THE THINGS PEOPLE NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT UWI:
Your bookstore bill will almost equal tuition.
Squirt guns = Stress relief.
txt messaging becomes an addiction.
You never realized that so many people were smarter than you.
Procrastination is an art form.
The health service nurses are there because they couldn’t make it at a real hospital. Never, ever forget that.
Campus is only clean for Family Weekend and Freshman Orientation.
Classes… the later the better.
Jeans may be worn as many times as the wearer desires.
The only time to dress up is when your jeans are dirty.
Showers become less important; sleep becomes more important.
Asleep by 2:30 am is an early night.
Dishes smell after days of piling up.
You will eat anything that is free.
New additions to food groups: KFC and Doubles.
Stealing from NEwhere will become second nature.
1 meal per day is the standard
Going to the mailbox was never an ego booster/breaker before
ATM’s are the devils advocate. ATM = Another Twenty Missing.
Keys have never been so important, yet you seem to lose them or lock yourself out of the room even more.
If they say you can’t have it in your apt, they are just kiddin
You will begin to negotiate with God even if you have doubted existence in the past…”Please God, if you let me pass this final, I’ll never drink again!”
Everyone is only nice for the first week. After that, no matter how nice you are, some people just won’t smile back. Get used to it.
You are never alone!
You realize college is the ideal life! style, except for those pesky classes
YOU KNOW YOU’VE BEEN IN UWI TOO LONG WHEN…
Two miles is not too far to walk for a party.
You’d rather clean than study.
“Oh man how did it get so late!” comes out of your mouth at least once a night.
Mom’s leftovers from Sunday lunch become something you desire, not avoid.
Half the time you don’t wake up in your own bed and it seems normal.
You schedule your classes around sleep habits and soap operas.
You know the veg out and KFC ppl by name.
You go to sleep when it’s light and get up when it’s dark.
Prank anything become funny again.
You start thinking and sounding like your roommate
Rearranging your room is your favorite pastime.
The weekend lasts from Monday to Sunday.
BEFORE I CAME TO UWI, I WISH I HAD KNOWN…
That it didn’t matter how late I scheduled my first class, I’d still sleep through it.
That I could change so much and barely realize it
That you can love a lot of people in a lot of different ways.
No matter how ‘cool’ you were in high school, no one here cares.
That if you wear polyester everyone will ask why you are so dressed up.
That every clock on campus shows a different time.
That if you were smart in high school, so what? It doesn’t matter here.
That I would go to a party the night before a final.
That you can know everything and fail a test.
That you can know nothing and ace a test.
That I could get used to almost anything found out about my roommate.
That most of my education would be obtained outside of class.
That friendship is more than getting drunk together.
That I would be one of those people that my parents warned me about
