After a long and somewhat boring summer at home, the most exciting part about coming back to college is syllabus week. Not only is this a week with minimal work, but you get to reunite with all of your friends and sorority sisters that you haven't seen in a while. If you're wondering about what the hype really is all about then read this list about the realities of syllabus week.

1. The excitement you get about finally reuniting with all of your friends that you haven't seen in what seems like forever.

2. Unfortunately even though it is supposed to be an "easy week", that 8:30 alarm you've been dreading is now being set.

3. Rate my professor becomes your best friend when you start stalking your professors to see which is a "hard professor" and which is an "easy professor."

4. Finally having to go and buy your text books and see a total of $400 and realizing that you probably won't open any of them.

5. Being excited about the fact that you have a party almost every night and you get to go out with your best friends.

6. After about four parties, you start to wonder if your liver is OK.

7. When you come to class and your professor says " Alright, we are just going to jump right into the material."

8. Then you think "But I thought this is syllabus week?"

9. When you discover that attendance isn't mandatory in some of your classes and wonder whether you'll go to your 9:30 or choose to sleep.

10. You get to reunite with all of the delicious food places that are around.

11. So take advantage of syllabus week but don't forget that after all, mom sent you here for the education.