Yes, I miss having girls as my classmates, then working with them on homework and studying on exams with them, and then shagging them because they want the D real bad.

Too bad this doesn't work in the "real world" work place #metoo

 
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While I'm still a second-semester junior (so who knows what I'll think when I graduate) I'm pretty much over it. It's the same shit every Wednesday - Saturday night: get drunk, go out, go to bed, wake up hungover. My frat related activities aren't as fun as they used to be; still love hanging with my boys but mixers and open parties lose their allure. Just wanna be working in a job I wanna be in, and stop the feeling of being a leech on my parents as they're still funding me in the meantime.

 

I'm set to graduate in a couple of weeks, but I've been feeling the exact same way as you since my second-semester of junior year. Used to love going to our parties/mixers, but I've just found it harder to relate to the younger guys, and most of the guys from my pledge class are either in relationships so they don't come out as often or have already graduated. Also, I'm paying for my own bills, so interning full-time and then going to class after work has kind of ruined the last year/year and a half of my college experience as I'd rather just be working instead of having to focus on both.

 
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While I'm still a second-semester junior (so who knows what I'll think when I graduate) I'm pretty much over it. It's the same shit every Wednesday - Saturday night: get drunk, go out, go to bed, wake up hungover. My frat related activities aren't as fun as they used to be; still love hanging with my boys but mixers and open parties lose their allure. Just wanna be working in a job I wanna be in, and stop the feeling of being a leech on my parents as they're still funding me in the meantime.

It's funny - I felt the exact same way you did when I was in school. Now that I'm out, I miss it.

Grass is always greener I suppose.

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Same here!

I was thinking about going back to college right when I saw this thread. I miss having a Tuesday morning be dedicated only to a random grocery trip with your friends and then Chipotle, or tennis and then the local bakery for coffee. Money is nice, and so is attending events like concerts and plays (I went to school in the middle of nowhere, so I'm very appreciative of getting out), but college overall is a really dope time. The real world wins in terms of better food and more comfortable living quarters, though.

 

Personally, I'm glad to be out of college and in the real world. I do miss having people around me 24/7 and somewhat being your own boss in terms of managing your classes, extracurriculars, etc. It also wasn't such a hassle to see your friends since they lived in the same house/building as opposed to hundreds of miles away.

But at the same time, being financially independent feels so damn amazing. So, so amazing. I'm definitely living a cleaner and healthier lifestyle post-graduation, so that's an added plus. And since I graduated college, I've started caring less about what other people think and it feels liberating.

Do I miss it? Yes, on occasion. But I was ready to make the transition come spring, senior year.

 

It all depends on your experiences, some had great college experiences, others did not.

Eventually (usually), you kind grow out of that and move on to other things. More than anything, I think you just miss being around your friends all the time and being carefree. Even if you go back, you can re-experience parties, but you can't re-experience being there with your friends and trying to figure things out as a young adult.

That happens to athletes all the time. Charles Barkley said when he retired he actually missed being in the locker room with the guys more than he missed actually playing.

 

I'm mid 30s with a family. If someone walked in and said I could escape reality and go back to undergrad with my buddies for a semester I'd write a $100k check on the spot.

I am actually a really lucky guy; love my wife, family and job but I completely miss the total freedom of college. Partying and then just hanging out on the couch in my apartment all day (watching college football) until you get ready to party again just can't be beat.

Also, I don't even want to hook up with other girls at this point, but chasing (and admiring) them was fun.

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I get why most people who are stuck in a cubicle filing TPS reports miss college, but my transition felt very consistent with my college lifestyle. There's more work but it's always been the main focus for me, and there are still enough sorority girls looking for a husband to entertain (both graduates my age and ones at the schools in my city).

Of course having way more free time to fuck around is awesome, but trading it for pride in my work and more stable independence while still having ample time for shennanigans isn't that bad. That said, I'm sure if I get married and have kids I'll be miserable.

 

Very occasionally, I miss it for always being able to see some of the best folks I've ever met and still keep in touch with.

But then I remember that I was also making very little money during college, was largely surrounded by peers whom I did not like or even respect, and was up to my eyeballs in stress most of the time. And I think, "Glad that's over." It's nice to be able to take charge of my life a bit more.

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I miss the feeling of excitement being a Freshman/Sophomore. Going out is still the coolest thing in the world, you don't get hangovers yet (you think you do, you really don't), classes were a joke, getting girls required a 20 minute blacked out conversation while spending $0, and no real worries. Think we wish we could go back to that more than the actual things we were doing.

 

Best way I’ve found to relive your college years that works until your mid 30s is traveling and staying in hostels. Get your bros and go plan a trip. Every time you show up in a hostel it’s like that first couple weeks of college where you meet new people constantly, but better because you aren’t broke and there’s no class. You’ll lose track of time and days of the week just get lost on you. A Monday night is just as crazy as a Saturday. Just pulled off a trip to Thailand and Australia, best trip yet.

 

Big time man. I miss being able to study something because it interested me, and not have most of my decisions be driven by necessity.

I'm sure I could be a great doctor or engineer, and there's tons of things I'd like to learn - unfortunately, I haven't the time to do it, or the money for instruction.

One of the many ways that youth is wasted on the young. If I could go back and tell my younger self one thing, it may well have been to not only try harder in school, but to appreciate the joy of learning more. You won't always have the time or means to do it.

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Don't miss college at all. I hated the hard work, constant all-nighters, being broke and being so early in career that it was difficult to set yourself apart from the rest. Things have gotten progressively easier for me over time and I absolutely love my life now. I am in my mid twenties, have an interesting job, get paid reasonably well, live in a great city, travel to exhaustion (yet infrequently for work) thanks to the most generous annual leave as well as a work schedule that's pretty much 9:30 to 4:30. I'm going back to school this year for MBA (at H/S) and kinda dreading it. I don't think I'll ever have the chance to come back to my current lifestyle at any point during or after the MBA.

 
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Don't miss college at all. I hated the hard work, constant all-nighters, being broke and being so early in career that it was difficult to set yourself apart from the rest. Things have gotten progressively easier for me over time and I absolutely love my life now. I am in my mid twenties, have an interesting job, get paid reasonably well, live in a great city, travel to exhaustion (yet infrequently for work) thanks to the most generous annual leave as well as a work schedule that's pretty much 9:30 to 4:30. I'm going back to school this year for MBA (at H/S) and kinda dreading it. I don't think I'll ever have the chance to come back to my current lifestyle at any point during or after the MBA.

H/S MBA is going to be a two year cocktail party. It's not like the classes are even going to be that hard unless you're pushing for HBS Baker Scholar or something...

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Boy, its only been three months and I also really miss the school lifestyle. Everything about the job is great (prestige, pay, people, etc), yet I still can't shake the urge to just sleep in and spend a day to myself every Sunday night.

I was a really quiet and introverted person that participated in no school activities and just went to university to study, but I really did enjoy the freedom of being able to control your time; i.e. realistically do whatever you want at any time without any big repercussions. Stay up all night to play a game/binge watch something you liked, go on a short trip to another country because studying was becoming too much of a pain.

Now I have to stick to a rigid schedule where 22:00 to 19:00 is time that I have completely no control over as I have to get up at 5:30 as a salesperson. The job is definitely rewarding, but I find it impossible to find something that you will actively prefer doing over having the time to yourself.

 

OP, the adjustment to full time work is brutal for most people. You have more freedom than you think so just mentally separate work from social life and you'll be happier. It is easy to get sucked into a monotonous lifestyle so do your best to stay interesting... don't need to be in college to do that. The job never changes but the person changes to conform to the workplace and its demands.

 

I don’t miss it undergrad very often... To be honest, I had a better time in business school. For those of you who can spend the time/money and can get into a top program— i highly recommend the MBA. Enriches life. Plus a great place to find a wife (I did).

 

The most difficult part is not having all of your friends in the same town. You instead have to plan ahead, spend money, and take PTO to get a few days with them. Being able to hit up everyone in the group chat to plan going out to dinner an hour or two prior was an awesome luxury that you don't appreciate until after you graduate.

The other thing I miss the most is just the carefree nature and time. Just so much time to do anything you really wanted.

That said, I went to a school that has a big time football culture (think ND, UTexas, UMich) so everyone makes it back to campus for a few games a season and it is nice to get that campus feel and being reunited with your buddies. In that sense, it never truly feels like you left college during the fall months.

 

Hey I too miss the old sweet school days with bag of full sweet and funny memories, when you don't have to worry about any work. It is the time when no one as the tension about their job, career, etc. that is a day where we just have to enjoy. Now the school days only come in a dream, how beautiful it would have been if we can go to school days back and become the kids.

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