What You Do Not Know About College Until You Get There

• Quarters are like gold.
• You never knew that you could get a buzz from coffee or that coffee could get that thick.
• Flip-flops become as important as soap, shampoo,etc.
• You will never find so many excuses for a bucket.
• Asleep by 2:30 am is an early night.
• New additions to the food groups: pizza, strong coffee, ice-cream, alcohol.
• Make sure your alarm clock has back-up batteries.
• Sleep becomes more important which you never get enough of.
• One or two meals a day are standard.
• You recycle clothes so you do not have to do laundry.
• 10 minutes is more than enough time to get ready for your first class.
• Going to the mailbox was never before so exciting.
• If the lecture hall is big enough, get someone else's notes.
• Your bill in the bookstore will almost equal tuition.
• Isn't it amazing that the book your professor wrote is always required for his class?
• E-mail becomes your second language.
• Ten-page papers used to sound impossible, now they're a Godsend.
• You never realized so many people are smarter than you.
• You never realized so many people are dumber than you.
• Professors are like celebrities: you see them, but they never see you.
• See every movie under $3 that your campus provides; it's actually proportional to the amount of money you have.
• Road-trip whenever possible.
• Pick up all new lingo.
• Bum rides, notes and snacks as much as you can get them.
• Care packages rank up there with birthdays.
• Learn to love your roommate, especially when he leaves you the room.
• Beware the freshman 15.
• Things that were a huge deal in high school are now commonplace.
• You never thought you would share so much about yourself with people you have known for such a short time.
• Any game can be made into a drinking game.
• Disney movies are more than just classics.
• You will hear more stupid nicknames than you ever thought possible.
• Cereal makes a meal any time of day.
• Keep your high school term papers; nowadays, everything is recycled.
• ATMs are the devil's advocate.
• You almost forget how to drive.
• You'll drink anything if it's free.
• People still cheat, it's just more technologically advanced.
• You get really good with excuses for skipping class.
• The girl (or guy) you're going to marry may live right next door, so keep your stereo down.
• Ordering food at 1 am is a common occurrence.
• You never realized how cool you can be.
• TV becomes a bigger time sucker than ever before.
• You meet the type of people you only thought existed in the movies.
• You learn to sleep with light, noise, extreme temps, and roommates snoring.
• You don't have to cover your textbooks anymore.
• You live for 10¢ wings at BW-3.
• You begin to realize that college is about the ideal lifestyle, except for those pesky classes.
• You get good at rationalizing on whether to do homework or not (usually not).
• Procrastination becomes an art.
• The only reason you ever dress up is when everything else is dirty.
• Your parents start to tell you stories about their college days.
• Going to the convenient store is fun.
• You have two kinds of shoes: everyday shoes and party shoes.
• Classes: the later the better.
• Care packages make it all worthwhile.
• The longer you're there, the less you talk about home.
• Always carry an umbrella.
• Card games never lasted for hours before.
• Vacuuming happens every semester, if you get around to it.
• People who never talked to you in high school are now your best friends when you come home.
• You are NEVER alone.
• It's amazing how late you can stay up doing absolutely nothing, yet falling asleep in class or in the library takes an average of two seconds.
• You spend a ridiculous amount of time pondering the mystery of whether the dining hall food the real thing.
• You begin to subdivide your room into sections such as den, library, etc. to make it sound like a house.
• All you have to do to make new friends is have mom send up some cookies.
• You never realized how quiet your house was.
• Printers only break down when you desperately need them.
• You get along so much better with your family now that you never see any of them.
• Your life will never be the same again.