25 Reasons You May Be A Guelph Gryphon

because only the best of mythical creatures grace this campus.

1. Guelph is a university town... who doesn't want to live in a university town??

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Oh right... education.. we came here for EDUCATION!! Woooo

2. Harry Potter may have had a large influence in your application

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Gryffindors? Gryphondors? Gryphons? ahh who cares! Red & Yellow scarves! A Quidditch team!?

3. You avoided applying for South Residence

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But 80% of you still ended up there and made the most of your first year... fire alarms and all.

4. The best of naps occur in War Mem

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Also the worst of grades.

5. The heat vents on Winegard are your safe haven during the winter

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6. The squirrels of Guelph have become honorary mascots

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and you are okay with this

7. The Mac______ buildings have always had you confused

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No matter what year you are in

8. You know spring has sprung when the smell of fresh manure is in the air

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9. The Grad Lounge is a mysterious place you've only ever heard about

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10. You can agree The Bull Ring has better coffee than Tims

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It is also the central hub of UoG hipsters

11. Guide dogs are a welcome distraction in class

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Just know... you will lose your focus and your notes will suck

12. You always know to save enough money for Smokes/Sun Suns after the bars

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13. The Library alarms have given you several heart attacks

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14. You have most likely experienced an Athletic Centre exam, and now understand why they are the worst

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15. You have probably never realized that there is an entire disc golf course in the Arboretum

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And you've probably never even heard of disc golf until now. For shame!

16. The Cannon has saved you multitudes of money on textbooks

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Except when your prof requires the new edition and there goes $500. At least The Cannon can find you some pretty awesome houses! (for the most part...)

17. You dread the words "Sorry Bus Full" in the dead of Winter

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especially after the bars downtown

18. Painting the Cannon is a Gryphon rite of passage

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Okay maybe not... but there's still time to do it! (or to think about doing it! haha)

19. You long to receive a Guelph Compliment

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you can deny deny deny all you want...

20. Your school spirit at Homecoming is unmatchable

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(I apologize for the overuse of Harry Potter gifs... wait, no I don't. :P)

21. Your face when you *thought* you payed for that new statue

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Thanks Alums!

22. You may have taken part in an epic Overheard argument

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or at least read one from the side-lines in awe (at the stupidity...or the ingenuity)

23. When one of us is sick, we are all sick.

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That's the Gryphon way!! All for one and one for all!!

24. You have ran for at least one Guelph bus leaving the loop

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And you failed miserably at flagging it down. Don't worry.. it happens to the best of us!

25. You will always be a proud Gryphon

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No matter how old you get... you will always look back at your times in Guelph and remember the good bits: The laughs and the tears, the first year shenanigans, your residence chants, living in a house with your best buds, drunken stupors downtown, the fun profs and taking all the bird courses, wearing your red, black and gold with pride, taking grad pictures in the fall, the countless times you overheard something crazy, studying on johnston green, and missing Guelph every summer between school years... It will be a time you'll never forget... and one you will long to go back to when you're off in the real world!