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University Expectation vs Reality

If you thought high school was hard, just wait until you start being an adult at a college.

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Getting into the university you wanted is an amazing feeling, but the awe of it quickly dies down as you begin your first step into the adult world. You have expectations that the university will be one big, continuous party, and while of course, college can be fun, there are many times when students feel as if they are in over their heads. This list of college expectations vs. realities helps students assess their problems, and realize that they are not alone. College can be fun, but it is also really difficult sometimes.


1. You think you are an adult until you actually have to be one and make your own phone calls and appointments.


2. You can study all you want, but you most likely still won't get an A on the exams.


3. You think this is the time to eat healthy and exercise more than ever, but end up eating Spaghettios or Ramen Noodles for a week straight because that is more along your budget.


4. You think you can just study for an exam the night before, like in high school, but there's never enough time to do everything because you've procrastinated so much.


5. You think you'll have more free time to do what you enjoy, but when you finally have free time, all you can bring yourself to do is watch Netflix-or even when you don't have any free time at all.


6. Some days you actually wake up for class on time, but you can't even bring yourself to walk to it because your bed has never felt more comfortable and/or you're way too tired.


7. You tell yourself that you'll take advantage of the weekends to do homework and catch up, but then Monday comes again and you're still drowning in assignments.


8. You think you're going to keep your room perfectly clean, but the only time cleaning looks appealing is when you have a mountain of work to do.


9. You think you know what not getting sleep is, until you get to college and basically, some naps are just longer than others.


10. You think college can't be that hard, but then you get to classes like Philosophy and realize that you are basically more stress than human at some points.

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