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College, as Told by “Parks & Recreation”

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Gettysburg chapter.

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When you skipped a morning class because you were “sick,” but then later that day you see your professor on your way to another class:

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When your professor assigns a paper due on the same day as your exam:

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Regretting the fact that you convinced yourself that the gym was a good idea:

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Sometimes the stress gets to be a bit too much:

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Hobbies are important:

 

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When even your daily (or hourly) panic attacks won’t keep you from heading to breakfast:

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When you see people in the dining hall with three leaves of lettuce and a cherry tomato on their plate:

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When your roommate kicks you out for the night:

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The college student’s mantra:

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Originally from the Greater Los Angeles Area, Nicole is a sophomore at Gettysburg College with a major in English with a Writing Concentration and a Political Science Minor. She is iinvolved in choir, a cappella, and the literary magazine on campus. Her favorite food is shrimp fried rice, her favorite book of all time is F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and she loves corgis and cats.