Fall Semester Vs. Spring Semester
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Fall Semester Vs. Spring Semester

They are much more different than you would think.

Melissa Lee
Feb 22, 2016
The College of New Jersey
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Fall Semester Vs. Spring Semester

Fall and Spring Semester...basically the same thing, right? NO!

The difference between these semesters is like night and day. Honestly, these semesters are just as different as our college vs. high school years. Here are 6 differences between fall and spring semester.

1. A nice day

Fall Semester: nobody cares, people aren't outside playing frisbee, and people are in sweatshirts

Spring Semester: everybody is smiling, people are studying outside, everybody is wearing summer attire

2. Syllabus week

Fall Semester: the best week ever and campus seems like a movie, everybody is excited to see their college friends after a long summer

Spring Semester: winter break is over already? I don't feel like going out in the cold...when is spring break?

3. Breaks

Fall Semester: Christmas!! Everybody is cheery and happy to spend time with their families

Spring Semester: you're either one of the few who goes on a beautiful vacation...or one that sits home for a week

4. Dining hall food

Fall Semester: "this isn't that bad....I almost missed this over the summer..."


Spring Semester: this food is GROSS and I am never eating on campus again

5. The gym

Fall Semester: not too crowded because summer is over and it's time to hide in a sweatshirt


Spring Semester: a room of panicked people who gained 5 lbs over winter break and are dire to lose it before "bikini season"...lets not mention everybody that made a New Years Resolution...

6. Classes

Fall Semester: starts off all organized, almost excited to get back on the "grind"

Spring Semester: "I'm still stressed out from last semester's finals....?"

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