Submitted by Mandalope
Top Ten Reasons that College/ University is like Preschool
10. You cry for your mother.
9. You cross the street without looking for cars.
8. Snack time is a necessity.
7. You bundle up for the outdoors without caring what you look like because everyone else looks as stupid as you do.
6. You stay at home and play games with your friends.
5. You wear your backpack on both shoulders.
4. You wear big mittens.
3. Playing in the snow is a legitimate activity.
2. You take naps.
1. You look forward to grilled cheese sandwiches.
You know you've been in University/College too long when:
- 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 f--- 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.
- 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.
Before I came to college/ university I wish I had known...
- 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 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, but
I met most of my friends through drinking.
- 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.
- That it didn't matter how late I scheduled my first class, I'd
sleep through it anyway.
- That I could sleep until 12:55 and still make my 1:00
class.
- That my best friend is the worst roommate.
- That I would never watch the news, and I would be totally
out of touch with the world happenings.
- That the more money your parents give you, the less you
have every time you check your account!!
- That parties get old, and sometimes you just want to kick back and
watch a movie.
- That most of my education would be obtained outside of
class.
- That you could be totally broke, but still have enough to
go to a bar!
- That I would go home every weekend in my Freshman year.
- That I would laugh at all the Freshman going home every
weekend by my Senior year.
- That my parents would become so much smarter in the last
few years.
If I only knew all this before first year...
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