1. Expectation: Boys

You'd expect that college boys would be better than the gross boys at your high school.

Reality: Newsflash: they're not. At all. Most of them are just trying to stick it in anything that walks. Others are nihilistic Marxists. The rest are just "meh," at best.

2. Expectation: Professors.

In high school, all your teachers probably told you college professors wouldn't stand for any bullsh*t. Coming to class late? Inexcusable. Not handing in an assignment on time? Automatic 0.

Reality: At least at my school professors are actually pretty lenient, and a lot of my professors come to class late regularly. They're not the big bad wolves your high school teachers made them out to be!

3. Expectation: Partying!

You're probably super excited to party hard. You expect to work hard during the week and party hard during the weekend.

Reality: But then you get to college and you go out once, realize you can't function after one night of drinking, and become a grandma instead.

4. Expectations: Having a cute dorm room.

Over the summer, you'll probably spend countless hours figuring out how you want to decorate your room, and you'll probably coordinate with your roommate. You want your room to be super Pinterest, which also means being neat and clean all the time.

Reality: Your room is not always going to look like that. On the days you wake up 15 minutes before class after sleeping through your alarm, your room will inevitably look like a hurricane went through it, and you'll probably be too busy to clean it up for the next week or so.

5. Expectations: Homesickness.

In high school, you will probably insist that you won't be homesick in college. You're ready to go, you insist.

Reality: Once you get to college, though, and have to wash all your dishes, take out your trash, do your own laundry, and be responsible, you'll start to miss home. A lot.

6. Expectations: New Place, New Me!

If you're anything like me, you'll think that coming to college means refining your style and looking cute every day. You'll think, "I'm in a new place, let me make a new me!"

Reality: One word, girlfriend: "LOL!" One week into my fall and spring semesters, I was rocking sweatpants and whatever clean t-shirt I could find. I commend you for trying.

7. Expectations: Roommates.

You're excited to have a roommate because that's really your first potential at finding friends in college. You want to become best friends with your roommie and do cool stuff with them. You want your relationship to be something off of Pinterest.

Reality: As the semester progress, you will probably take Netflix and chilling over any fun road trip, hike, or trip to a nearby city. And living with a roommate is relatively unglamorous; once you've let out a toot or two in front of each other, it's all downhill from there.

8. Expectations: School Supplies

New year, new supplies right?

Reality: Supplies are EXPENSIVE! When you pay a ridiculous amount of money for tuition, there's no money leftover for those sparkly gel pens.

9. Expectations: College parties.

Maybe you've been to a few trashy high school parties, but now you're ready for some fun, more sophisticated college parties! Or are you?

Reality: College parties can be pretty trashy. The best word I've heard been used to describe them is "sticky." They're just that. Sticky. And tacky. And maybe a little weird.

10. Expectations: Best 4 Years of Your Life!

College can definitely be the best time of your life, if you make it so. But if it's not, that's okay! You have plenty more life ahead of you!

To all the current college students, or the soon-to-be freshmen, this one's for you!