50 Things College Admissions Never Told You

By Ali Karbassi | March 26th, 2005 | Random
  1. A roll of quarters is like having a bar of gold.
  2. Two meals per day is the standard.
  3. Road trip whenever possible.
  4. Going to the mailbox was never an ego booster/breaker before.
  5. You will begin to nap again¬Ö and often if you want to stay healthy.
  6. Your bookstore bill will almost equal tuition.
  7. when they say homework they actually mean that you need to work on it at home.
  8. Instant messenger/online profiles (facebook, MySpace, etc) becomes an addiction.
  9. E-mail becomes your second language.
  10. College students throw paper airplanes too.
  11. You never realized that so many people were smarter than you.
  12. College football is the coolest thing on the planet.
  13. Western Europe could be wiped out by a horrible plague and you wouldn’t know, but you can recite last week’s re-run of The Family Guy verbatim.
  14. Cartoons are for all ages.
  15. Disney movies are more than just classics.
  16. You will never rent/buy more movies in your life.
  17. No one is too old for video games.
  18. Procrastination is a precise calculated art form.
  19. SNOOD is more addicting than pot¬Ö but not more addicting then facebook.
  20. Thanks to Kazaa/Audiogalaxy/Morpheus, you will never listen to any of your CDs ever again.
  21. It never hurt your grade so much to get sick.
  22. The health service nurses are there because they couldn’t make it at a real hospital. Think about it and don’t ever forget that.
  23. Care packages are right up there with birthdays.
  24. Campus is only clean for Family Weekend and Freshman Orientation.
  25. Nothing you want to register for will be open when you need to take it.
  26. Classes¬Ö the later the better, but inevitably you will always get stuck with that one class that’s a must have to move on with your carrier but the only time it’s offered is 7:30am or 8:30am MWF¬Ö and your going to sign up full well knowing you will miss half of them by the end of the semester¬Ö .no matter how hard you try to make every single one.
  27. You are no longer thankful that the fire alarms are here to protect you.
  28. ‘Tis better to bring 3 weeks worth of clothing (or enough until the next big break) then to bring only what you need and do your own laundry every week.
  29. The only time to dress up is when your other clothes are just too dirty for you to wear anymore.
  30. Showers become slightly less important; while sleep becomes way more important.
  31. Asleep by 2:00 am is calling it an early night.
  32. Creativity in the dining halls is KEY to survival¬Ö
  33. The freshman 15 is NOT a myth¬Ö its a guarantee!
  34. If it’s snowing out, the only reason you will leave your room is for food.
  35. Dishes smell after days of piling up.
  36. Cereal makes a meal any time of the day.
  37. You can live on Raman noodles alone.
  38. You will eat anything that is free.
  39. New additions to food groups include: pizza, pita pit, pizza, JJ, pizza Milios, POKEY STIX.
  40. Stealing from the dining hall will become second nature.
  41. ATM’s are the devils advocate. ATM = Another Twenty Missing.
  42. Keys have never been so important, yet you seem to lose them or lock yourself out of the room even more then ever before.
  43. Duct tape really does have 1001 uses.
  44. If they say you can’t have it in your dorm, they are just kidding, they are more like guidelines really, then actually rules.
  45. You will come to hate hallways/elevators with a passion and even more so when you live on the 5+ floor and there’s always that one lazy bum who takes the elevator to the 2nd of 3rd floor with nothing in their hands. (STAIRS ARE THE DEVIL)
  46. Those ugly cinder blocks are not sound proof.
  47. Pictures, posters, emails or anything else to cover the ugly cell we live in will be transformed into wallpaper.
  48. Everyone is only nice for the first week. After that, no matter how nice you are, some people just won’t smile back. Get used to it.
  49. When you want something to do your always alone, yet when you want to be left alone everyone is always there.
  50. You realize college is the ideal lifestyle, except when those pesky classes get in the way.

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