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Starting A New Semester As Told By 'Mean Girls'

Mean Girls knows exactly how you're feeling.

Jan 11, 2017

Starting A New Semester As Told By 'Mean Girls'

It's that time of the year again. The holidays have ended, a new year has begun and classes are starting up again. You're excited to get back and see everyone but you're also dreading the first day of classes. Mean Girls understands how you're feeling as this semester begins.

Saying goodbye to your parents

Thank you mom and dad for treating me like I'm still in high school all break and for asking me a million questions about my future that I do not have answers to.

Looking to see who's in your class

Because there's no way you're going to class without making sure you have someone to sit next to.

Making sure you’re early to class to steal the best seat

Not too close to the front so you won't get spit on, but not so far back so you don't look like a slacker.

Getting to class only to find you didn’t do the assigned reading for the first day

Because who assigns homework for the first day of class?!

Listening to your teacher ramble on about the syllabus

A speech we've all heard a million times.

And pretending you care what they’re saying

No texting in class... haha yeah right.

Getting called on to answer a question on the first day

This is just my luck... do I at least get extra points because it's the first day?

Finally getting through you first day of classes

Later class, time to party because #syllabusweek.

Deciding which new outfit to wear out

Sooo many new clothes from my many shopping sprees over break... what to choose?

And then panicking and asking if you can scope through your friend’s closet anyways

Why repeat an outfit when you can shop through your best friend's closet?

Finally reuniting with your girls

Just catching up on all the new gossip that happened during break.

And going out the first night back

Yeah, I guess I did miss all the frat parties and freedom while I was home living under my parents roof.

Trying to go to the gym hungover to keep up with your New Year’s resolutions

Why does everyone have to choose the same resolution as me? I'll just hide from everyone and join a gym off campus.

Going out every single night during syllabus week

Because no homework so, why not?

And then realizing you actually have to start to do work next week

And so the hard part begins...

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Starting A New Semester As Told By 'Mean Girls'

Mean Girls knows exactly how you're feeling.

Saying goodbye to your parents

Looking to see who's in your class

Making sure you’re early to class to steal the best seat

Getting to class only to find you didn’t do the assigned reading for the first day

Listening to your teacher ramble on about the syllabus

And pretending you care what they’re saying

Getting called on to answer a question on the first day

Finally getting through you first day of classes

Deciding which new outfit to wear out

And then panicking and asking if you can scope through your friend’s closet anyways

Finally reuniting with your girls

And going out the first night back

Trying to go to the gym hungover to keep up with your New Year’s resolutions

Going out every single night during syllabus week

And then realizing you actually have to start to do work next week

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

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"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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