1. Spending all my money on food, Ubers and alcohol
With a meal plan, a gym, a library, all of my school supplies and clothes here with me in college you would think there wouldn’t be to many extra expenses.
You obviously are wrong. Alcohol is a new expense and drunk eats are an unhealthy essential. Plus it's cold and walking everywhere gets hard so uber adds up.
2. Getting a lot lower grades
The first month all classes seem challenging and you put in so much time and effort. By the third month at school this is much more realistic, “I got a B on my paper that I wrote in 2 hours” SICK let’s go out and celebrate!
3. Never sleeping
Whether it is a midterm, friends, or nights out keeping you up, you get used to it and completely adjust to staying up past 1 AM on the reg. However, you also grow accustomed to NAPS and they are heavenly.
4. Showering with shower shoes on
A weird sensation at the beginning of the year is now a part of your routine. I wouldn't be surprised if I tried to put on some flip-flops before I headed into my shower at home.
5. Living with a roommate
The different sleeping patterns, the late night gossip sessions, and the attempt to keep the room together forces everyone to form a relationship with their roommate. Good or bad you have GOT to make it work or you are in for a year full of fighting. It is important to get used to sharing and cleaning up for yourself.
6. Walking everywhere
Whether you like it or not this is the only convenient mode of transportation to get around campus. It just sucks 100 times more when it is raining or snowing, but hey, maybe I will get used to that soon.
7. No curfew
Doing absolutely nothing all night and heading back to your dorm at 4 AM is a completely forgotten about luxury. That would never fly on a school night at home (let alone a weekend). Now when you come home after a party or a study group there is no one you need to explain where you have been and why you are back so late.
8. A messy 11x12 dorm
There is nowhere to hide anything in the shoebox they call dorms. Your roommate and you will not even be able to fit all the things you want to put in your room so there is no space for anything extra. You get used to walking in your room with the option to sit on your bed or a small chair in the corner- that is all.
9. So much free time yet none all at once
Your class schedule does not fill your entire day yet there doesn’t seem to be any downtime. You get used to a running around lifestyle of a bunch of random activities and events.
10. ALWAYS being sick
Your throat is always sore and you go through more tissues than ever, BUT somehow it starts to bother you less and less. You just carry on with your daily tasks despite the fast that you may or may not have strep always.
