1. You knew your way around campus after the first day of classes.

2. All of your professors know you by first name.

3. You are consistently skeptical of the food in Dulany Hall.

4 Seriously. You've eaten cereal for dinner on multiple occasions.

5. But on the bright side, you never have to stand in a thirty minute food line like your friends who go to Mizzou.

6. You eat wraps from Cougar Cafe more than you care to admit.

7. Breakfast sandwiches. Every. Single. Morning. (Now that's a line you'll wait in.)

8. You get to see your friends everywhere, unlike people you know who go to larger universities.

9. In fact, you know at least 75% of the campus population personally... Students, professors, administrators.

10. You have to leave campus if you want food after 8:30 P.M.

11. You complain about having to walk seven minutes across campus from the dorms to go to the gym.

12. Admission to all sporting events is completely f-r-e-e. Break out the navy.

13. You tell people that your school's football team is undefeated.

14. Need to go across campus and it's raining? Walk through St. Clair.

15. Freezing? Walk through St. Clair.

16. Too hot? Walk through St. Clair.

17. INTRAMURALS!!! (read: Sand volleyball!!!)

18. "What school do you go to?"

"Columbia College"

"Oh, Mizzou?" ....no.

19. "Oh so is that like, a community college?" ....no.

20. "Does it have dorms?" ....yes.

21. Mizzou students: "Oh, I've heard of Columbia College! Where is it?"

....literally a mile from your campus.

22. Each residence hall has its own stigma.

23. Everyone knows Hughes Hall is the prettiest.

24. Everyone also knows Miller Hall is the noisiest.

25. A third of the campus buildings are "haunted". You've been on the fall ghost tour at least once.

26. You have so much pride in your small school.

27. You can't wait to see the new quad renovation completed in the fall.

28. "Wait, so you're saying we're getting a video game team?"

29. It only takes you 5 minutes to walk to even your farthest class.

30. You always know people in your classes, which is perfect for forming study groups.

31. If you're a science major, you can be found studying in the fish bowl in the front of Brouder. You write all over the glass windows with dry erase marker (it secretly makes you feel smart and powerful).

32. You don't have a single lecture hall.

33. The same people are in all of the clubs and organizations.

34. There is always a smiling face somewhere.

35. You've made some of your best friends in such a short amount of time.

36. You love your campus and the people in it.

37. You wonder why more students haven't discovered your college and all it has to offer.

38. You couldn't imagine yourself being anywhere else.