Lessons from College

Being less than a week away from Graduation, I've been thinking alot about what I've learned in the last 4 years I've spent in Athens. Aside from all the random facts about treaties, political schools of thought and Adobe Pagemaker, I've learned a lot of things that I'll actually use in life that don't have anything to do with academics. So in no particular order, here's a list of things that I've learned as a UGA student.

1. All that crap in middle and high school doesn't matter. Everyone that pissed you off is probably either in jail, knocked up, or working at a fast food establishment.
2. People don't change. They just become what they always were. If they appear to change, the version of them that you knew was just a facade.
3. If you can get by in a class without buying books, save the money and spend it on something fun.
4. Live on campus for at least the first year, more if you can. You'll make a lot more friends.
5. There is still no social network comparable to that of the Marching Band.
6. If ever faced with the choice of being stuck in your room and getting an A or spending time with your friends and getting a B, take the B. It'll mean a lot more in 10 years than some test.
7. Redbull is just as good as sleep.
8. Halo and Halo 2 are the most common denominators in any new friendships.
9. Anyone can play BeerPong.
10. Girl roommates can be just as messy, if not more so, than guy roommates.
11. Being on the meal plan is way better than buying your own food.
12. The Facebook was invented so as to facilitate procrastination. There is no other discernible purpose.
13. When people say they 'need time to think', they're really saying 'I need a nicer way to tell you no'.
14. 8 AM classes are worthless.
15. When a professor says they're going to keep their opinion out of their teaching, they're lying.
16. Go home as little as possible your first year. Try to never go home two weekends in a row.
17. If you don't smoke, smoking a cigar after a big football win is not a good idea.
18. Steve Spurrier is the devil.
19. Mark Richt is a genius.
20. Dennis Felton is a brave, brave, man.
21. Karl Marx was an idiot.
22. You'll meet people in college that will make you wonder how they managed to get out of elementary school.
23. Don't sign up for that newspaper subscription at the beginning of the year. You won't read it. 24. Comparative literature is one of the most worthless classes you can take.
25. Cultural geography is arguably the most worthless class you can take.
26. Keeping the HOPE scholarship isn't as easy as it sounds, especially as a freshman taking 6 classes a semester.
27. Jager bombs are one of the quickest ways to get drunk.
28. Everclear is even quicker.
29. People that are worth keeping in touch with, will.
30. Stay away from anyone with dreadlocks, more than 4 piercings, birkenstock sandals, or any combination of the 3.

That's all I got for now. I'm sure I'll think of more later. Feel free to add your own.