Syllabus week: every college student's favorite week. We're all back in our favorite place, we're all getting back into the groove of our college towns, and there is barely any work to be done because there is nothing being taught due to classes just simply being introduced.

1. When you get out of classes 20-30 minutes early all week long

It's a college student's dream come true: getting out of class early. There's not much to do except going over the syllabus, so once that's over and done with the professor usually dismisses with no qualms, and the students are more than grateful.

2. Once you're sitting in class, and the professor tries a cringey ice-breaker activity

I'm here to learn, not make best friends during lectures. I'd really rather not stand up and tell everyone else in the class who I am and what my biggest fear is/weirdest fact about me is/why I'm excited about this year.

3. When you actually do try to make friends with the people sitting next to you before class, but they'd rather just scroll through their Twitter feed

Let's face it, it is nice to have one or two friends inside the class for special cases like needing partners for group projects, needed notes in case you just so happen to miss class that day, but some people just aren't interested, and that just makes things slightly awkward.

4. When you have 15 minutes in between two classes you can't miss or else you'll be dropped by the professor, so you have to bob and weave among the crowds also searching for their classes

The only stressful thing about syllabus week is the fact you absolutely, positively, HAVE to go to your first day of class and sign in, or you will be dropped from that course. Of course, with everyone else also rushing to find their classes and get to their place on time, things are a bit hectic, and the only way to survive is to find your way through the crowd with speed.

5. While doing your bobbing and weaving in rash attempts to get to class, you misstep and wipe out in front of a rather large crowd.

Hopefully, I'm not the only person to have fallen victim to the fatal combination of large, moving crowds and clumsiness. All you got to do is laugh, stand up, and shake it off. Hopefully not *too* many people will be laughing about it later in the day.

6. When your professor mentions at the end of class that this semester is going to fly by and that you'll be out in the real world before you know it

Real world? Nope. Actual responsibilities? No thanks, not yet. Actually being a real-life adult? Ha, good one. I'm going to enjoy being in college, for now, don't make me think/stress about that real-world talk that all the grownups have conversations about.

7. When your professor also assigns homework after the first day of class

It's syllabus week. It is a commonly-known and understood concept that syllabus week is "take it easy" week, then after that, you can unleash the gates of hell on us.

8. When your professor understands syllabus week and ~no~ homework or work is assigned for the entire week

Those professors who get it, who understand, are the best. I'll probably spend every other week this semester in the library for countless hours, give me this one week off to just reorganize and resettle myself back into the groove that is college.

9. When you realize the freshman 15 can still be a thing so you try to get back into the gym, but it doesn't go as planned

Getting in shape is tough, but is necessary in college, but it takes a while once being off and being lazy for a little while.

10. When you actually get more than six hours of sleep for the night because you had a bare minimum of work that night

Sleep is a rarity for a college student, so once we get one to two hours more it's beyond a blessing that we are all thankful for.

11. When syllabus week ends and you realize how much work and how hard this semester is actually going to be

All good things must come to an end, and sadly syllabus week is something that ends rather quickly and we are launched into the hard reality that is college class.

It's our favorite week and for obvious reasons.