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The Countdown to Graduation as Told by Orange Is the New Black

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

For some Collegiettes here at the lovely Florida State University, the time is slowly coming where you will be making the transition from being referred to as a student to an alum. The thousands of questions surrounding graduation and the real world keep running through your head and the last thing you need is other people asking you the same questions. Your reactions are completely normal according to Orange is the New Black.

Graduation is just a month away and the panic begins to settle in; you have no idea what your plans are for entering the real world.

Your response when people continue to ask you about your plans.

When they tell you to stop joking around and tell them your “real career goals.”

Your reaction when everyone tells you that you’re overreacting and paranoid, and that everything will be fine.

It’s time to start shopping for graduation outfits and your mom is a bit critical of your favorite dress choice.

But mommmm…

When you try to schedule a photographer to take cute pictures on campus but almost everything is already booked.

You decide a new haircut is in order for the big day and it doesn’t come out as planned.

After all the necessary details are taken care of, you then realize you forgot to decorate your graduation cap.

The big day is here and you see all of the people you met your freshman year. Most of whom you haven’t talked to since then, but in reality you kind of forgot all about them.

When everyone asks you to describe your college memories.

Senior in Creative Writing at FSU. Aspiring journalist/novelist/world traveler. She can be seen binge watching Netflix through the broken blinds of her window and scarfing down large personal pizzas from Papa Johns. Her hobbies include being introverted, having a romantic love affair with Ben & Jerry (scandalous!), playing with people's pets at their houses instead of actually communicating with anyone, and sending brilliantly funny snapchats to her friends list.
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