There’s something special about Mercer that, once you finished your first tour back, you knew that it was the place for you. And since then, it’s only become more and more special as the years pass. But do you ever think about what it means to be a Mercerian? I don’t just mean the service and the school spirit, but those little things that prove that you know you go to Mercer when…
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You think it’s funny when people take buses to get to class
The nearest Starbucks is a short walk away
It’s mind-blowing to see Mercer merchandise in stores off-campus
Halloween isn’t an excuse to wear orange and black
It’s weird to think that there’s no parking available on game days
Your largest class has 60 students in it
Everyone knows everything about everybody
You have a biology professor teaching your Great Books class
The Internet obeys its own laws
You identify yourselves as having tap-cards or scan-cards
What happens in the Engineering School, stays in the Engineering School
You’re locked up in your room studying and it’s not even mid-terms
It’s kind of the norm to be member of three organizations, an officer of one, doing service projects on weekends, and keep up a 3.5 GPA
Going to the Caf in the hopes that they have something good is like gambling
Your favorite time of the year is Bearstock
You can tell when there’s an event on Cruz because you can hear the music from anywhere on campus
You stock up on orange juice and Nyquil as soon as one person starts coughing. It’s only a matter of time…
Spring break is arranged around the A-Sun tournament