Life as a college student is different than life as a high school student in many ways. You’re older, wiser, a little less in shape, and a little more tolerable towards excessive amounts of cheap alcohol. But, the most unexpected change you see once you’re a college student is that instead of dreading going back to school come September, you count down the days until you move back in August.
No matter what year you’re going into, you somehow find ways to relate everything back to stories from college or the people you met there. And although it’s annoying to everybody back home, you love it and you can’t wait to make more memories.
When your three months of summer pass and your countdown has finally reached single digits, you find yourself texting your friends to figure out plans for your first night back even if it’s a week away.
When you finally move back to school after three months of complaining how much you want to be there again, your night begins and it will probably go a little something like this:
- For when you see all your friends for the first time all summer: "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb
- For when your snapchat story is 73 seconds worth of pictures of you and your friends with captions like “Guess who’s back” “Back at it” “_____ University ain’t ready for us”: "#Selfie" by The Chainsmokers
- For when you are getting ready together like old times: "Flawless" by Beyoncé
- For the first shot you take together for the night: "Shots" by LMFAO
- For the second shot you take together for the night: "Tequila Remix" by J.Rabbit
- For dancing around your apartment after getting a little buzzed: "Shut Up and Dance" by Walk The Moon
- For waiting for the cab to pick you up: "I'll Be Waiting" by Adele
- For when the cab finally gets to your apartment: "What Dreams Are Made Of" by Hilary Duff
- For when you’re bumping music on the way to the bar: "The Thrill" by Wiz Khalifa
- For when you finally make it into the bar: "Feeling Myself" by Nicki Minaj
- For when you see your crush from last semester in the bar: "Worth It" by Fifth Harmony
- For when you make it through the crowded bar to buy a drink: "All Night Longer" by Sammy Adams
- For when you make your first group bathroom trip: "Move B**** Get Out Da Way" by Ludacris
- For when you somehow make it to the dance floor: "Bricks" by Carnage
- For when you’re trying to find your friends to go home: "Where Are You Now" by Skrillex and Diplo
- For when you find your friends and leave the bar: "The Night Is Still Young" by Nicki Minaj
- For when you’re stumbling on your way home: "Lean On" by Major Lazer and DJ Snake
- For when you finally make it back (if you make it back): "Where'd You Go" by Fort Minor
And that’s what your first night back with your college friends will probably look like. Now go enjoy sylly week.
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