YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN COLLEGE TOO LONG WHEN....


    * You consider McDonald's "real food"

    * You actually like doing laundry at home

    * 4:00 AM is still early on the weekends
 
    * It starts getting late on the weeknights
  
    * Two miles is not too far to walk for a party
   
    * You wear dirty socks three times in a row and
      think nothing of it

    * You'd rather clean than study

    * "Oh fuck how did it get so late!" comes out of
      your mouth at least once a night

    * Half the time you don't wake up in your own bed
      and it seems normal

    * Minesweeper is more than a game it's a way of life

    * You schedule your classes around sleep habits and
      soaps
 
    * You know the pizza boy by name

    * You go to sleep when it's light and get up when
      it's dark
    * You live for getting mail

    * Looking out the window is a form of entertainment

    * Prank phone calls become funny again

    * It feels weird to take a shower without shoes on
 
    * Whole wars can take place, and you are clueless
      (no connection to the outside world)

    * You start thinking and sounding like your roommate

    * Blacklights and highlighters are the coolest
      things on earth
   
    * Rearranging your room is your favorite pastime
   
    * You find out milk crates had so many uses

    * Wal-mart is the coolest store

    * The weekend lasts from Thursday to Sunday, (or
      Wednesday morning to Tuesday night)
  
    * You are sitting around making lists about how you
      know you've been in college too long
   

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       Before I came to college I wish I had known...


    That it didn't matter how late I scheduled my first class, I'd 
     sleep through it.

    That I could change so much and barely realize it.

    That you can love a lot of people in a lot of different ways.

    That college kids throw airplanes too.

    That if you wear polyester everyone will ask why you are so 
     dressed up.  

    That every clock on campus shows a different time.

    That if you were smart in high school, so what?

    That I would go to a party the night before a final.

    That Chem Labs/ Architecture studios take up more time than all my 
     other  classes put together.

    That you can know everything and fail a test.

    That you can know nothing and ace a test.

    That I could get used to almost anything I found out about my 
     roommate.  

    That Home is a great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live 
     there.

    That most of my education would be obtained outside of class.

    That friendship is more than getting drunk together.

    That I would be one of those people that my parents warned me about.  

    The free food server until 10 is gone at 9:50.

    That Sunday is a figment of the world's imagination.

    That Psychology is really Biology.

    That biology is really Chemistry, that Chemistry is really Physics 
     and that Physics is really Math. (Everyone in Chem 31 can relate 
     to the last statement)

    That my parents would become so much smarter in the last few years.  

    That it's possible to be alone even when you are surrounded by 
     friends.

    That friends are what makes this place worthwhile!

    Don't be dismayed at good-byes, A farewell is necessary before we 
     can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is
     certain for those who are friends.