothing quite as satisfying as having a spotless, pristine dorm to come back to at the end of the day, and while the thought of dusting every day and avoiding clutter is great, the actual work that goes into it is miserable. Try as you might, you just can't keep everything spotless, and so more often than not you give up and resign yourself to a life of clutter before syllabus week is even over.

2. "I'll fix my study habits, no more cramming for me!"

All-nighters are both the best friend and the worst enemy of college students, and successfully avoiding the academic crash and burn only ever works out for the skilled or the lucky. Though countless studies show that cramming for exams is never a good thing and that gradually studying the content over the course of a few days is much better, the fact of the matter is that nobody has time for that.

Sure, maybe the first exam or two you'll be able to shuffle notecards around for a few days before your exam, but by the time midterms roll around you're back to downing coffee and five-hour energy while looking at your Quizlet and your class notes for hours on end.

3. "I'm gonna be so much more involved on campus."

As much as college is about class and grades, it's also about padding your resumé. Whether you're eyeing up a political, religious, or athletic student organization, chances are you're just gonna end up with no time for it and you never actually get around to doing it.

4. "I'm gonna start waking up early."

For those of us who weren't fortunate enough to be morning people, being up and out of bed before 9 at the earliest is worse than death. Despite how many times I say that I'm going to go to bed early and wake up early to get ready, I always end up throwing on an outfit that I have worn a million times, and bolting out the door five minutes before the start of my class. And yes, I know you all do it too - this is college.

5. "I'm actually going to utilize my agenda."

We were all disorganized in high school, and college has become no different. You use your agenda for the first month of classes, but then start writing down homework assignments and due dates in the "Notes" section on your phone or on the back of your hand. Now look, a lot of people that I know are organized, but I have not been blessed with this special, wizard-like power, and my takehome test that's due in a week ends up shoved at the bottom of my backpack along with the rest of my will to not drop out.