15 Realizations That Hit You Too Hard During Your First Few Weeks Of Class
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15 Realizations That Hit You Too Hard During Your First Few Weeks Of Class

Bird really isn't the word.

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15 Realizations That Hit You Too Hard During Your First Few Weeks Of Class

1. Walking all the way down the hall for water for your Keruig is hard, but going all day without coffee is harder.

Invest in disposable coffee cups, so you do not have to do dishes in the community bathroom sink. Also fill up coffee cups and tumblers at dining halls because K cups are expensive.

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2. Elevators are friendship dungeons.

When you live on the 10th floor of an old building with less than ideal elevators, you spend a lot of time in those metal boxes with a lot of people. However, if someone steps onto the elevator at the second floor a stranger, they shouldn't be one by the time the tenth-floor doors open. Talk to people. Whether they're going out, going to an early class, wearing a ridiculous social-themed costume, or a pledgeship suit, use this time to start conversations.

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3. How to almost* commit identity theft

The guy in your 9am econ class that can't see your running shorts under your xxl t shirt and sees your bare face, glasses, and dark circles three times a week may not recognize you on the weekend when you whip out your fake eyelashes, 37 eyeshadow pallets, cute clothes, and push-up bra for a night out. Own it.

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4. How to abuse, use, and lose money through Venmo

You swore this app would make asking for money easy. However, it is not 4 weeks in, you have $13.72 in your bank account and $0.37 cents on venmo, and you have 8 pending requests to pay someone back for uber, pizza, or trash bags, but you also haven't gotten your money back for the lift, insomnia cookies, or plastic utensils.

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5. How to drop your entire allowance on t-shirts

There isn't a dress code, but you wouldn't be caught dead in a high school t-shirt. However, in order to get here, you have to "be involved" aka you have two tubs of beta club, student ambassadors, national honors society, and random community service t-shirts in your guest room closet collecting dust. You NEED college t-shirts. You NEED to show everyone you're in a sorority in case they can't tell by the way you always talk about it or by the Greek letters stamped on everything you own.

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6. How to get everything for free- or at least discounted

Free t-shirts at Tate. Free stickers outside of MLC. Free pizza in the Russell lobby. Learning what is being given out for free and where will become an undiscovered talent and bank of knowledge. You won't have a clue what organization it's for, but finding free stuff on campus is now your favorite hobby. We also can't neglect the value of overused student discounts.

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7. You don't know your location ever.

When someone asks where you live or a form asks for your zip code, you don't know. Is it where you lived in high school? Is it your dorm room? Is it the study room where you reside in for 8 hours a day? You also have to use GPS to figure out how to get to your class and have to look up your schedule at least 4 times to remember your room number.

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8. How to make a costume out of anything

No matter what the theme is, there will inevitably be glitter involved, and at least one article of borrowed clothing.

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9. Scootering to class is marginally socially acceptable

The era of Birds- the cross-campus sensation that took Overhead At UGA by storm. When the bus system just isn't fast enough, and hiking to class is far too much, we have reached a period of time where you can pick up a Bird on the side of the street and scooter to class.

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10. Cleaning is important.

I have made my bed more times this week than I probably have in the past decade. Clorox wipes are my new best friend, and sweeping is the most satisfying way to spend a Saturday. You would not believe how quickly a 140 square foot room can get messy.

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11. Dining hall hours are more restrictive than your diet.

You will be starving for dinner at 9:30 or ice cream at midnight, but the dining halls close by are closed, and the only one open isn't worth the drive. We can give all the credit to the mini-fridge.

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12. You will love the environment.

Strictly because ten flights of stairs to take out the trash just isn't worth it. You will find yourself reducing, reusing, and recycling more than you have ever cared to for the sole purpose of laziness.

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13. You feel famous.

Every club or organization that is trying to recruit outside of popular buildings will treat you like you own this place. The rowing team is your biggest fan. The homeless shelter thinks you're their best friend. The multicultural society feels like you belong there. Campus student life will overwhelm you with excitement and friendship and invite you in with open arms for the low low price of the enrollment fee.

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14. You know everyone, but you can't remember their name.

You walk into your resident hall to see the macaroni girl you sat next to in Bolton. You walk to class with the pledge whose fraternity you can never remember. You study in the same study room with the girl you talked to in line during recruitment. You recognize people everywhere. You know everybody. However, with so many introductions, you may remember their major or what they did this summer, but you won't have a clue their first name.

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15. Sleep is your favorite thing in the world, but you don't get it.

You sleep any chance you get. Napping is your favorite pass time. However, you also haven't gone to bed before 3 a.m. in 6 weeks even though you've only been in school for 5.

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