Contrary to popular belief, college is not about getting drunk and/or high. It is about working your ass off. This is more than fine with me, except when my floppy disks fail and I am forced into a caffiene-induced stupor to write a paper on Dante. This happens to all college students.
The Internet is absolutely vital to the well-being of any college student. We can live without food or sleep, but we cannot live without Instant Messenger. It gives us the illusion that somebody might actually give a damn about us. Also, it allows for intense interpersonal communication without having to actually communicate. This is a plus.
College food is always bad. This holds true at every school I have ever been to. College food gets worse during finals week. I can't think of any other explanation for serving us poor, hungry, young people chicken mushed with tabasco sauce. Mmm.
People at college like to wear t-shirts from other colleges. I don't understand this either, except for the fact that I'm looking forward to getting my very own NYU sweatshirt... ;)
Learn to walk fast. It helps a lot. Learn to walk with other people. You don't notice how cold it is outside and how fast you're running when you're jabbing with someone else. You also don't look quite as stupid when you run into a class 10 minutes late if you're not alone.
School spirit is absolutely optional. I will never be forced to attend another school sports game/pep rally for the rest of my life. This is very, very good.
Don't lock yourself out of the room while taking a shower. Even more importantly, don't lock yourself out of the room while wearing only a towel on Homecoming day and be forced to wriggle through your window in front of many soccer players, fans, and parents.
If you wear a white shirt at college, it will either a) rain or b) you will spill something on it. It's usually Wild Cherry Pepsi in my case. This is why I own exactly one white shirt.
On a related topic, it doesn't matter whether you separate lights and darks. Everything will be the same color by the end of the semester anyway.
Freshman orientation sucks no matter where you go. Half the reason I haven't transferred yet is because I don't want to play more pseudo-sports involving toilet paper. Togetherness activities only work if people want to be together.
If you think college is the best time of your life, you're up a bloody tree.