Written By: Lindsey Gapen
“We get it. You want us to study for 11 exams and write 85 papers by Friday.”
1. #Roommates
From thermostat preferences to dirty dishes, roommates can be downright irritating. (Make sure to move out if one of them actually tries to kill you.)
2. #Dating?
Let’s go to a restaurant and only order fries!!!
3. #MoneyMoneyMoney
Dead presidents never looked so handsome. Paying for rent, tuition and all the other things is grotesquely expensive.
4. #Textbooks
This is separate because there is a specific type of sadness associated with the cost of textbooks.
5. #Midterms
That time of year when nobody sleeps and everybody cries. But this dark and dreary time is nothing compared to…
6. #FINALS
When the whole campus is one all-nighter away from a zombie apocalypse.
7. #Freshman15
You mean I can no longer eat whatever I want whenever I want?? Screw this “aging” thing.
8. #TAs
Meeting with them is completely nerve-wracking. Especially if they’re hot.
9. #Laundry
This task is otherwise known as a quest for clean underwear.
10. #Papers
Trying to reach your professor’s length requirement is painful business. Praise all the religious figures for the existence of block quotes.
11. #Showering
When do I make time for this?!? (Said the person who created No Shave November.)
12. #Lab
All I want for my birthday… is to get out of here five minutes early.
13. #InternetProbs
The dial-up days are over. I have no desire to go back. Please Netflix, just load already.
14. #Rain
Mother Nature has no mercy. You WILL have to walk in a tsunami in order to get to class. But even that’s not as bad as…
15. #SNOW
Pray to Beyoncé all you want, class will not be cancelled. You will be cold. You will get sick. You will eventually die of hypothermia.
16. #Alcohol
The only thing more annoying than being underage is paying ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD for just one drink at the bar. Actually, reverse that.
17. #7am
Waking up for morning classes is like voluntarily subjecting yourself to Chinese water torture. After a while it really makes your brain melt.
18. #Studying
I think we can all agree that watching every episode of a show before finals begin is a true talent.
19. #Networking
Finding contacts for potential internships/jobs is quite similar to begging people for friendship. (Please hire us millennials.)
20. #EVERYTHING
College can encompass ohhh so much stress. It’s difficult to pick a major and finish just half of the reading assignments. Even choosing a new profile picture can be a pretty tough decision. Between fleeting moments of homesickness and tedious moments of waiting in an elevator (usually with an abundance of strangers), life can most definitely be a constant #struggle. Just remember one thing as you fight to persevere: it will all be worth it after you graduate. And also, cookie dough tastes GREAT in cookie dough ice cream.
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