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27 Times 'Harry Potter' Described College Perfectly

We've all experienced these things a time or two.

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27 Times 'Harry Potter' Described College Perfectly
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Okay let's face it... if you've ever watched Harry Potter you can agree that on your 11th birthday you were eagerly waiting for an owl to swoop down and give you your acceptance letter to Hogwarts. Unfortunately (as far as I know) wizarding schools aren't real so none of us ever got the letter we were hoping for all those years ago.

Even though we never went to Hogwarts, we went to college. Close enough right? (Not really.)
There are moments in the Harry Potter series that describe college better than we ever could. So, I give you 27 times Harry Potter perfectly captured what college is all about.

1. When you finally see your friends after summer break

2. When you have to eat in the cafe by yourself


3. When you have no idea what the professor is talking about

4. When you open your textbook for the first time all semester

There's a lot more useful information in there than we thought.


5. Bar Charlotte summed up

We'll miss you Bar Charlotte...


6. Every athlete in the cafe after practice

No shame. None, what-so-ever.


7. When the professor says the final is cumulative


8. Freshmen trying to find their way around campus


9. The look you give when Coach says "Get on the line"

If looks could kill...


10. When class gets cancelled

That extra hour of sleep is precious.


11. When class gets cancelled but you find out by showing up and nobody else is there

Always check your email in the morning!


12. What actually happens to everything you learned all year over summer break

What's meiosis & mitosis again? We only spent 3 weeks learning about it...


13. When the know-it-all in class opens his/her mouth


14. When there's no good food in the cafe

Cereal it is! Again.


15. When you get stuck being mom for the night


16. When you have a procrastination problem and have to pull an all-nighter


17. When you know you failed an exam but gotta walk out with your head held high

Hopefully you don't actually know this feeling!


18. When you're the only sober one at the party


19. When your friend tells you they did exactly what you told them not to do

Moral of the story: always listen to your friends, or you'll hear a big fat "I told you so!"


20. When there's a big home game on campus

Probably soccer...


21. Walking into 6 a.m. classes with the team like...

We're here for our death sentence!


22. When you drop something in the cafe and everyone starts clapping


23. When you show up late to class...

You either came from practice and smell really bad or just rolled out of bed and have lines all over your face from your pillow.


24. ...Or you decide to stay in bed and not go to class at all

This will probably be the day there's a pop quiz.


25. When you have to practice outside in outrageous weather


40 degrees and raining or 100 degrees and sweating in places I didn't know could sweat.


26. When someone you don't want at the party shows up

It might have been different if they were the only ones that showed up, but they brought their whole squad...


27. When your friend goes home for the weekend

Yeah, it's only 3 months, but who wants to be away from their best friends for that long??

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