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18 of the Most Awkward Columbia Moments

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Columbia Barnard chapter.

1. Walks of shame. There’s nothing like waking up on a Sunday morning realizing you’re going to have to make the trek back to your dorm hungover, alone, and in a crop top you wore to the “tight and bright” themed frat party the night before. Don’t forget to brace yourself for the encounter with the security guard.

2. Tripping while texting in front of the steps in Butler. Yes, everyone saw.

First it’s like this

Then it’s like this

And then you walk away like this

3. There’s nothing like a midday juggle session at Ferris. Seriously, why all the plates?

4. The fact that you never saw your one-night stand before Thursday and now you see him EVERYWHERE.

5. Nussbaum, 10am, on a Friday morning. Just no.

6. Whenever you start laughing at something on your computer in Butler. No one thinks it’s funny.

7. Ahh, the wonderful wind tunnels of NYC! Wearing a dress while walking down the steps + random gust of wind = no bueno. Or, those times you get caught in the vortex between the two doors in Butler. I’m not trying to look like Ursula here.

8. That awkward moment when you introduce yourself to a new person at Mel’s and they respond, “We met last week…”

At first you’re like

But then you’re like

And then they walk away and you’re like

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9. When the guy behind you at Koronet’s gives you a weird look as you put every topping in sight on your pizza. Hey, buddy, if I’m going to eat Koronet’s, I’m going to do it right.

10. Whenever you realize everyone at your table in 209 has fallen asleep.

11.  When you try to look really chill and hipster, because you go to school in the city, but then you walk out of your dorm room and realize you just look like an idiot.

12. NiNJA Printers. Furiously trying to print something right before class and it seems like every printer is either jammed, or an English major in front of you is literally printing a novel. Or that time Print at CU calls you a “Slutty Lobster.”

 

13. When you can’t hear anyone in Canon’s, so you just laugh and nod in agreement at anything they say.

14. When you see someone from 100 yards away on college walk and try and look at your phone to look normal until you get to the point where you can talk.

15. When you lock yourself out of your room and you’re in a towel. Greeaaaaaat.

16. When someone sees you snapchatting in class and you’re all like

17. When you are going over the night with your friends and suddenly remember what you said to that cute guy.

18. Whenever the elevator in Hamilton hasn’t come for five minutes, so you are forced to walk up the stairs.

Elena is a sophomore at Columbia University majoring in English. In her free time, she writes for Her Campus and news for Spectator. She loves New York and her friends.