College Edition
by Olivia Cappolella
There are many expectations you have going into college, especially as a first-gen college student, like myself. A lot of college is not what you'd expect though. Here are a few of my expectations versus reality circumstances that I've noticed.
1. A lot of people worry about gaining the freshman fifteen when going into college, but in reality, a lot of students are too broke to eat anything besides ramen noodles and the dining hall food is so bad you'd rather starve. The only weight any college students are gaining is from beer, which is kind of nasty.
2. Going into classes, you expect your professors to never cancel class. Well, last week, one of my professors cancelled class because he didn't want to scrape ice off of his car and another cancelled because he didn't want to catch the flu from all the sick students.
3. Sylly-week is a thing, right? No, it's not. Now that I am in my forth semester as a college student, I know that sylly-week does not actually exist. Once classes start, they're in full swing. Don't expect to party every night the first week of school.
4. It's expected that college schedules are easier than high school schedules. Well, just because you push your first class back to noon doesn't mean you get extra time to sleep. The later you push your classes back, the later you're awake doing homework. Honestly, it's easier to start the day early.
5. You're going to expect to miss your friends from home more than anything, but once you find your group, you won't. When you go home, it'll still feel like you saw them just a bit ago. In no time, you'll be closer to your college friends than you ever were with your friends from home.
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