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10 Things That Will Make You Cry As A Recent Undergrad Graduate

Who knew life would be so weird now ... and so sad ...

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10 Things That Will Make You Cry As A Recent Undergrad Graduate

It has been almost four weeks after graduation for me and I’m still getting used to the fact that I won’t be going to Baltimore in August. It’s only starting to hit me now that I will not be attending school for the first time ever in my life and it is definitely a huge adjustment. I’m not going to lie, there have been a few tears shed here and there, but all is good … at least I think all is good … for now.

Here is a list of realizations that make you cry after undergraduate graduation. You should start getting the tissues now.

1. Walking into Bed Bath and Beyond, and for once, not buying any college dorm stuff.

I didn’t get the “college dorm room checklist” that Bed, Bath, and Beyond sends out in the mail, and same with the Target list too. Maybe I should start looking for real furniture? Maybe I should find my own apartment first …?

2. And yet you still fantasize about how you’re going to decorate your dorm room … then realize you’re living with mom and can’t replace the family furniture

I don’t know what my parents were thinking with interior design, but I would like a different color carpet, different head board, different closet... *goes on for 3 years*

3. Signing into your college website with your log in, and getting kicked off

*THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT IT TELLS ME WHEN I TRY TO LOG IN DAMNIT

I just wanted to see my grades from last semester … is that such a hard thing to ask? It would have been nice if they gave me a warning. What if I wanted to submit a photo of the week?

5. Planning your summer, when you should really be planning your next real job…

But still go back to planning your summer, because you don’t want to deal with real world things … those things make you cry.

6. When you see all your friends' siblings graduating high school, think about all the cool parties they’re going to go to in college, and suddenly realize you won’t be partying with them.

Unless you party with freshman at your alma mater… but that sounds quite unacceptable and quite weird.

7. Look forward to thirsty Thursday’s, but you have work on Friday

UGHHHHHHH!

8. Typing in your preferred email as your school email, and then remembering to change it to your “new and improved” gmail.

And secretly hoping they don’t delete your school email because you’ve got some important shit on that inbox.

9. Keeping your dorm stuff in your basement because you’re under the assumption that you are bringing them back to school… but having to realize they can’t stay down there forever.

Finding a real place to put them in your house is one of the hardest things I have ever done. For once, my closet actually has all my clothes… not just half of them.

10. When you see summer orientation happening on your campus … But it’s not your campus anymore.

GRAB THE TISSUES. I HAD ORIENTATION EXACTLY FOUR YEARS AGO!


Anything else make you emotional post grad? (because for me… it is literally everything) Comment them below! I would love to hear what else makes you cry… and to realize I’m not alone in this journey called REAL-LIFE.

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