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Truths Only College Students Understand

You are willing and able to sleep in places you would’ve never considered before.

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1. Due tomorrow = do tomorrow.

College students have perfected the art of procrastination.

2. Your GPA and your bank account seem to be in a race towards zero.

Checking either is cringe-worthy.

3. Classes might have just started, but it already feels like you’re months behind.

Why in the world would any professor think it’s okay to expect you to have read three chapters of your textbook by the second week of class?

4. Two words that will draw any college kid in: “free” and “cancelled.”

Sure, every cancelled class technically puts you out a few hundred bucks, but who really cares? It means you can sleep in! And free food?—or free anything, for that matter—count us in.

5. A normal sleep schedule is like a unicorn…we wish it was a real thing, but it just isn’t.

Some nights you’ll sleep for 10 hours and some nights you’ll be lucky to get two.

6. Dropping 20 bucks on food is no big deal, but when it comes to spending that much on a shirt you really think long and hard about whether or not it’s worth it.

Because obviously something that will be used over and over and over again is way less important than one meal that will be gone in a matter of minutes.

7. You are willing and able to sleep in places you would’ve never before considered sleeping.

Benches, floors, tables, etc. If you’re tired, just about anything can become a makeshift bed.

8. No matter what, you will get sick.

You can take daily vitamins, get a decent amount of sleep, eat right (well, right-ish), work out...you can do everything right and still end up sick.

9. You cannot have good grades, a social life, and plenty of sleep.

You might get two, max.

10. You will do a lot of things for a free T-shirt.

“Oh, all I need to do to get this T-shirt is fill out this form with tons of personal information? Sure, I’m in!”

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