With only a few weeks left until finals, the class of 2018 are almost upperclassmen. With this crowning achievement on the horizon, there are just a few things we need to leave behind as we pass from sophomore to junior year.
1. Hooking up at parties
As appealing as it sounds to drunkenly rub-up against a complete stranger as "Trap Queen" faintly plays in the background and your shoes become drenched in Keystone Light, can we please start getting to the part of our lives where we actually ask people out on dates? I'd much rather hear a funny story about your dog over a burger and fries than incorrectly type your name into my phone on the stumble home.
2. Core classes
Done are the days of taking a three credit Art History class to fulfill a university requirement. We can finally move on to taking classes that we actually care about and more importantly WILL HELP US GET A JOB AFTER GRADUATION.
3. Sneaking into parties
Isn't it great dancing the night away in a house where you know literally no one? Thankfully junior year is all about getting your own place and inviting your friends to blow it up. I'll miss the days of jumping fences, crawling through windows, and making up identities, but in all honestly everything will be so much more fun when you can get your boogie on while knowing the house owners.
4. Avoiding hookups on campus
I'm praying to every higher power and deity out there that being an upperclassman means you and your campus hookup can finally share a civil head nod or half smile as you walk past each other on the way to the dining hall. I understand that it can be a bit awkward seeing Mr. Tall Dark and Hansom from last weekend in the daylight, but staring at the ground all day can get a bit exhausting and be pretty childish.
5. Dorm Rooms
Sharing a 10 x 10 box with another person is slightly more difficult than I first imagined. Thankfully with age comes apartments, houses and rooms to yourself. You might miss sleeping only three feet away from your roommate, but having a space all to yourself is probably one of the closest things to heaven.
6. Shower Shoes
The words "shower" and "shoes" should never go next to each other in an English sentence unless the phrase "doesn't require" separates the two. Thankfully with the dismissal of dorm rooms also comes the goodbye to communal bathrooms and nasty flip flops.
7. Eating at the dining hall for every meal
With the onset of adulthood, it becomes necessary to actually learn to cook for yourself. Although endless plates of pre-made pizza and pastas are what dreams are made of (comma "hey now, hey now"), being able to prepare something from scratch by yourself is insanely impressive. Honestly, just bookmark a bunch of Tasty videos on Facebook and you'll be set for life.
7. Communal laundry rooms
It's simple: If anyone ever tells you that communal laundry rooms are not the worst invention in the world, they're lying and everyone knows it.
8. The "cool kid" attitude
We're almost upperclassmen, so can we please drop this whole "I'm cooler and better than you" facade? Just listen to the sacred words of the Beatles when they say "for well, you know that it’s a fool who plays it cool / By making his world a little colder." Embrace your inner weird, throw up some finger guns, and just be yourself. The people who appreciate the true "you" are really the only ones you'll want to surround yourself with.
