#nevergraduate

[bbros11]

I guess I love college so much, I'm not ready to graduate just yet. Happy/excited/thrilled to announce that I have been accepted into Iowa State's Food Science Master's program! I was born in Ames where ISU is located, and now I return 22 years later, a homecoming of sorts! #NeverGraduate #GoCyclones (at Marshall, Michigan)

[fossilsandrelics]

Cheers to the ones strong enough to not check social media for how the people you've lost are. Cheers to the ones strong enough to battle through online homework and assignments to stay on track. Cheers to you all.

[elpakuchi]

Oh Nostalgia, I Don't Need You Anymore

Last night, I dreamt that I was in college again.

I dreamt that my former roommate Gavin was once again my roommate. We also had another roommate who owned some really nice guitars. I could see all the incoming freshmen moving into their dorms, their faces filled with uncertainty but brimming with excitement. I couldn’t wait for them to have the time of their lives.

I dreamt that all the different types of people were there. There was the guy who took his RA’s door decorations down and replaced it with his own graffiti because he didn’t want to be part of the system. There was the immigrant father of a 15 year old prodigy who was worried that his rebellious son would go off the deep end and squander everything he worked for. There was the guy who apparently only travels around campus by scooter. Everybody was different and was trying to figure out who they were and who they wanted everybody else to think they were.

I dreamt I was in the dorms again. Somebody had filled the common room fridge with a bunch of frozen burritos (bad idea. They’re all gonna get stolen, bro). We were all busy finding things in common with people from every corner of the world, making new friends. The RA also somehow managed to turn my bed into a hammock. It was super cool.

I dreamt I had completely forgotten about one of my classes. I never went because it was boring, and it suddenly dawned on me that I never did or turned in any of the work either. As that was dawning, it also dawned on me that I didn’t know the rest of my schedule either.

I dreamt I was in a PE class with my friend Kevin Park and Jason Pierre-Paul. I was the backup quarterback, and when Aaron Rodgers got hurt (he was also in the class…), it was my time to shine. Seeing JPP on the other side, I thought I was gonna die every time the ball was snapped.

The sad reality is that those years are over for me, but to those of you still in college, make sure to have fun. Try something new. Meet new people. Be your own spotlight. Find that sense of pure wonder that college brings and never lose it because before you know it, 4 years have passed by and it’s gone.

You only college once, so make sure you do it right.

[fromnovatonantucket]

I miss my university.