Everyone making college decisions right now is in such a blind spot. You ask yourself questions like, "How hard are the classes really? What clubs will I join? Will I be a part of Greek life? What do I look for in a roommate? Am I going to keep eating healthy or fall down a path of mac and cheese for 3 meals a day?" But the most important question so many people forget to ask when they are learning about college culture is, what exactly IS college like? I asked 25 students here at Santa Clara University, and here were their answers (all of which are 100% accurate, by the way) :
1. "College is a place where the true degenerate everyone is comes out." - Alec, Freshman
2. "College is all about planning everything out and having nothing go as planned." -Jace, Sophomore
3. "College is eating dinner at 1 am and breakfast never." - Alexandra, Freshman
4. "College is threatening to drop out at every minor inconvenience." - Eoan, Freshman
5. "College is laying down for a fifteen-minute nap and waking up two hours later in a puddle of your own drool and pillow marks all over your face." - Ashtin, Sophomore
6. "College is making a million lists, none of which actually end up finished." - Aleksandra, Freshman
7. "College is all about figuring out how drunk you could get before finishing your homework, so you can get more drunk later." - Nikhil, Senior
8. "College is missing home but being home at the same time." - Nicole, Freshman
9. "College is living off campus but your personal toilet paper is supplied solely by stealing from the buildings on campus." - Sam, Senior
10. "College is having free time and spending it stressing about when you won't have free time." - Riley, Sophomore
11. "College is only seeing friends for an hour or for six, no in between." - Riley, Sophomore
12. "College is complaining about having so much work while laying on your bed eating pretzels." - Agatha, Sophomore
13. "College is just the side gig to actual life. From being involved on campus and multiple internships all at once, to actually finding a real-life job and career you're passionate about - those are the actual tests in college. Classes and assignments are just the icing on top that you can't forget!" - Alexandra, Junior
14. "College is attempting to somehow balance school, work, your social life, and your mental and physical health while simultaneously trying to figure out what on earth you want to do with your life." - Carla, Freshman
15. "College is taking a nap at 4 pm and waking up the next day." - Grace, Freshman
16. "College is looking both ways before you cross the street and then getting hit by an airplane." - Liz, Freshman
17. "College is 50% trying to figure out what the heck you're doing." - Autumn, Freshman
18. "College is hanging out with friends and then suddenly realizing that you have laundry in the washing machine." - Darrell, Freshman
19. "College is wanting to do everything to escape the constant FOMO that is faced every day." - Ciara, Freshman
20. "College is waiting for hours for your Tapingo to go through." - Quinn, Sophomore
21. "College is the equivalent of Rainbow Road on MarioKart." - Elizabeth, Freshman
22. "College is purposely not looking both ways before crossing the street, and hoping to get hit." - Brendan, Freshman
23. "College is f*cking hard and simultaneously f*cking lit." - Margaret, Freshman
24. "College is emailing your professor to round your 78 to a 90." - Justin, Junior
25. "College is online shopping during class knowing damn well you can't afford 90% of your shopping cart and that you should be taking notes instead." - Ali, Junior
