Buzz·Posted on Jul 8, 201527 Unforgettable Memories Everyone Who Went To Boarding School HasCarpe diem.by Crystal RoBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Noticing everyone was pretty much in the same boat the day you arrived. View this photo on Instagram 2. Eating your first of many meals in a hall that looked like it belonged at Hogwarts. View this photo on Instagram 3. Spending the majority of your classes sitting around a very large table. View this photo on Instagram 4. And enjoying the occasional outdoor lecture when the weather was nice. View this photo on Instagram 5. Attending chapel four days a week. View this photo on Instagram 6. Hanging out at your teachers' homes on a fairly regular basis. View this photo on Instagram 7. Discovering there was a club for just about anything at some point or another. View this photo on Instagram 8. Wanting to join an a cappella group. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. If you were tall, having no choice but to join the crew team. View this photo on Instagram 10. Learning that you had a number of "sister schools" to compete against in sports. View this photo on Instagram 11. Never getting a single snow day. Ever. View this photo on Instagram 12. Having to go to class on Saturdays. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. Spending Saturday nights at the Head of School's house playing board games... View this photo on Instagram 14. ...or coming up with some other means of entertainment in your dorm room. View this photo on Instagram 15. Celebrating arbitrary holidays that literally no one else outside your school understood. View this photo on Instagram 16. Getting your driver's license a lot later than most American teenagers did. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 17. Missing out on a ~proper~ prom experience (if you had one at all)! View this photo on Instagram 18. Finding creative hookup spots on campus. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 19. Getting made fun of by "townies" for being nerds. View this photo on Instagram 20. Secretly ordering delivery to your dorm at night. View this photo on Instagram 21. Exercising your creativity when it came to hiding contraband. View this photo on Instagram 22. Discovering it's a lot easier to get up on the roof of the library (or other shenanigans) when it's dark out. View this photo on Instagram 23. Having dormmates who eventually became surrogate siblings. View this photo on Instagram 24. Stealing cutlery, trays, etc. from the dining hall to keep as mementos. View this photo on Instagram 25. Saying goodbye to your very first home away from home. View this photo on Instagram 26. Knowing that the mystique of college "campus life" would not be that big a deal to you. View this photo on Instagram 27. And finally, looking back at your formative years knowing that life would never be quite the same. View this photo on Instagram