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17 Random Things I've Done In My Three Years In New York

This is a very, very strange city. Here's some things I've done it.

Tessa Dobrow

Sep 11, 2018

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1. I lip sang for my life at Drag Bingo.

This was a freshman year Welcome Week event, and needless to say I won.

2. I pushed a wheelchair around all through The Lower East Side.

This was a prop for an extremely important theater project, so I had to just suck it up and make sure I didn't somehow lose the wheelchair while attempting to board the six train.

3. I met my celebrity Crush!

It was Miles Teller, if you couldn't tell.

4. I attended many a rooftop parties.

Some were fun, some were lame but regardless, the view was phenomenal.

5. I lived on Fifth Avenue.

It was in a dorm, but still pretty cool to say!

6. I worked on Fifth Avenue!

Just your average Anthropologie customer Associate. Nothing special, but such a great experience.

7. I was licked by Zachary Quinto's dog.

Oh yeah, Zach was there too but the puppy was the most important part!

8. I attended classes in The Google Building.

My primary acting studio is located inside the building, and let me tell you Google has some NICE bathrooms.

9. I almost got thrown out of school.

There was this whole diabolical with a prop gun I was using for a scene. Long story short, I no longer perform scenes that require prop guns.

10. I was hugged by Shailene Woodley.

She is a lovely human being and gives soft hugs!

11. I cried, multiple times, in front of my entire class.

It's a Tisch thing. I don't wanna talk about it.

12. I spent an hour video taping garbage.

It was for a journalism project documenting NYU's Zero Waste Week. But still.

13. I took a class by the woman who voiced characters on my favorite childhood cartoon.

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It was The Winx Club, in case ya'll were wondering.

14. I attended my first movie premiere on accident.

The film was "How To Be Single". And yes, Rebel and Dakota made an appearance.

15. I tattooed myself multiple times.

Sorry Mom.

16. I moved into my first apartment.

I cried like a BABY when my parents left and to be honest I'm still getting use to not being in the dorms anymore.

17. I made some life-long friends.

New York is weird because there's so much time that you spend alone, but when you meet people you click with you're about to forget how lonely you were ten minutes ago and focus on the memories you're about to make.

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In This Article:

1. I lip sang for my life at Drag Bingo.

2. I pushed a wheelchair around all through The Lower East Side.

3. I met my celebrity Crush!

4. I attended many a rooftop parties.

5. I lived on Fifth Avenue.

6. I worked on Fifth Avenue!

7. I was licked by Zachary Quinto's dog.

8. I attended classes in The Google Building.

9. I almost got thrown out of school.

10. I was hugged by Shailene Woodley.

11. I cried, multiple times, in front of my entire class.

12. I spent an hour video taping garbage.

13. I took a class by the woman who voiced characters on my favorite childhood cartoon.

14. I attended my first movie premiere on accident.

15. I tattooed myself multiple times.

16. I moved into my first apartment.

17. I made some life-long friends.

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When you're struggling to keep afloat, keep going.

Panicking and pulling all-nighters will not allow you to get an A.

College is hard, but you will make it through.

1. You will have that special "college" look to you.

2. You will feel like an adult but also feeling like a child.

3. You will have classes that are just the professor reading from their lecture slides for an hour.

4. You will need to study but also want to hang out with your friends.

5. Coffee is your best friend.

6. You don't know what you're doing 99% of the time.

7. You will procrastinate and write a paper the night before it is due.

8. Money is a mythical object.

9. It is nearly impossible to motivate yourself to go to classes during spring.

10. The food pyramid goes out the window.

11. You will have at least one stress induced breakdown a semester.

12. Most lecture classes will bore you to tears.

13. You will not like all of your professors.

14. You will try to go to the gym... but you will get too lazy at some point.

15. When you see high school students taking tours:

16. You will try to convince yourself that you can handle everything.

17. Finals week will try to kill you.

18. You won't like everyone, but you will find your best friends sooner or later.

19. You actually have to go to class.

20. Enjoy it, because you will be sad when it is all over.

The more I research, the more I worry, the more I get stuck.

You are not alone.

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