1. You know the camera checkout desk all too well. Sprinting across campus to make sure you get your Nikon D7000 checked back in before time is up? Been there, done that. #thestruggle
2. Word counts can either be your friend or your enemy.
3. Your reaction to anything math related.
4. Your computer has shut down multiple times due to an overdose of Adobe Creative Suite, FinalCutPro or Audacity.
5. Hearing your own voice recorded.
6. Three words: AP Style Handbook.Â
7. Every time you get to class you’re out of breath because you always forget how far the walk to Gannett really is.
8. You’ve sat next to your phone contemplating whether you should call your source for an interview today, tomorrow, or never.
9. When you finally do call, they don’t answer. They never get back to you. Or, even better, they immediately reject your proposal. Awesome.
10. Minutes before your deadline writing is due you’re like:
11. Your Twitter feed looks a lot like this.
Current event quizzes ain’t got nothin’ on you.
12. Most of the time, you don’t even mind having class all the way in Neff because it gives you an excuse to reward yourself with Starbucks (or Chipotle) afterwards. No shame.
13. You know that transcribing an interview is the worst thing anyone could ever make you do.
14. This is normal.
15. The money in your printing account has been quickly depleted, thanks to all of the ads you’ve had to print out.
16. You’ve fought for a table at the J-Cafe and won.
17. You’ve fought for a table at the J-Cafe and lost, so you ended up sitting on the floor in the lobby of Reynolds Journalism Institute.
18. You’ve tried to get into room 76 of Gannett (the advising office), only to realize that the door is locked because all of the advisors are out for lunch. Looks like your day is ruined.
19. Your non-journalism friends never understand why you’re constantly stressed.
20. When people assume that since you’re in the J-School, you must be from Chicago or Texas.
Unless you’re from Chicago or Texas, in which case you’re like:
21. You’ve mentioned, somewhere, that no matter the stress and the pain, you’re still so unbelievably proud to be a part of the best journalism school in the country.