I too, know the feeling. When I first graduated, I still had A LOT of friends at the house and by b/f still had a semester to go, so I was ALWAYS around. I used to make fun of myself, saying I was a glorfied "High School Harry", to which my friend Liz replied, "no, you're more like a "University Eugene."

Things changed a lot though when I moved out of my parents house and to a different town. The town I live in now is the second largest city in MD and I live in the historic district where everyone is pretty much a twentysomething and there are A LOT of cool things to do around here. I went down to help out with recruitment this last month andwent out with a couple of the girls that I know that are still in school. When I was down hanging out in the bars, all I thought about was "I would so rather be in Frederick hanging out with my friends up there"-so things definitely do change.

i miss is so very much...

[ i grad recently- dec '04 ]

i get jealous when i hear some of the stories that are relayed...

i wish i was still a part of it all...

but all good things must come to an end i guess....

i'm going back to school for my master's,

but it'll never be the same...

Ooh well.

I really want to be a college student again. :( Work and waking up early sucks.

I'm working full-time and taking one class at a time towards my M.S. I do have an awesome job, but I'm just so impatient that I want to be done with my M.S. already.

Yes, I miss it.. It did help that I was a very active alum, but that will all have to come to a stop pretty soon.

I'll be going back for my J.D. this fall, but that's not going to be the same at all.

Congrats
 

KTSnake,

Congrats on your returning for your J.D. We were both actives when we found this website and started messaging. I feel like we've known each other and have grown in GC. I've gone by the name MysticCat32 as well.

Best Wishes,

Boodleboy322

Yes, I too miss college undergrad and grad were the best years of my life! I might not have had the money then as I do now but those were carefree relatively responsible free years which I alas long for! but education is a neverending process in my profession, so I anticipate returning to school for another area of Teacher certification.

Everyday. It was so much easier being at school full-time, waking up at 800-830 for classes, working at the college bookstore with all my friends and doing sorority stuff. I miss it. My husband and I both miss those times when we didnt have to worry about bills or insurance or stuff like that.

Besides I miss being at college and walking on campus, all the fun times I had. I really do hate being grown up. I want to be back....... Esp on days like this when its so warm and I would be walking along to my classes instead of being stuck in this office looking outside wishing I was there.

Boy do I miss it! life was sooo much easier and were the best days of my life!


be nice to wake up at 8-8;30 again and not be at work by 8!

My college life at Arkansas was the best ever and i wish i could go back adn relieve it!

I think what I miss most from college is my friends. I miss being able to always have someone to do stuff with and I even miss living in the house (though at the time, I would get so sick of living with so many girls). Now all my friends are so spread out over the country, that we are lucky to see one another once a year.
I miss the carefree lifestyle and blowing off class and responsibility to lay out at the pool. I miss that my biggest challenge used to be figuring out what to wear or which bars/parties to go to. I miss the college social life.
I even miss my early am practices. I look back now and can't figure out why I was so determined to graduate in four years--I really should have stretched it out while I had the chance!

I miss University like crazy! the things I did and the things I didn't such as pledge into a sorority (I was supposed to be leaving university to move across the country in less than 2 months after finding the perfect sorority to rush for) at times I would love nothing more than to go back to university and relive the best years of my life.

Cathy

sobs...
 

I miss college so much! I miss not having a set schedule and being able to not have to get up in the morning unless I had to. I miss having my weekdays free. WORK SUCKS! But hey, it is nice to have a decent paycheck every two weeks and not have to ask my Mom and Dad for money anymore!

Yes and no.

I miss the campus. I miss my friends. I miss sleeping in and skipping class whenever I felt like it. I miss living in the chapter house. I miss going down to the kitchen on Sunday mornings and hearing all the stories from the night before. I miss blasting cheesy pop music and putting makeup on in the hallway while people walk in and out of each others rooms trying to decide what to wear out. I miss going out any night of the week. I miss the academic atmosphere.

I don't miss the homework. I don't miss the uncertainty of what to do after graduation. I don't miss the immaturity (okay, maybe a little). I don't miss the boy chase. I don't miss the extra 25 lbs. I had back then. I don't miss the stupid little dramas. I don't miss my bad fashion sense. I don't miss some of my bad decisions.

While it's fun to relive memories, there is a reason college only lasts so long. Though I would like to eventually go back, get my masters and work for a University.

:( Yes I do miss those college days life seem more uncomplicated then and I had less responsibility. All one had to worry about was getting to class, studying, and finding out which Greek organization was going to have a party that weekend!

brings tears to my eyes, y'all
 

if i would have know then what i know now about the real world, i would have rode the undergrad train until the wheels fell off instead of graduating in four years on the dot--
the real world isn't going anywhere!

undegrad was a very special time for me and i never knew that there would come a time that i'd look back on all those broke days of eating ramen noodles and cramming for exams and realize that those would be some of the best times of my life...

my old school, the university of FL, won the national basketball title about two weeks ago and when i saw it on the news the next morning after the championship game, i was mad as hell because i couldn't watch the game because i had to be an adult and finish my paper (yep, working on the master's degree) and i got kinda depressed watching all the revelers partying on the streets of gainesville, celebrating our team... i would have given ANYTHING to be back at my old school that day... but instead, i got in my car, went to work, and had to remind myself that i am an adult. . .

i'm interning now away from school. I really miss it too... no more hanging out late at night.... 8-5 SUCKS!

Last night I was missing just strange things about college like getting Pokey Stix with ranch from Gumby's Pizza at 2 am after a night of being out, sitting out on the quad doing absolutely nothing, and college games in the student section with "cheap" tickets.

I miss college!! I miss friends and fun and going out and the Fine Arts Building and sleeping in late... and I miss my big beautiful house and Ms. Betty's biscuits and my sisters!! Oh yeah, and whoever mentioned Pokey Stix...!

I'm starting Grad School in the fall, but it'll be totally different... It's NYU - which is definitely not Tallahassee! And money will be a constant concern, which I'm not looking forward to!

"I wish I could go back to college,
In college you know who you are.
You sit in the quad and think 'Oh my god,
I am totally gonna go far...'" -Avenue Q

ahhh man i was just talking to me pledge son about college and i was saying to myself they need a reality show with students who want to go back to there alma mater all expense paid and re lived life all over again, but the twist is to do the same thing u did when u were a students, as well as social change and use the things u had as a student and non of the newly admitted products that most colleges have now. I know when i was a student at my college we did not have facebook, and when i went to visit my brothers for homecoming at the house everyone seemed to be more instrested in facebook than acting a fool, and i look at it and it was very addictive. LOL, and thats what made me get myspace, its kinda like facebook, of course u already know..LOL

i miss the hell out of college.

College
 

Ahhh...the weekend night Toga party, studying at weird hours, going to class as needed to make the grade...life was good.

If I went back to college it would be to pursue a career in the medical field. There is just so much money to be made off of sick people it is not even funny and in doing so I would hope to find a cure for some ailment.

Definitely, I miss college!

Ugh. I'm not sure.

I was one of those people who returned to college to obtain my degree after working several years. I was so excited and raring to go and was sure that the second time around would be the charm because I finally knew what I wanted to do and I was so focused.

Unfortunately, the real world intruded on my plans and put a damper on things. I ran into some totally unexpected financial setbacks and struggled like heck. The stress and crazy schedule took its toll too. I have to admit that sometimes I said to myself, "Why the heck did I think going back to school would be such a great idea?"

I love learning for the sake of learning and would go to school indefinitely and obtain degree after degree, as long as I didn't have money to worry about. Otherwise, being out of school can be so much better! :)

I miss the activities- they provided for plenty social life and networking.

I miss some classes- especially the people.

I'm talking mainly about library school at USF. I do not miss UF at all, other than the many friendmaking opportunities it gave me.

I have fond memories of college --mostly, the people I met, but I still would not want to do it over again. It was fun while it lasted. I can still remember the last semester of my senior year when I just wanted to be done with college finally. No thanks!

ladyk
 

...of course I miss college. I almost did not make the pledge period...

I graduated 2 years ago and I kinda still miss it but I agree with everyone else about moving on. I no longer know like the majority of the collegiate actives in the chapter. Its amazing how much time flies and how much things change in time. But I have a different problem that many probably don't have. I can't seem to quit going to school. I love to learn new things and theres always some program that I want to get into or something. Make it stop!!!! hahaha but I miss the social aspect of my college days. I'm probably going back to my college to help with rush next year, but a lot can happen between now and then. Anyway I feel ya OP!

I miss the social aspect and the energy that I had in those days. I wish I could function now on as little sleep as I could function on then!

Missing College
 

I just started working at a University and its brought back all the old memories of college. It does hurt a little as well..... I do wish I was back in school............ :p

I definitely miss college. Since my 2nd semester Freshman year at University of Maryland I tried to charter a chapter of Pi Delta Psi. The process took 3 years and it finally happend Fall 2004. I've been out of college for 2 years now. When I go back to visit it makes me miss college a lot because I never had the chance to experience "greek life" in the traditional sense. At least now I know a chapter has been established at my former school and I'll always have people to visit.

I do!!!! The cheap rent, restaurants that never closed until 4am, FREE BEER/LIKKER at parties... cops shcasing you.. fun times

I do, but I try and go back for homecoming when I can.

I miss it like crazy! I'm a second year med student now, and this university doesn't have a Sig Kap chapter. I made it back to my alma mater to help with recruitment this year, but even that was sad, because it's the last time for at least six years that I'll be able to do it. Okay, this is depressing me...:(

Not really. I'm in grad school now and find that I don't have the time or the desire to do all the stuff I used to do. No biggie.

revising........

DAM DO I MISS COLLEGE! A lot less "Adult responsibiliies" , and if we could.... lets take this back to elem school the only stress of the day was who was i going to sit next to at lunch a nd on the bus!

I miss college a lot. I don't miss writing papers or studying for tests, but going to the dining hall with friends, napping right after, going days in sweats and hoodies, I miss it all. I mean, working and being independent is cool because not everyone is lucky to get to work full time, but like cutiepatootie said, it would be great to have a lot less adult responsibilities. I mean, it was a time when I could be a grown man, and feel proud of myself for making smoothies every other day for other students.

I also miss catching a greyhound or an amtrak to get home for break and staring out the window. Nothing screamed "college" more than that; comfortable and warm in my Alpha or U of M hoodie, crazy people all around, bothering me while I read the Onion. Really, I miss breaks. I have to be at work every day except the big major holidays. I'd love to have one more unneccessarily long winter vacation. I gotta get back to work now. But my heart is still lying in the grass next to my frisbee.

College days, swiftly pass, imbued with mem'ries fond,
And the recollection slowly fades away...

If I could go back knowing what I know now, I'd go back in a flash! Who wouldn't like to chuck all of "real life's" responsibilities?!

AGDee - I hear you about the energy!

OMG, how may times do I need to post this!

Yes, Yes, Yes.:D

I did not know there would be Greek Activities Advisers and if I did, I would have been all for it!:)

I wanted to work with Young Men and Women, not munchkins.

God, this would have been ideal for Me!:D

Now, to late!:(

It's never too late, Earp!!! :D

Me too!
 

Yes I too miss the days when getting the recruitment skit down and my final at the end of the week were my main worries!
But I had a great time all the time and don't think I missed a thing so I feel like I got the entire package. It makes me happy to think of the new crops every year having more and more fun!