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You Know You're A BU Student When...
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BC sucks, no explanation necessary.
Any temperature above 30º F means sandals and tank tops.
You know why people should not swim in the Charles.
You have used the Citgo sign as a point of reference to get your drunken ass home on more than one occasion.
You’ve waited in line for hockey tickets earlier in the morning than you’ve ever gone to class.
In one night, you have been to at least one party on both sides of the Charles River.
You have looked death in the face multiple times while trying to cross Kenmore Square. You have also realized it always seems a lot easier while intoxicated.
You rarely see your friends on the other side of campus because “Its just too far.”
You have the worst guest policy EVER.
You know that the other “College” that shares your namesake is really just Newton College.
You know it’s the HOJO – not 575 Commonwealth Avenue.
Most of your classes consist of entirely too much estrogen.
You know your school should actually be called Brookline University, but your Chancellor somehow changed Boston’s city boundaries.
A Beanpot isn’t just something you cook beans in.
It is acceptable to date anyone from any of BU’s neighboring colleges; except for… well… you should know by now.
Your best cheers end with “Sssiiieeevvveee” and wiggling fingers.
Thursday nights mean discounts on Lansdowne.
Your Chancellor rules with an iron fist… well, the only one that he actually has.
You know what each school's acronym really stands for.
You’ve partied with the smartest kids in America (MIT students), and they kill more brain cells than anyone else you know.
The “Pru” always looks the same size, no matter where you are on campus.
There’s a remarkable number of Thai restaurants on your campus.
You know someone who knows the girl who starred in the BU porn. You also have or know someone who has watched the entire thing.
You remember being told during a campus tour, “Warren Towers is the 2nd largest non-military dorm in the country.” Why this matters, no one knows…
You’ve been late to class because you refused to walk after waiting for the “T” as a matter of principle.
Brittany
You have been lost in CAS because the fifth floor ends mysteriously.
You forgot you were at an MIT frat because everyone there is from BU.
You have never made it to anywhere on campus without passing a construction site.
You don't know a single person who knows what purpose "The Castle" actually serves.
Kellie
A 2 second time gap between cars means it's safe to cross the street.
You hop on the "T" to go one stop, because you can.
You know how to get anywhere by "T" but would get utterly lost if you tried to walk.
It's suddenly dark at night once October rolls around because the Fenway lights aren't lighting up your room.
There's actually grade DEFLATION.
Melissa
While crossing the street you've almost gotten run over by the "T", a car, and a guy on a bicycle.
Laurie
Your school can afford to put 500 people in hotels for a semester at $120 dollars a night per person, while the on-campus housing resembles prision quarters.
You know CGS is the biggest scam in college history, but you're still sticking it out.
Danielle
You've been stuck in a Warren elevator at least once for an extended period of time.
You know what it means to be "knighted" and why it is important.
Mike
You can't fathom how the Gap next to Barnes and Noble went out of business.
You think twice before using the CAS bathrooms now.
You read the Freep everyday, yet criticize it even more often.
Cranberry Farms is gourmet.
Your relatives ask you how school is and they always say "Boston College."
You are a bit embarrassed to admit that your mascot is a Terrier.
Laura
You have found yourself stranded outside your own dorm because you forgot your ID and the guards think you are lying.
Your favorite beach has no sand on it.
Your school doesn't have a football team.
Eugene
You’ve been threatened by a paper bag full of apprehended fake IDs but you use yours anyway.
You can type in a 16 letter password in less than 3 seconds.
After a night of partying you take out your ID blocks in advance to be sure you can swipe it the right way.
Your school spends millions and millions of dollars building a “luxurious” hotel and it still looks like shit.
Janine
You've had to defend your use of a dorm elevator if you live on a low-numbered floor.
You think that every school's student union president dances to "You Can Call Me Al" during hockey games.
You wouldn't have known what a seive was otherwise.
You get to choose between living in prison-like dorms, rat/roach-infested brownstones, or high-rise luxury apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows and cable TV.
Greg
When in doubt, you go to the GSU.
Everyone has a different answer as to what that sculpture in front of Marsh Chapel is.
You've gotten sick from the watery mozzarella sticks at late nite, but continue to eat them in hopes that one day they'll be cooked the right way.
Kimberly
You have a pin, shirt, or other apparel that says "Be You" instead of the actual letters.
You know all the shortcuts to Cummington St. from the inside of Warren Towers.
You could meet someone you don't like on the streets one day, and never see them again because the campus and student body is so large.
You get defensive when anyone else tries to criticize the appearance of your campus, but when in fact, you ridicule it all the time.
Anthony
You hate Domino's but you continue to order it because you don't have any real money, just points.
You know what "The Quest" is.
Marshall
You can be sure that at the first sign of snow, BU will send 50-year-old ladies from B&G outside to shovel it for you.
You know Mee Chow makes the best sandwiches.
You know who the chancellor is, but not where he works, lives, or what his job actually entails.
You tell yourself every year that you're going to secretly join a campus tour to tell prospective students "what really goes on", but never do it.
Aside from the dorms, you know of at least 3 places on campus that you can take a nap between classes.
Unless you're in one, you have no idea where sorority girls can possibly be hanging out.
On more than one occasion, you've laughed at the girls walking to the clubs in sub-zero temperatures wearing practically nothing, but then bitched and complained when the club made you pay to check your coat.
Caitlyn
You know who Jose Luis is.
Emily
The clip clop of pointed boots and the swish of Burberry scarves become more poignant the closer to Kenmore Square you get.
The entire freshman population of Warren Towers migrates to the BU ghetto in hopes of a fun time Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.
You have learned to appreciate PAX as it is the only channel you are able to get, unless you play with your antenna for half an hour before a show starts.
When you go home you can't understand why there isnt a Starbucks on every corner.
Brittany
When you have the link to this site on your profile.
Janice
You consider Starbucks an essential food group.
If you walk into SMG and you're not a business major you feel gyped and worthless.
Noah
You know not to talk to SMG kids ANYTIME during their junior year.
You go to T's Pub on your 21st birthday for the free champagne.
Vinney
You know that Myles is where they put the "weirdos" in the 70's and the feeling hasn't quite left.
You have left a club at 1:55 just so that you could call the escort service because you are too cheap to pay for a cab.
Dianna
You pretend you don't speak English to a person at a club on Lansdowne after you realize they're hitting on you and are as old as your parents.
Andy
You get really excited when all the doors to the T open when it's going inbound.
You know that pigeons turn into rats at night.
Greg
You wonder what really goes on in the top 3 floors of SMG.
You live on the side of Warren that faces Boston, and you have no cable, but you can plug a toaster in and get radio reception.
You judge what time it is by whether or not the Citgo sign has gone out yet.
Nikki
You wish every store and restaurant along Comm Ave took convenience points.
You've been forced to go on that damn Duck Tour at least once with your RA.
Manasi
You buy Christmas presents from Barnes and Nobles so you can pay with points.
You've tried to get into a party by following a crowd of people in the BU ghetto, only to realize that they are just lost freshman.
Heather
You know you go to BU if a burrito made by any other than the wonderful Jose Luis, the towers burrito man, is unacceptable.
Amy
You've gotten lost in the Myles Standish dining hall.
You know that Sasquatch is real.
Jennifer (an Alum!)
If you know that Hall Sports are strictly prohibited.
If you've ever wanted to rear-end one of the beemers parked outside of SMG.
Gina
You know you're from BU when you buy condoms at CampCo with the
convenience points your parents bought you.
Caitlin
You pregame so that you're drunk enough not to feel the cold as you walk to Landsdowne Street in 30 degree weather without a coat.
Andrea, Kristen, Eileen, and Alexis
You sold your soul to Sargent for six years to become a Dr... no not that kind... a doctor of physical therapy.
Rachel
Your parents took out a fifth mortgage on the house to pay your tution but your roomate drives a BMW.
You've been chased down the hall by a screaming woman because you took TWO pieces of fruit.
Magellan
You know the only place girls can be outnumbered by guys is at Case gym... and even there only at specific times.
You consider staying in Boston over the summer to see what its like to be "warm" and "in Boston" at the same time, for longer then 2 days.
Steve
You can easily win (or lose, depending on your opinion) any "Who Pays the Most Tuition" contests with your High School friends.
Kate and Jen
You go to the only school in the country that has a publicized
masturbator.
You're the only school that holds (or used to hold) classes in an old Synagogue (Morse Auditorium) and a movie theater (the Nickelodeon, now closed, on Cummington St.).
Christi
You make friends with complete strangers just to be pulled into
their housing.
Connor
You've tripped on the sidewalk in front of CAS, and looked around as if it was the ground's fault.
You've carried the same, cracked, dirty, beer cup from Ashford Street to Pratt Street to Linden Street to save 5 bucks.
You've been blown over by the wind between Rich and Sleeper Hall or on the bridge on St. Mary's Street.
Brian
You look forward to eating breakfast on Sunday's until 4pm.
Kat
You can say you've messed around with people from some of the smartest and dumbest colleges in the country... all in the same night.
Katie
You've used the excuse: "I had to wait FOREVER for the T" as an excuse for being late to something.
You try... everytime.. to get 5 people in a cab. You've tried getting in real quick, so maybe the cabbie won't notice.
Copperfields on a Thursday night... you've done it, swore you'd never do it again... but for some reason, you just keep going back.
Matt
You wonder how Mangos stays in business.
You were tricked into taking Core humanities/sciences as a freshman.
Eddie and Ryan
You've sang Fuck-um up, Fuck-um up, BC sucks; when BU was playin UNH!
You cant understand a word the "T" driver says but know exactly where you are.
You've tried using someone else's ID to swipe into a dorm you don't live in.
Eric
You have no idea what happens in, nor have you ever been inside the Photonics building.
Nihar
Your cocktails consist ice from CampCo, pepsi from latenight, and rum from your 21 yr. friend.
You always wonder what the Kidney Center is.
Michelle
You start thinking that the rats on Bay State are actually kind of cute; if you don't, it's still ok because you know that the falcons that nest on top of CAS will pick them off and feed them to their young.
You know that you will never live in Student Village.
You've done the "walk of shame" via T.
Mark
You know about the Mugar Library 3rd floor and the rumour that suggests it is one of the best places to meet girls according to Playboy magazine.
You've been to Mugar library but not to work.
Lisa (another Alumna!)
You spent a year mourning the loss of the Kenmore square IHOP.
You spend more time in class doing the Freep crossword than taking notes.
You buy Christmas presents at the Starbucks in the GSU, because that's Dining Points.
You're too sick to go to class, but somehow you walked 6 blocks in the snow to get to Health Services for a note.
You don't realize you can walk to Harvard Square, because it takes an hour on the T.
You stand in the street so you can run after whatever comes first, the T or the shuttle.
You know what defenestration is, and you bring it up as often as possible.
Morgan
You get Partriot's Day off.
Wardog
You stopped mourning for IHOP only to be devastated by the disappearance of the Deli Haus.
Kristin
You know you're on Cummington Street because each building is painted a different shade of "dinner mint".
Amanda (another alum)
Your pub crawls are limited to the BU Pub, the Dugout, T's Pub and Becketts.
You know that a $500 parking pass does not necessarily mean you can park on campus, and you know you will never park within a 10 min walk from your dorm.
Molly
The highlight of your year was the day you started getting 2 channels instead of 1.
You go home during breaks and literally watch hours and hours straight of TV and your defense is "you're making up for lost time."
You have seen your life flash while sitting in the backseat (drunk or not) in the Escort Service bus.
You continue to get burritos at lunch, even though they give you a stomach ache, just because they're so damn good.
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