22yo
A LOT of these applied to me. I challenge my college readers to read through this and select the ones that apply to you: clicky
1. High school started before 8am, but now anything before noon is considered “early.”
3. Weekends start on Thursday. No… Wednesday.
4. 6am is when you go to sleep, not when you wake up.
5. You know many different ways to cook ramen noodles or macaroni and cheese.
7. Instead of falling asleep in class, you stay in bed.
8. You know how late McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Qdoba, etc. are open.
9. You think it’s the weekend on a Wednesday and you don’t know what month it is.
10. You can’t remember the last time you washed your car.
12. You check Facebook/Myspace more than once a day.
18. Your primary news sources are the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.
20. The standard of meals per day falls to two, sometimes just one.
21. Your trash is overflowing and your bank account isn’t.
22. You go to Target or WalMart more than 3 times a week.
24. Your breakfast consists of a coke or cereal bar on the way to class… anything with caffeine will do.
25. Quarters are like gold.
26. Your idea of feeding the poor is buying yourself some ramen noodles.
28. You try to study but seem to procrastinate by eating, going to study breaks, talking to people, etc…
31. Certain things are now deemed “facebook worthy.” When friends take pictures of you, you wonder how long it will take them to post them.
33. You see people you know you’ve met but can never remember their names or how you know them.
38. You pay $100 for a book you don’t read once, return it four months later, and get $7.
41. You use words like “thus”.
45. Going to the library is a social event.
49. You skip one class to write a paper for another.
50. You have no idea where your tuition money is going… technology fees? I think not.
51. Bicycles don’t seem as lame as they did in high school.
52. You stay up late to finish homework then sleep through the class in which it was due.
54. Your backpack is giving you scoliosis.
55. You’ve written a check for 45 cents or stopped to get $2.00 of gas.
56. Your bill in the bookstore will be comparable to tuition.
57. Going to the mailbox becomes an ego booster/breaker.
59. You never realized so many people are smarter than you.
60. You never realized so many people are more dumb (aka “dumber”) than you.
61. Western Europe could be wiped out by a terrible plague and you’d never know, but you can recite the last episode of your favorite show verbatim.
64. You meet the type of people you thought only existed in movies.
65. Printers break down only when you desperately need them.
69. Old school Nintendo… and guitar hero… are pretty much the best things ever.
70. Going to the grocery at midnight is completely normal.
72. You’ve paid bills over $5… in coins.
73. You can’t imagine life without your computer/cell phone/ ipod.
75. A canceled class is almost as exciting as Christmas.
76. Taking a nap in the library is perfectly acceptable.
78. Your teachers swear in class and no one cares.
80. You take condiment packets and napkins from fast food restaurants – hey, they’re free.
84. The elevators take forever but you’ll wait 10 minutes just so you don’t have to climb stairs.
87. You press the automatic door opener instead of simply grabbing the handle when you approach a door.
95. People have to help you kick the vending machine just so you can get your 50 cent bag of chips.
96. There’s always a “question kid” in at least one of your classes, and you really wish someone would just tell him/her to shut the hell up.
99. You no longer find it uncool to take naps. In fact, you quite enjoy them.
101. You find your list of acceptable napping places expanding daily to increasingly uncomfortable locations.
104. Dressing up for Halloween becomes cool again.
105. You know at least one person who has dropped his/her cell phone into a toilet.
109. You set your clock 5-10 minutes ahead so you can potentially make it to class on time.
110. You eventually realize that setting your clock ahead makes no difference to you and you’re still late.
111. You check ratemyprofessor.com (or something of the like) before choosing your class schedule.
112. You text faster than you type.
113. You only find out a class is cancelled after you get there and sit for about ten minutes.
116. You run out of black ink and, instead of buying a new ink cartridge, decide blue is a nice substitute… adds a little flair.
119. The words “google” and “wikipedia” have become verbs. And you use them… quite often.
126. You realize that taking summer classes pretty much negates the fun connotation of “summer.”
127. You know exactly how much food will fit into a mini-fridge.
135. You go home for winter/summer break and suddenly your life back at college seems so exciting…
137. You discover new bruises on your body and wonder where the hell they came from.
138. You find alternate routes to class in order to avoid annoying organization booths and/or the preacher on campus.
140. Lunchables are cool again.
142. You know at least five people who’ve burned popcorn.
144. You attend insanely boring seminars because your professor offers extra credit. Hmm, maybe there will even be cookies or something…
146. You finish reading this and wonder how you can procrastinate next.
Haha that list is hilarious! I can really relate to a lot of it. Especially everything about weird sleeping habits and constantly being broke. XD