For many of us senior collegiettes, the end of our undergraduate career is nearing, or has already arrived. And whether you are in the midst of a full blown panic attack at the thought of having to leave your beloved school or are looking forward to the next chapter in your life, allow us to share with you a list of things we will definitely NOT be missing about the college lifestyle.
1. Group projects
Whether it’s having to schedule meetings at 11 pm because that’s the only time that all of you are available, dealing with the phantom group member that only shows up on presentation day or you’ve been cursed with a control freak who makes everyone do and redo their parts of the project about a thousand times; we’re sure just about every one of you has at least one group work horror story you would prefer to forget.
2. Procrastination Problems
Go to college, they said. It will be fun, they said. What they forgot to mention is the inevitable all-nighters and twelve hour stints in the library working on things that have supposedly been on the syllabus “all semester.” Sneaky and dangerous, project’s due at the end of the school year border on cruel and unusual.
3. Awkward Run-ins
Regardless of whether its your hook-up from last night, last weekend or last year, there’s no denying that college towns are essentially a cesspool for uncomfortable encounters.
4. Cheap Liquor
Okay, look, there’s a reason why Fleischmann’s and Burnett’s vodka is so inexpensive, and it’s because you end up paying the real price for consuming it the next morning (and sometimes afternoon). While we must credit these liquors for being an integral part of our college experience, there’s no denying that the two dollar rail drinks at your favorite bar almost always come back to haunt you in the form of a hangover of epic proportions.
5. Pompous Professors
Yes, we all have those instructors that believe their bazillion credit hours and overall superior knowledge means they are above actually “instructing” their students. At least in the real world you get paid to deal with your imperious supervisors.
6. Obnoxious Frat Stars
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Whether they’re killin’ at a pregame pong, crushin’ brews with the boys or mackin’ on babes at the local watering hole….we’re just really over it.
7. Less than stellar roomies
Between unchanged toilet paper rolls, dishes that have been in the sink for what feels like decades or your shower shelf that is currently lined with a year’s worth of old shampoo bottles, college living situations have a tendency to get a tad bit tedious after four years.
8. Everything about finals week
As fun as sleep deprivation, lowered immunity and inevitable spurts of stress-induced hyperventilating is, finals week is not exactly something we see ourselves missing post graduation.
9. Excessive page length requirements for papers
We’ve all been there. For reasons unknown, there seems to always be that one professor who demands twenty pages (five of which they will probably actually read) on some obscure, insignificant topic. And despite our full mastery of adjusting font sizes, margins and paragraph spacing to make the cut, we’re really hoping that the real world isn’t quite as stringent.
10. College bar bathrooms
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As charming as it is to be greeted by mystery fluids on the floor, a sink that hasn’t been washed since Nirvana was popular and a rather inappropriate Sharpie portrait staring you in the face, college bar bathrooms are one thing we would truly like to forget.
11. Eating on a budget
Whether you opted for the classic ramen and diet coke combo to keep you full until Mom and Dad took pity on your dire financial situation or came up with your own edible yet economical concoctions, here’s to hoping the real world brings forth the funds for balanced, nutritional meals.
12. Actually, just being on a budget in general
Trying to budget money in college is typically a lost cause with the multitude of “unforeseen” expenditures. Between those sneaky happy hour bar tabs (just “one drink” right?), the times in which you decide to tip your cab driver more than the fare itself (he did do a great job) or that dress you impulse bought because you couldn’t bring yourself to leave the store without it…we’re ready for a more substantial income.
13. Drunk creeps
No, no, no and NO—a word that means nothing to the drunk college creep. Anyone whose been the victim of this one’s unwanted affections knows how truly awful it can be.
14. Knowing everyone at the party/bar
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Funny how things change, isn’t it? Freshman year you were a small fish in very large pond that was your mysterious and magical college town, and now all of a sudden you are a big fish in a very small pond filled with people like your junior year hook up, your roommate’s ex boyfriend and the kid you sit across from in chem lab. If you find yourself knowing approximately 90 percent of those in attendance at your favorite bar (including the bouncers, bartenders and the owner, of course), this may be your cue to leave.
15. Actually having to leave
Yeah, sure, there’s some things we’re not too sad to see go when it comes to college life. However, there’s also no denying that your four years as an undergraduate bring forth some of the best and unforgettable times of your life. Okay, cue terribly depressing cliche graduation song.