1. Quarters will become as valuable as gold.
2. Two meals per day is the standard.
3. You should road trip whenever possible.
4. Going to the mailbox was never an ego booster/breaker before, but it is now.
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. (or in Krystian's case, 5th language)
10. College students can and do throw paper airplanes.
11. You never realized that so many people were smarter than you.
12. College athletics are the coolest things 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 re-run of The 70's Show verbatim.
14. Cartoons are for all ages.
15. Disney movies are more than just classics.
16. You will never rent/buy more movies in your life, but if you can't find it at a store, just ask your neighbors... THEY WILL HAVE IT.
17. No one is too old, or too cool for video games.
18. Procrastination is an art form.
19. SNOOD is more addictive than heroin.
20. Thanks to Kazaa/Audiogalaxy/Morpheus, you will never listen to any of your CDs ever again.
21. Before, it never hurt so much to get sick... And believe me, you WILL get sick.
22. The health service nurses are there because they couldn't make it at a real hospital. Never, ever EVER forget that.
23. Care packages will rank right up there with birthdays.
24. Campus is only really clean, and the good food is only offered for Family Weekend and Freshman Orientation.
25. Nothing you want to register for will be open... EVER.
26. Classes...the later the better. If you remember nothing else, remember this.
27. You will no longer be 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. Night is a relative term, and to the rational college student, being 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.
34. If it's snowing out, the only valid reason you will leave your room is for food or a test.
35. Dishes smell after days of piling up, if you don't learn this one, your own leave it to a roommate to teach you.
36. Cereal makes a meal any time of the day.
37. You will no longer be above eating anywhere that is an all you can eat buffet.
38. You WILL eat anything that is free, and you will go to great lengths to find it.
39. You will discover exactly how many pages you can type under a fast-approaching deadline, and you will learn how to make 5 pages look like 7.
40. Stealing from the dining hall will become second nature.
41. ATM's are the devils advocate. They will become a saving grace and a plague of your existence.
42. Keys have never been so important, yet you seem to lose them or lock yourself out of the room more than ever.
43. If you paid more than five bucks for it, don't throw it away when it breaks, because duct tape heals all wounds.
44. If they say you can't have it in your dorm room, they are just kidding.
45. You will come to hate certain elevators with a passion. (BUT ALL STAIRS ARE THE DEVIL)
46. You will begin to negotiate with God even if you have doubted his existence in the past: "Please God, if you let me pass this final, I'll never drink again!"
47. Pictures, posters, emails or anything else we can find to cover the ugly cell we live in, can and 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 will realize that you are never alone!
50. You will realize that college is the ideal lifestyle, except for those pesky classes.
51) If it's not snowing, one mile is not too far to walk for a party, especially when you consider how much ramen you can buy with the money you'd spend on a cab fare.
52) You will realize at some point that you'd rather clean than study.
53) "Oh man how did it get so late!" will come out of your mouth on average at least once a night.
54) Mom's meatloaf and potatoes become something you desire, not avoid.
55) Half the time you don't wake up in your own bed and it will eventually come to seem normal.
56) You will find yourself scheduling your classes around sleep habits and soap operas.
57) You know the pizza boy by name, and if you're smart you will tip him whatever you are able.
58) At least occasionally, if not frequently, you will find yourself going to sleep when it's light and getting up when it's dark.
59) You will live for getting mail.
60) Looking out the window becomes a form of entertainment.
61) Prank phone calls will become funny again.
62) You will start thinking and sounding like your roommate.
63) Seemingly ordinary animals like pigeons and squirrels, under the right circumstances, can become absolutely terrifying.
64) Rearranging your room will likely become one of your favorite pastimes.
65) The weekend lasts from Thursday to Sunday.
66) It doesn't matter how late you schedule your first class, you'll still sleep through it.
67) You can love a lot of people in a lot of different ways. (Take that any way you like.)
68) No matter how 'cool' you were in high school, no one here cares.
69) If you are wearing polyester everyone will ask why you are so dressed up.
70) Every clock on campus shows a different time.
71) If you were smart in high school, so what? It doesn't matter here.
72) You will most likely go to a party the night before a final.
73) Labs/Art studios take up more time than all your other classes put together.
74) You can know everything and still fail a test.
75) You can know nothing and ace a test.
76) You can get used to almost anything find out about your roommate.
77) Most of your actual education will be obtained outside of class.
78) Friendship all about getting drunk together.
79) You might very well become one of those people that your parents warned you about.
80) Psychology is really Biology. Biology is really Chemistry, Chemistry is really Physics and Physics is really Math.
And a bonus:
10 ways college is like preschool:
- You occasionally cry for your mother.
- You cross the street without bothering to look for cars.
- Snack time is a necessity.
- You bundle up for the outdoors without caring what you look like because everyone else looks as stupid as you do.
- You stay at home and play games with your friends.
- Having cool toys makes all the other kids want to be your friend. (Silly putty and pogo sticks have been replaced by playstations and cars though)
- Yelling out embarrassing things to your friends over large distances is ok again.
- Playing in the snow is a legitimate activity.
- You take naps.
- You look forward to grilled cheese sandwiches.
QOTD
3.23.05 -
Mendez: "If Loyola were a human, it would be Hitler!"
Liz: "Funny, I totally called Loyola a nazi regime over spring break"
Mendez: "That totally makes sense though... IT IS A NAZI REGIME!"
3.24.05 - "Liz, we need to find you a boy!" ~Mel (if only she knew how true that statement was!)
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I have turquoise pants. Word to your mother.
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