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The 9 Stages Of The Sophomore Slump

Sophomore year isn't anyone's cup of tea, but I guess we should enjoy college while we still can.

Olivia Sanders

Oct 16, 2018

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Just when you thought college was the time of your life, a reality that is sophomore year sneaks up on you and exposes you to the not so glamorous side of the college experience. Might as well make the best of it, we are only here for two more years.

1. Summer before fall of sophomore year

You made it through freshman year, and it was fun, some of the most fun you NEVER want to have again. Part of you is excited for the fun to be had in the year ahead; however, you're still thinking about the major specific courses you're going to have to tackle in the upcoming semesters.

2. Realizing freshman year and sophomore year are totally different

Maximum work and minimal play? Sounds terrible... welcome to your sophomore year where syllabus week is a dead concept.

3. Forming unhealthy coping mechanisms

What better way to stay out of touch with reality than avoid it, right?

4. Mental breakdowns, mental breakdowns and more mental breakdowns

The pinnacle of the true college experience: mental breakdowns. The best part about them? Their timing, always impeccable. Just when you think things can't worse, they sure do.

5. When you have the time, but no longer the energy

Do you have the option to go out? Better get some coffee, because while you may finally have a night off school work, all you want to do is relax.

6. You're over the frats, but you certainly can't get into bars

The predicament of all predicaments... as a sophomore, where do you venture to on the weekends? God knows you aren't stumbling into a sweaty frat.

7. Watching those around you having fun

The only parties you're having these days are pity parties, and you're feeling nostalgia like never before for freshman year — or really any time that isn't this one.

8. Denial

Enjoy pretending everything is fine? You've come to the right place. We're right there with ya, Ross.

9. Feeling older than you actually are, and hating it

Dinner at 2:30 doesn't sound half bad when you're in bed by 8.

Unfortunately, sophomore year is known for the infamous slumps. I have found a way to laugh about it all at this point... that is when I am not crying.

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Summer is hot and humid, and it's almost like summer was made specifically to drink the refreshing, cold, crisp wonderful, delicious, nutritious nectar of the gods. Which is none other than beer; wonderful cold beer. With summer playing peek-a-boo around the corner while we finish up this semester, it's time to discuss the only important part of summer. And if you haven't already guessed, it's beer. There are few things I take more seriously than my beer, in order are: sports... and beer. Here are my favorite summer brews:

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Why you should spend your next summer in New England.

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Three years ago, I chose to attend college in Philadelphia, approximately 360 miles away from my small town in New Hampshire. I have learned many valuable lessons away from home, and have thoroughly enjoyed my time spent in Pennsylvania. One thing that my experience has taught me, however, is that it is absolutely impossible to beat a New England summer.

You cannot beat the beach. Believe it or not (which many people may not), New England has a long and beautiful coastline. Most of my high school summers were spent sitting on the Wall at Hampton Beach, getting sunburnt and eating Acai bowls from The Secret Spot. The Wall was the place to be both during the day and at night. We begin our days there with a KB's bagel and coffee, and end them with pizza and ice cream. It’s not a New England summer without that 4 p.m. text from someone, “Who wants to meet at the Wall tonight?” Nighttime is for Tripoli’s Pizza, the sound of waves, and wishes on shooting stars. Wednesday nights are especially important, as those are the nights that Hampton Beach sets off the weekly firework display.

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The 9 Stages Of The Sophomore Slump

Sophomore year isn't anyone's cup of tea, but I guess we should enjoy college while we still can.

1. Summer before fall of sophomore year

2. Realizing freshman year and sophomore year are totally different

3. Forming unhealthy coping mechanisms

4. Mental breakdowns, mental breakdowns and more mental breakdowns

5. When you have the time, but no longer the energy

6. You're over the frats, but you certainly can't get into bars

7. Watching those around you having fun

8. Denial

9. Feeling older than you actually are, and hating it

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Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

Coors Light Summer Brew:

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat

Sam Adams Summer Ale

Hell or High Watermelon

Blue Moon Summer Honey

LandShark Lager

Corona

75 degrees and sunny, plus, no humidity. I mean do I really need to say more?

Perfect Weather

You'll get an effortless tan

You can exercise with a view

You don't have to worry about bug bites

In n Out all day, every day

We have outdoor concerts

We live where people vacation

Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

22. “Find me where the wild things are.”

23. “I’m high on lovin’ you.”

24. “If you’re gonna be somebody’s heartbreak, somebody’s mistake, if you’re gonna be somebody’s first time, somebody’s last time, be mine.”

25. “Don’t be afraid to take the road less traveled on.”

Everything Bruce says in his classic rock songs.

1. "Talk about a dream Try to make it real You wake up in the night With a fear so real Spend your life waiting For a moment that just don't come Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)

2. "It's a town full of losers/ I'm pulling out of here to win" (Thunder Road)

3. "You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above" (Tunnel of Love)

4. "I got something in my heart/ I been waitin' to give/ I got a life I wanna start/ One I been waitin' to live" (Leah)

5. “God have mercy on the man/ Who doubts what he’s sure of” (Brilliant Disguise)

7. “Is a dream a lie when it don’t come true, or is it something worse?” (The River)

Why you should spend your next summer in New England.

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1. "Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)