Abigail Cardi

I don’t know how many times I’ve heard some iteration of the phrase “oh, he’s really nice and cute, but he doesn’t dress well.” Um, no, that’s not a reason not to go out with someone.

Try to act cooler than you feel. Definitely don’t tell them how much you miss home, or that you also dread coming back to it every year; that type of internal conflict is too deep for catching-up chat.

You break out the shorts when it hits 40 degrees in April.

One year, one of my friends received a phone call from two other students; these girls thought it would a good idea to make a list of everything they disliked about my friend, and read it to her.

3. Your new friends will only call you the name of your home state.