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20 Thoughts High School Seniors Have While Waiting To Start College

Being a high school senior is a very exciting time for a young person.  They’re sending out graduation announcements, attending parties, and receiving gifts in the mail.  The best part is what’s coming later, though.  Waiting for them at the end of it all, like some great, mythical albatross is the day they move into their college dorm.  It’s what every college-bound high school senior has been dreaming of for years.  The freedom it will bring, and the new excitement. For many seniors, college is the only thing they can think of.  And their thoughts look a little something like this. 20. I wonder who my roommate is going to be. 19. Maybe my roommate and I can start a two-man band. 18. What’s the girl-to-guy ratio on campus? 17. What if people can tell I’m a virgin just by looking at me? 16. Do co-ed dorms mean the guys and

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How It Feels to Have Never Been in a Serious Relationship

I’m twenty and I’ve never been in a relationship that’s lasted longer than a month or two. But so what, right? I’m only twenty. I still have my entire life ahead of me! I have goals and aspirations and things to learn about myself before I can properly settle down with someone. But it doesn’t always feel that way. Sometimes it just sucks, especially when it seems like everyone around me is in a relationship. There’s been times when I’ve wallowed in self-pity because I somehow convinced myself I’d be #foreveralone (I even have the tweets to prove it). And there’s been times when I thought it was the end of the world, like when I almost didn’t have a prom date and for some godforsaken reason I had to have a date or I wouldn’t go. Instead of thinking that I have my whole life ahead of me, I start wondering why I’ve never been in a serious relationship. I start to analyze every relationship

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17 Thoughts of the Party Wallflower

Some people find parties to be exhilarating, filled with excitement, friends, and loud music.  Others, like myself, are secretly eighty years old on the inside and would like nothing more than to sip a cup of tea and pet cats every Friday for the rest of my life.   However, sometimes, these others are placed or put themselves in less than desirable social situations, and end up being the party wallflower, watching, and only judging a little. 17. “I could party… or I could watch Friends again on Netflix.” 16. “It’s Friday, I think my laptop is concerned for my wellbeing – I should go out.” 15. “What do the kids wear at parties nowadays?  Are jeans still a thing?” 14. “This many people in one room is definitely a fire hazard.”

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Please Stop Assuming You Can Read My Body Language

I’ve had my fair share of times when people think that they know exactly what I’m thinking or feeling based on my body language. My arms are crossed? Well that must mean one of two things: I’m cold or I’m angry. Wrong. I’m slouching in my chair in class? That means I don’t really care about what’s being taught or I’m not paying full attention. Wrong. I’m not smiling or laughing at something my friend just said? Obviously I don’t like what she said. Wrong. The truth? Sometimes I just feel like my arms are awkwardly hanging by my sides so I’ll cross them because it’s comfortable. I have a tendency to slouch in class because the desks are uncomfortable and if I’m going to have to sit in one for an hour and a half I’m going to make myself as comfortable as possible. I don’t find it necessary to smile or laugh at

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Signs You’re So Done With This Semester

Whether you’re a senior or a freshman in college, you understand the dreaded feeling of trying to get through the last month of the semester before finals exams- and summer. It is definitely not fun to sit through class and try to learn when class is the last thing on your mind. It’s a real struggle, and you are not alone. If this sounds anything like you, we’ve got 18 signs that you are just so done with this semester. 18. You’re sitting in class day dreaming about summer concerts and beach trips. 17. You show up for math tutoring, but then spend the first 20 minutes on the computer looking up resorts on tropical islands to go on vacation to in the summer. 16. Listening to one more pointless lecture from your professor makes you want to consider jumping out of the window.15. You start to countdown how many more classes you have