These are some of the things I have overheard tour guides say to prospective students and I could not help but laugh.
1. “The food is amazing!”- I don’t care who says how good the food is, it’s not 5 star restaurant quality and it’s nothing like your moms food, I can assure you. At first it’s not bad because there are so many different choices, but after a while they all seem to blend together. You become so fed up the next time you see, “Fried Chicken” on the menu you’re going to go crazy. (Trust me)
2. “Being Tripled Isn’t That Bad.”- Oh this might but the biggest lie yet. (So I’ve heard) Sure it’s not that bad but soon enough you’ll start to get annoyed. All you want in life is to be able to store things under your bed. Unfortunately that’s pretty much impossible since one person has their desk under their bed and the other two people have bunked beds. Just pray your roommates are normal and be very aware of the “2 against 1.” This is where two of the roommates become best friends and the third is usually the odd man out.
3. “There is always something going on.”- I can say from experience that’s not always true. You will learn to spend endless hours hanging out with people and you will learn to love it. Sure your floor will put on programs sometimes, but they aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The one time you actually attend one of these programs, chances are you will be too late and there will be no mugs left to decorate.
4.”You don’t need a printer.”- Believe me when I tell you that a printer might be one of the best investments you make when you come to college. Especially when it’s 2:30 a.m. and you need to print an essay that is due the next morning. If you’re lucky there will be a printer in your building, but if not, you’ll find yourself on a man hunt for people who have printers in their room.
5. “Registering for classes is so easy!”- No… this is such a lie. You will be panicking at the end of your first semester because all the classes you wanted to take are filling up and you’re timeslot isn’t until Friday at 10 a.m. Did I mention that your timeslot happens to be the very last one? Words of advice: take as many classes in high school that will give you college credit. You will thank me later… I promise.
I’m just a sophomore at St. John Fisher College who loves writing and chocolate chip cookies.
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