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High school started before 8am, but now anything before noon is considered "early".
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You have more beer than food in your fridge.
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Weekends start on Thursday.
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6am is when you go to sleep, not when you wake up.
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You know many different ways to cook ramen noodles or macaroni and cheese.
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The health center gives out free condoms, and people take them… just in case.
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Instead of falling asleep in class, you stay in bed.
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You know how late McDonald’s, Taco Bell, White Castle, etc. are open.
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You think it’s the weekend on a Wednesday and you don’t know what month it is.
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You can't remember the last time you washed your car.
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Your underwear/sock supply dictates your laundry schedule.
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You check Facebook/Myspace more than once a day.
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You get drunk dialed on any night of the week.
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You wash dishes in the bathroom sink.
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You’ve fallen off a loft bed.
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You talk about beer pong like it’s a sport.
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Finding random people in your house is perfectly normal, and you even sympathize with them... sometimes when you wake up you have no idea where you are.
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Your primary news sources are the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.
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You open a beer at 10 am and your roommate asks you if there’s more.
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The standard of meals per day falls to two, sometimes just one.
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Your trash is overflowing and your bank account isn’t.
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You go to Target or Wal-Mart more than 3 times a week.
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You wear the same jeans for 13 days without washing them.
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Your breakfast consists of a coke or cereal bar on the way to class... anything with caffeine will do.
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Quarters are like gold.
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Your idea of feeding the poor is buying yourself some ramen noodles.
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You live in a house with three couches, none of which match.
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You try to study but seem to procrastinate by eating, going to study breaks, talking to people, etc...
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You talk to your roommate on instant messenger when you’re both home.
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You ask people what YOU did last night.
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Certain things are now deemed "Facebook worthy." When friends take pictures of you, you wonder how long it will take them to post them.
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You’ve seen a hit and run involving a bicyclist/pedestrian.
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You see people you know you’ve met but can never remember their names or how you know them.
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You sleep more in class than in your room
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Your idea of a square meal is a box of Pop-Tarts.
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You've traveled with bags of dirty clothes.
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You go home to do your laundry because you're too poor to pay the $2... or too lazy to go to a change machine.
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You pay $100 for a book you don't read once, return it four months later, and get $7.
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More than 20% of your household furnishings are made from milk crates.
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You recognize the meat in the dorm soup as yesterday's meatloaf, and thus decide to eat a nice bowl of cereal - a safe bet for any meal.
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You use words like "thus" (see #40).
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You throw out bowls and plates because you don't feel like washing them.
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Your beer pong table is nicer than all your other tables.
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It takes preparation... and 3 people... to take out your garbage.
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Going to the library is a social event.
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You wear flip flops in the shower your freshman year... you know why.
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You start joining clubs because of the free food.
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Visits home depend on how much money you have for gas.
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You skip one class to write a paper for another.
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You have no idea where your tuition money is going... technology fees? I think not.
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Bicycles don't seem as lame as they did in high school.
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You stay up late to finish homework then sleep through the class in which it was due.
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Girls: You've balanced your foot on a shampoo bottle to shave.
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Your backpack is giving you scoliosis.
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You've written a check for 45 cents or stopped to get $2.00 of gas.
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Your bill in the bookstore will be comparable to tuition.
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Going to the mailbox becomes an ego booster/breaker.
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Most of your T.A.'s are foreign...what's the deal?
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You never realized so many people are smarter than you.
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You never realized so many people are dumber than you.
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Western Europe could be wiped out by a terrible plague and you'd never know, but you can recite the last episode of your favorite show verbatim.
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Care packages rank right up there with birthdays.
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You craft ways to make any game into a drinking/stripping game.
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You meet the type of people you thought only existed in movies.
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Printers break down only when you desperately need them.
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Anything can be cooked in a microwave.
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Two words: bike cops.
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You have Safe Ride programmed into your phone.
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Old school Nintendo... and guitar hero... are pretty much the best things ever.
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Going to the grocery at midnight is completely normal.
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You call restaurants that deliver more than you call your own family.
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You've paid bills over $5... in coins.
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You can't imagine life without your computer/cell phone/ i-pod.
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Hoodies and sweatpants become the norm - jeans are considered "dressy" at certain occasions... like school.
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A canceled class is almost as exciting as Christmas.
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Taking a nap in the library is perfectly acceptable.
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Your professors speak English... as a second language.
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Your teachers swear in class and no one cares.
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Candles in your dorm room are considered contraband, but cigarettes are OK.
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You take condiment packets and napkins from fast food restaurants - hey, they're free.
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Betta fish are like your family.
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You bring back socks from the laundry room that may or may not be yours.
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You know what people carrying suspiciously heavy backpacks after dark are doing...
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The elevators take forever but you'll wait 10 minutes just so you don't have to climb stairs.
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Your roommate asks you to check the weather on your computer when they're standing 5 feet away from the door.
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Showers become more of an issue.
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You press the automatic door opener instead of simply grabbing the handle when you approach a door.
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Christmas lights seem to be acceptable all year round.
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Class size doubles on exam days.
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You donate plasma even though you know it's pretty sketchy.
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You are no longer thankful that fire alarms are here to protect you.
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You've bought Christmas presents from the book store and charged it to your student account so your parents pay for the gifts because you're too broke.
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You begin to include ketchup on your list of acceptable vegetables.
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You stay on campus for hours in between classes when it's too cold to walk home.
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People have to help you kick the vending machine just so you can get your 50 cent bag of chips.
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There's always a "question kid" in at least one of your classes, and you really wish someone would just tell him/her to shut the hell up.
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You steal dishes from the cafeteria so you don't have to wash your own.
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Laundry is an all-day event.
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You no longer find it uncool to take naps. In fact, you quite enjoy them.
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It's illegal to drink in the dorms yet they sell an assortment of shot glasses, beer mugs, tankards, etc. in the bookstore.
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You find your list of acceptable napping places expanding daily to increasingly uncomfortable locations.
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You fill out credit card applications for the free food.
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You've eaten cereal out of a cup... with a fork.
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Dressing up for Halloween becomes cool again.
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You know at least one person who has dropped his/her cell phone into a toilet.
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You hang multiple shirts on the same hanger to save space/money.
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You become increasingly annoyed with the "old" people in class - props to them for going back to college but they generally ask really, really annoying questions.
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You admire people's alcohol bottle shrines.
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You set your clock 5-10 minutes ahead so you can potentially make it to class on time.
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You check ratemyprofessor.com (or something of the like) before choosing your class schedule.
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You text faster than you type.
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You only find out a class is cancelled after you get there and sit for about ten minutes.
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You actually start using coupons, especially those school coupon books.
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You open canned food and eat it... out of the can.
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You run out of black ink and, instead of buying a new ink cartridge, decide blue is a nice substitute... adds a little flair.
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You have numbers in your phone with labels like “Sketchy Steve” and “Alcohol Guy.”
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The food in your fridge may or may not be older than your little brother.
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You finish reading this and wonder how you can procrastinate next.