The transition from high-school to college or university can be minimal or can be monumental; either way, there's a few life differences that almost every college student is going to experience.
1. You're totally prepared for the first week of school...
...but once that next Monday hits, you're so over it already.
2. You go into panic mode as soon as you realize that you left your calculator in your dorm.
3. You go into an even bigger panic mode trying to figure out if you can get back on time if you sprint to your dorm and back for your calculator.
4. Wearing jeans is the equivalent of making an effort.
5. You realize that community baths aren't that terrible.
6. Freshman Fifteen is no joke.
7. You bond with fellow students over your mutual procrastination on every exam.
8. Coffee is either your best friend or your worst enemy.
9. Washing your dishes is only optional. (So is laundry).
10. You are constantly trying to find a balance between responsibility and total irresponsibility...
...just enough so you can pass your class but still enjoy yourself.
11. Putting on mascara for your 8 a.m. feels like dressing up.
12.You know how to literally make anything out of nothing.
13. Having enough money to buy anything, even a single pencil, makes you feel rich.
14. You basically function off of an all-Ramen noodle diet.
15. You know you have a problem when the barista at Starbucks knows not just your name, but your order as soon as you walk in the door.
16. You are in a constant state of exhaustion and can't remember the last time you got a full eight hours of sleep.
17. But because everyone else is also exhausted you get no sympathy...
...in fact it becomes a competition of who gets the least amount of sleep.
18. Late night Cook-Out runs are a must.
19. The library is kicking you out at 2 a.m.? No problem, just study on the bench outside as long as there's still WiFi.
20. You begin to regret every bad decision you've made once you realize that picking Netflix over Bio homework was a terrible idea...
...But would you really go back and fix it?
21. You really value all that your parents do for you once you realize just how much you have to do on your own now.
22. Phone calls to Mom become an essential.
23. You don't realize how much you miss Mom's food until you have to start buying your own...
...or the cafeteria isn't that great.
24. You make unbelievable bonds with new friends but can't help missing some of your old high-school pals.
25. You really, REALLY miss how easy that high-school algebra class was.
26. Get dressed up and go to that party or messy-bun it and watch that new season of Grey's? Hmm, decisions, decisions.
27. You treat decorating your dorm room like you're designing your new shiny house.
28. That cliche of your best friends buying you ice-cream and watching Rom-Coms whenever you and your significant other split ways becomes a reality.
