Keep in mind, if it's not someone else, maybe it's you.
1. The future ruler of the universe
After talking to this person, you’ll catch yourself wondering why you don’t know what kind of car you’ll be driving when you’re 35 with two kids and a dog named Domingo. Not only do they know what majors and minors they’ll be pursuing (interest areas and all), but they have practically every step of their life planned out. Sure, there’s no excitement in that, but you’ll still find time to envy them … before you hit the “continue watching” button on Netflix.
2. The hand-raiser
Whether it's to ask a question, make a comment, or answer a rhetorical question, you've become way more familiar with this person's voice than you should be. By the end of the semester, you'll probably even find yourself making eye contact with the person next to you and laughing every time a hand flies in the air (because you know exactly whose it is).
3. The curve-wrecker
Thank you, ma’am/sir, for singlehandedly wrecking the beloved curve.
This person lives and breathes studying and inhabits the library both day and night. Do they have a home? Do they eat? Do they even have time to use the facilities? From the outside looking in, these questions don’t seem that unreasonable to ask.
4. The high school star
They won football state in high school. And they were half of the power couple. And they got a ton of Instagram likes. The best part is that they won’t let you forget it.
5. The resurrected
You walk into class on one of the last days of school before finals week. As you stroll up to your normal spot, you see them sitting there—sitting right there in your unofficially official assigned seat. We don’t know who they are or where they came from. I like to call these students “the resurrected.” They don’t make it to a single day of class, yet still somehow pass.
Bravo to you guys; you are the eighth wonder of the world.
6. The girls who never stop talking
To think that I pay to sit in class and listen to a loud, detailed recap of their weekend truly gets my blood boiling. When I can hear over their loud whispers, I'm often distracted by scenarios in my head of the professor calling them out and embarrassing them in front of everyone. The point is, they're the worst kind of people.
7. The super super senior
Maybe they changed their major one too many times, maybe they couldn't juggle school with the rest of life, or maybe they just really couldn't have cared less their first five years. Either way, here they are again, determined to pass the gen ed class and graduate. You can find them in the back of the class just trying to blend in. This is hard to do, though, because they just radiate the "I've been here for 5 years" vibe.
Some of these students may make you want to pull your hair out, but what's college without a little diversity?
