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Middle and high school are full of constant references to the nebulous world of college, where iron-willed professors typically rule over the student body. Then you get there and everyday occurrences seem to be taken out of discarded sitcom scripts. 

Netizens share their hilarious, chaotic and relatable thoughts on what going to college is really like. From zany professors, terrible diets to academic burnout and late night shenanigans, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorite examples and be sure to add your own thoughts and experiences in the comments section below. 

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my previous profession a guy who was on the fast track nearly lost his job becaues of this outlook, was tasked with training up 6 individuals and told them if all of them pass he's not doing his job. Failed ALL of them because they didn't do the exam in the order he told them and was booted from training people forever. What a b*****d

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing traumatized me more in college than having to take 2 math classes due to a "general education" requirement. And one of them was freakin' calculus! I still can't believe I passed it :D

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that is one of the great things about college. You can drop a class for any reason and take it again with a different teacher later. This is how I found out how great summer school can be... 1/10th of the people and you can focus on completing some of the hardest classes

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I took many classes early in highschool with summer school. Other benefits... It's more laid back and the teachers make it easier and funner. By the time senior year rolled around, I only needed 1 English credit to graduate. It made it so my morning schedule was 1 English 2 yearbook 3-4 Business multipurpose. Went home for 2 hour lunch, then work release that was part of the business class. Got both credit and a paying job. My senior year was a play year. So much more relaxing and stress free.

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Max Fox
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless my class is in a lab, students can bring in any drinks that they want, as long as it's in a covered cup. However, if they are noisy, they have to leave. That is why I generally don't allow students to eat in class. It's difficult to do so quietly, and there are plenty of students who are distracted by the noise of somebody eating.

Paul Rabit
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one always shows up on these types of listicles and I never ever get tired of it!

Moo
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would do this. You think I can afford throwing a coffee away?? I'm in college!!

Bryn
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless the class was a lab, I don't understand why she couldn't have it.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Think of it this way. Her coffee is her life if she can't have it there never go there :) ignore the darker meaning to my comment lol

SummerVeE
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Professors aren't going to treat you like your high school teachers did. You're an adult now, nobody is going to parent you - it's up to you to sink or swim like an adult

Riley Quinn
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My first go-around at college, the professors and the students not only ate and drank in class, we smoked.

Oskar vanZandt
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Difference? Primary and secondary education are free in the west but college/university you have to pay for. When the tertiary education provider has your tuition money, they don't care if you never set foot in a lecture/tutorial/lab session and don't "earn" a diploma or degree. Your loss, not theirs.

Cat Chat
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The difference (in the US, at least) is that up to age 18 it's required by law to attend school (public, private, or registered homeschool...and the up to age may vary by state). Anything after that is purely voluntary.

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jessica r
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One day I found myself cleaning up the room, picking up all the empty cups, packages, crumbs, filling a whole bag. That was the day I decided: no more eating and drinking in my classroom. When I tried to discuss this issue with students they shrugged it off: "that's what the cleaning people are paid for". But yeah, call me a control freak.

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Angie
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went to a large state university and some of my lectures had 500 people in an auditorium-style classroom. The desks were so tiny you could barely fit a notebook on them, let alone a large coffee.

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Themoonprincess
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5 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why is this so true though? Can someone explain. Is it because of aging?

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Lyone Fein
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am 61, with a PhD, was a professor for 20 years and I still have those dreams!

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Alexandru Bucur
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a non-American I had to google what the ACT was and then went into a rabbit hole of googling SAT vs ACT . It feels alien because round my parts we all take the same test, the "bac" short for "baccalauréat", an exam instituted in France by Napoleon himself in 1808 and then widely copied continent-wide under many different names. As it happens, in my country, Romania, it's named the exact same. And that's just to finish high-school and get your diploma. And then, because I decided to be an architect, I had to take an extra admission exam specifically for that university. And for the latter, I even remember the date: September 9, 2001. You can probably guess why I remember it - the next day after the test I went out with friends to celebrate, got back early in the morning and slept until 3 something PM. Walked in the living room just in time to see the second plane hit the WTC...

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Marcos Valencia
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First, ask her if one of their parents owns the company where her "dream job" would be located. One never knows.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I went to a college with more students than my entire town's population. Overwhelmed, on the first day I stood in the quad with a map in my hand crying. Finally, someone stopped and asked me what was the matter. I said I couldn't find my class, and they said, that's nothing to cry about and walked away.

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Gustav Gallifrey
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is something that college/university DOES teach you: you're not the hot-shot you thought you were, lower your expectations.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My college had "Happy Friday Guy". Dude riding on an electric scooter (like Razor brand stand up scooter, no seat), dressed in a superhero cape & eye mask. Shouting as loud as he could around campus "HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!" Someone eventually gave him a Tshirt with the official HFG logo superman style. We loved him.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still wonder what happened to 1000 word essay on Byzantian Christianity me 10 years ago and me now that takes a day to reply to "wyd"

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do this in the breakroom at work too. Throws the whole room off when a newbie doesn't know better and everyone moves their seat because of it.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow that's advanced. Our idiots are still emailing attachments around with no version control.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Serious: One of my professors escaped out of East Germany and came to the US. Gives you a whole different perspective on life.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Heh, some of my college photos, taken in the dorm room, do have visible collections of empty wine bottles sitting on top of the wardrobe, like they are trophies :D

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes I do this on work meetings, e.g. "(colleague) sneezed twice."

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm about to be a freshman... for high skl--everything comparing HS to college here is making me nervous, is it really that bad?

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Gustav Gallifrey
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'No boys past 2am'? Is that code for 'your boyfriend can do anything you both consent to under this roof, except wake up here'?

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Feels like a minor annoyance in high school... but like vile torture in college.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Miss the days of eating random junk whenever because you're pope, gain no weight, not constipated from it and your body doesn't feel like it's dying because you skipped veggies for a day.

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Lyone Fein
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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More students should use office hours. It's a great opportunity to stand out in the professor's mind, to get your questions addressed, to earn participation points, to get one-on-one tutoring, and to get hints about how to most effectively study the course material.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair, classes in college are harder and likely longer. For example, some of my classes back then were 3 hours long, with small break in-between. So I could only take like 2 classes max a day.

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5 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One thing that was better than high school was that people's opinions of you mattered less and less as time went on.

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