50 THINGS ADMISSIONS
NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT COLLEGE
1.
Quarters are gold.
2. Two meals
per day is the standard.
3.
Road trip whenever possible.
4.
Going to the mailbox was never an ego booster/breaker
before.
5. You will begin to
nap again.
6. Your bookstore
bill will almost equal
tuition.
7. Squirt guns =
Stress relief.
8. Instant
messenger becomes an
addiction.
9. E-mail becomes
your second language.
10. College
students throw paper airplanes too.
11. You never realized that so many people were smarter than
you.
12. College football is the
coolest thing on the planet.
13.
Western Europe could be wiped out by a horrible plague and
you
wouldn't know, but you can recite last week's rerun of The Simpsons
verbatim.
14. Cartoons are for all
ages, especially Scooby Doo.
15.
Disney movies are more than just
classics.
16. You will never rent
more movies in your life.
17. No
one is too old for video games.
18. Procrastination is an art
form.
19. SNOOD is more addicting
than pot.
20. Thanks to
Aimster/Audiogalaxy/Morpheus, you will never listen to
one
of your CDs ever again.
21. It
never sucked so much to get sick.
22. The health service nurses are there because they couldn't make it at
a
real hospital. Never,
don't ever forget that.
23. Care
packages are right up there with
birthdays.
24. Campus is only
clean for Family Weekend and Freshman
Orientation.
25. Nothing you want
to register for will be open.
26.
Classes... the later the better.
27.
You are no longer thankful that the fire alarms are here to
protect
you.
28. Jeans may be worn as many
times as the wearer desires.
29.
The only time to dress up is when your jeans are
dirty.
30. Showers become less
important; sleep becomes more
important.
31. Asleep by 2:30 am
is an early night.
32. Creativity
in the dining halls is key...
33.
The freshman 15 is NOT a myth!!! (Or how about freshman
20.)
34. If it's snowing out, the
only reason you will leave your room is
for
food.
35. Dishes smell after days
of piling up.
36. Cereal makes a
meal any time of the day.
37. You
will eat anywhere that is a
buffet.
38. You will eat anything
that is free.
39. New additions to
food groups: ramen and pizza.
40.
Stealing from the dining hall will become second
nature.
41. ATM's are the devils
advocate.. ATM= Another Twenty
Missing.
42. Keys have never been
so important, yet you seem to lose them or
lock
yourself out of the room even
more.
43. Duct tape heals all
wounds.
44. If they say you can't
have it in your dorm, they are just
kidding.
45. You will come to hate
hallways/elevators with a passion.
46. Those ugly cinder blocks are not sound
proof.
47. Pictures, posters,
emails or anything else to cover the ugly cell
we
live in will be transformed
into wallpaper.
48. Everyone is
only nice for the first week. After that, no matter
how
nice you are, some people just
won't smile back. Get used to it.
49. You are never alone!
50. You
realize college is the ideal lifestyle, except for those
pesky
classes
TOP 10 REASONS THAT
COLLEGE IS LIKE PRESCHOOL
10.
You cry for your mother.
9. You
cross the street without looking for
cars.
8. Snack time is a
necessity.
7. You bundle up for
the outdoors without caring what you look
like
(because everyone else looks
as stupid as you do).
6. You stay
at home and play games with your
friends.
5. You wear your backpack
on both shoulders.
4. You wear big
mittens.
3. Playing in the snow is
a legitimate activity.
2. You take
naps.
1. You look forward to
grilled cheese sandwiches.
YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN COLLEGE TOO
LONG WHEN...
*You actually like doing laundry at home.
*Two miles
is not too far to walk for a party.
*You'd rather clean than
study.
*"Oh shit how did it get so late!" comes out of your mouth at
least once a
night.
*Mom's Meatloaf and potatoes become
something you desire, not avoid.
*Half the time you don't wake up in your own
bed and it seems normal.
*You schedule your classes around sleep
habits and soap operas.
*You know the pizza boy by name.
*You go to sleep when it's light and get up when it's dark.
*You live
for getting mail.
*Looking out the window is a form of
entertainment.
*Prank phone calls become funny again.
*You
start thinking and sounding like your roommate.
*Blacklights and
highlighters are the coolest things on earth.
*Rearranging your room
is your favorite pastime.
*Wal-mart is the coolest store.
*The weekend lasts from Thursday to Sunday.
BEFORE I CAME TO
COLLEGE, I WISH I HAD KNOWN...
*That it didn't matter how late I
scheduled my first class, I'd still
sleep through it.
*That
I could change so much and barely realize it.
*That you can love a lot
of people in a lot of different ways.
*No matter how 'cool' you were
in highschool, no one here cares.
*That if you wear polyester everyone
will ask why you are so dressed up.
*That every clock on campus shows
a different time.
*That if you were smart in high school, so what? It
doesn't matter here.
*That I would go to a party the night before a
final.
*That Chem Labs/Architecture studios take up more time than all
my other
classes put together.
*That you can know everything
and fail a test.
*That you can know nothing and ace a test.
*That I could get used to almost anything found out about my roommate.
*That most of my education would be obtained outside of class.
*That
friendship is more than getting drunk together.
*That I would be one
of those people that my parents warned me about.
*That Sunday is a
figment of the world's imagination.
*That Psychology is really
Biology. That Biology is really Chemistry, that
Chemistry is really
Physics and that Physics is really Math.
*That my parents would become
so much smarter in the last few years.
*That it's possible to be alone
even when you are surrounded by friends.
*That friends are what makes this
place worthwhile! Don't be dismayed at
good-byes, a farewell is
necessary before we can meet again, and meeting
again, after moments
or a lifetime, is certain for those who are friends..
Forward this to
your friends because, without friends, there
isn't
anything!Brandon