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18 Things Every College Event Planner Understands

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18 Things Every College Event Planner Understands

1. When someone has an amazing(ly bad) idea for an event, and you're just like
2. But you're a student leader and have to practice self-control
3. When you have 8 am class and a 9 pm to midnight event

4. When your busiest weeks of events are the same as the busiest weeks of school

5. When you need to recruit members but you're also pretty shy

6. Except around your fellow programmers

7. When you ask someone if they are interested in coming to your event and they're just like

8. So you ask what kind of events they'd be interested in, but that are realistically affordable and they're like "Kevin Hart! Taylor Swift!"

9. When there's no rain in the forecast and then it rains...

10. When you move your event indoors because there is a chance of rain and it never does.

11. When another department plans a similar event for the same night

12. When an agent calls...every single day for a week

13. When the food costs more than the performer

14. When you find a typo on your poster and they're already posted everywhere!

15. When you see a performers hospitality rider

16. When you get crazy excited when your team reaches even the smallest goal

17. When your event goes amazingly and everyone loves it

18. and you realize that no matter how stressful the process can be, you're surrounded by a team of friends who have got your back every step of the way.

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