The unthinkable has happened: it’s your last week at college. Everyone told you that the past four years would go by fast and now you totally agree with them. Wasn’t it just last week that you were wearing your lanyard around your neck walking to the cafeteria?
But everything that is good must come to an end, and college is no different. So take advantage of your last week at school, Socialites, you will miss it when you leave. Here’s 5 things you should do before you leave.
1. Visit Every Bar at Your School
Before graduation, every senior should visit every bar off-campus. It’s the last time you’ll be able to day-drink on a Tuesday at 10 AM with no question of whether you’re an alcoholic.
If your school doesn’t have many bars and you’ve frequented them all so many times that the bouncer knows you by name, then try out any specialty drinks the place offers. Ask the bartender to make you a shot you’ve never heard of, or try one of those fruity concoctions with five different liquors that will surely have you tipsy after two.
2. Campus Activities You’ve Been Meaning to Do Since Freshmen Year
During your last week as a co-ed, take the time to catch a movie in the student union, or hike the mountain off-campus. Once you’re no longer in the comfort of college, you won’t have the opportunities you used to have when you had your student ID. Discounted movies, food, and clothes for students all expire once your student ID does.
So take the time to do what you’ve been meaning to do since your freshmen year. Experience the things they tell you about during orientation, that you laughed off for the last four years. You have one week left at your favorite place on earth, take advantage of it. Now’s not the time to be embarrassed that you and your friends actually did rent a canoe and row the lake.
3. Let the Person You’ve Been Secretly In Love With For 4 Years Know It
You’ve been crushing on the guy in your business class since your freshmen year. After four years of classes together, you know each other well enough to say “hi” and team up for group projects, but not well enough to ask him to meet you at the bar (or your apartment for a late-night booty call). So, now is the time to stop being afraid of the word “no” and just ask him to hang out or take the high road and drunk text him at 2 AM and ask him if he wants to share a hurricane. The worst thing that can happen is he will say no, and then you just blame it on the alcohol.
You don’t want to wake up at 30 wondering if he could have been “the one that got away.” So take my advice, and ask him out now. Chances are he is looking to have a memorable senior week, too.
4. Don’t Shy Away From That Awkward Hook-Up from the Past
It’s pretty awkward seeing people you had one-night flings with or drunken make-outs with across from the bar, and usually you would shyly slip out of sight, but not this week. Don’t be embarrassed; take it into your own hands as an adult and act smooth (he was the one who couldn’t get it up, so you have nothing to be ashamed of anyways).
It doesn’t have to be a 20 minute conversation, just a quick hello to let him know that you really could care less about him and that it’s not awkward at all.
5. Stock Up On the Essentials
The essentials for senior week are much different than say the essentials for a family vacation. Senior week essentials are listed (but not limited to) as follows:
- A 12-pack of Gatorade — keep this in your fridge and keep it cold. When you wake up in the morning after drinking nine Captain Morgan shots and a few vodka sodas, a red Gatorade will be your saving grace.
- An XL bottle of Tylenol — Share with your roommates and have it next to your bed. If you pop a few before you pass out and when you wake up, your hangover won’t stop you from going to that daylong.
- A beer bong, wiffle ball bat, cups, pong balls, Sliz, and pack of cards – Chances are you will be outside during the week, visiting your favorite fraternities’ front yards for a game of dizzy bats and some shotgunning. Stock up on all your favorite party and drinking supplies, that way you won’t have to run to Wal-Mart at 10 PM before it closes.
- Booze and Beer – Make a big trip to the liquor store with your roommates and stock up before senior week starts. Get more than you think you will need: You will drink it all. And if you’ve been saying for the past four years you were going to buy the big bottle of Patron and drink it all while wearing a sombrero, now’s the time to splurge.
Have a great senior week, socialites! Live it up.
