This is about to get “So college.” Let me start with the day I had some feels about moving into college, and how out of my element I felt. The almost 5-hour drive from home wasn’t nearly enough time to settle the freak show that was going on in my stomach. I had never been so stiff in my life, completely expressionless when I saw the University sign on the highway. No turning back, shit is about to get real.

It got real, real fast. The difference from high school was about 10 trillion times more different than I had anticipated. Say goodbye to decent food, you’re lucky if it’s edible here. Oh yeah, also have never done laundry before… What the hell is a detergent pod? How does it get out of that plastic square? Living with random people that you know nothing about, and feel obligated to get to know. Don’t worry, sometimes roommates don’t completely suck. May the luck be with you on that one though.

That adult standing in the front of the classroom is called a Professor, not a teacher. When Professor gives homework and you don’t do it, they will not care. They will not call your parents and set up a parent-teacher conference, they will watch you fail. You have homework here, even when you don’t have homework. Find a comfy spot in the library, you’ll be there often.

This all probably sounds awful. If any current seniors are reading this, chill. College is one of the best decisions you will ever make. It’s a whole other world here, and you will learn more than things you get out of lectures. Memories and possibilities are endless, so branch out. Don’t be the weirdo that goes home every weekend, please. At first, you will miss high school, I promise you that much. After you get comfortable at college, it becomes home. These years, are the best damn years you will have. So caption your Instagram pic “So College.”