1. Being bad at math, but knowing the lowest score you can get on a final and still pass:
Actual footage of me calculating the lowest score I can get on my finals for every class instead of using that time to study
2. "Napping" for days at a time:
College culture is telling yourself you're gonna take a 10 minute nap but knowing damn well you're sleeping till the next sem
3. Getting rewarded for slacking and punished for trying:
College culture is getting an A in a class u showed up to literally twice and getting a C+ in a class ur genuinely interested in and put effort into hahahaha such is lyf ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
4. Going from having nothing to do to having a million things to do in the span of a day:
college culture is going from having nothing to do to being the most stressed you've ever been in your life
5. Asking this important question:
college culture is having to ask “is this water” before drinking out of a water bottle in someone’s room
6. Catching up on one class at the expense of another:
college culture is skipping class to study for another class, then skipping class again to catch up on the first class you skipped
7. Sprinkling these words into a shitty essay:
"thus" "nevertheless" "furthermore" "consequently" "regardless" "subsequently" "in addition" "simultaneously"
8. Treating your body like shit:
College culture is treating your body like literal shit and then complaining that one glass of emergen-c didn’t cure you from every ailment
9. Snack-eating as a way of life:
college culture is going hours without eating and then tasting a cheez it and being like wow? this is so delicious is this what they call gourmet?
10. Not knowing your classmates' names:
College student culture is sitting with the same people every day in class and still not knowing their names.
11. Getting creative when money's tight:
college culture is cleaning ur sink w a makeup wipe bc clorox wipes weren't in the budget this week
12. Always missing either home or school:
college student culture is saying “i can’t wait to go home” then getting home and saying “i cant wait to go back to school”
13. Mastering the art of procrastination:
College culture is planning your procrastination time perfectly so you have enough time to finish your assignment by the due date.
14. Having good intentions — Part I:
part of college culture is once in a while getting fully ready for class but then realizing getting ready was way too much effort and you can’t be fucked to actually go to your class bc you need a nap
15. Having good intentions — Part II:
College culture is taking your backpack with you on trips knowing damn well you aren’t going to do t but you’ll feel even more guilty leaving it
16. Being a thesaurus when it comes to word count:
When you're writing an essay and trying to hit that 500 word count.
17. Treating yourself to Starbucks...every single day:
College student culture is eating Kraft mac and cheese for lunch and dinner but spending $5 on coffee
18. And endlessly searching for an open table at the coffeeshop:
College culture is having an hour to study for a test and then spending 45 minutes going to different coffee shops looking for an open table
19. Lying about where you're from:
College student culture is saying the nearest big city to your actual hometown when people ask “where are you from” so they don’t get confused
20. Dropping this line in group discussions:
some college student in a discussion: don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it just to piggyback off of what you said
21. Completely misunderstanding the dynamics of sleep:
College student culture is thinking that sleeping thirteen hours in one night will balance out with the two all nighters you pulled.
22. Telling this white lie:
College student culture is telling your parents you have an assignment due at midnight so that you can get off the phone and go back to doing nothing.
23. And finally, caring a lot about grades at the very last minute:
Professor: please don’t show up outside of my office two weeks before finals asking for extra credit Me: