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Stages of Going Back to College

It's kind of horrible.

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Going back to college after a whole summer of freedom is always the biggest struggle of all. After waking up after noon and doing whatever you please for three months, all of a sudden you have deadlines and have to pretend like you're actually about to go to sleep at a decent hour. Here are the five stages of going back to college.

1.Denial

You’re currently sitting in your dorm room and the first day of classes is tomorrow. All you’ve managed to do is look at the syllabus but it’s 2 am and class is at 10 am. Everything is OK.

2. Anger


The professor went from syllabus to lecture one on the first day and you snap your pencil in half in sheer rage.

3. Bargaining

If you five packs of ramen noodles now and study for ten minutes before I go to class than what’s really stopping me from binge watching ten episodes of Ru Paul’s Drag Race?

4. Depression

Lying face down on the floor and wondering exactly how much better your life will be with a college degree seems better than anything else.

5. Acceptance

Welp, you’ve only got three more years and God knows how many credits left so might as well make the most of it while you still can.

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