- You get dressed for class.
- That includes full hair and makeup, because you’re not invisible just because you’re sober.
- J. Crew and Vineyard Vines are a wardrobe must.
- Statement necklaces with EVERYTHING.
- You cringe at the sight of backpacks.
- Designer tote to carry your school books or GTFO.
- You have a summer home in Cape Code, Martha’s Vineyard, or the Hamptons.
- Or a winter home in Aspen or Vail.
- You obnoxiously refer to Cape Cod as “The Cape.”
- Riding boots and over-the-knee boots are a wardrobe staple.
- And booties give you life.
- Your “causal shoes” are designer leather sandals, because you wouldn’t be caught dead in flip flops anywhere but the pool or the beach.
- You had to Google chacos, then looked on in horror, because fugly.
- Your school has an accomplished equestrian team and a pathetic football team.
- Assuming you even have a football team.
- You’ve been to exactly two tailgates. Homecoming and Parents Weekend. That’s it.
- In fact, the allure of college football season bewilders you, because even the guys prefer pro sports.
- Greek life is small at your school.
- You look at pictures of a state school’s new pledge class and wonder if the pledge class is larger than your entire chapter.
- Like you’re lucky if you even have enough chapters to designate tiers.
- You know not on the names, but the drama, of every girl in your chapter.
- If we are being honest, you know basically everyone involved in Greek Life and whoever they date.
- There’s a better than half chance you went to a private high school.
- The majority of your school comes from money, but everyone insists they “aren’t spoiled.”
- Spoiler alert: they are
- Class sizes are small, so you develop personal relationships and mentorships with your professors.
- Which also makes it extremely obvious when you skip class or show up hungover.
- You can list a hundred things that are wrong with private schools.
- But you can also list a thousand things that are right with them.
- Sometimes you wonder if you’re missing out by not going to a ‘big’ school.
- But ultimately, you wouldn’t change your college experience for anything..
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