Miss: All the hot chicks
Let’s be serious here, there is hardly a greater concentration in the world than in The Plains of Auburn if you are looking for some scorching ladies.
Won’t Miss: How picky they are
Let’s be serious here, all these gorgeous young ladies know they are hot. They know better than to date an engineer.

Miss: Student Tickets to Football Games
I’ve been right at the 45 yard line in the student section for all of Auburn’s greatest games of the past 5 years. I will likely never get such a good seat again for the rest of my life for less than $300.
Won’t Miss: Waiting in line for a spot
Waiting in line for 4 hours is even less fun than it sounds. But it’s necessary in order to get those sweet seats. I only get to go to Tiger Walk for away games.

Miss: Living within 5 miles of everything I might possibly need
With gas prices skyrocketing, its nice knowing that you never have to leave your car on longer than 5 minutes in order to get to where you are going in Auburn/Opelika.
Won’t Miss: Still having to walk a mile after parking to get to where I want to go
But once you park, you still might have to carry a backpack and tent to hike to your destination.

Miss: Auburn’s Beautiful Campus
Auburn’s concourse is amazingly beautiful. There trees, grass and squirrels everywhere. The buildings all kept up and have kept their historical significance without looking old and decrepit.
Won’t Miss: Construction
I’ll admit, once the construction is done our campus will look even better. But in the meantime, everywhere you look is a crane or a roped off area and numerous mounds of dirt and an equivalent amount of holes in the ground. The new Student Center by the Stadium is going to be SWEET though.

Miss: The seemingly infinite lack of responsibility I have toward myself or the world
I won’t get to skip work. I do get to skip class. College is the only time in your life when flaking out on your responsibility may actually help you succeed in you short term goals… which was to sleep as much as possible.
Won’t Miss: How fat I let myself get during finals each semester
When I actually DO buckle down and get things done, I am reduced to a diet of McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Nihan (You have GOT to check that place out!). I always convince myself that I’m too busy to spend time at the grocery store, yet definitely have the time to wait in line for Taco Bell for 30 minutes at 2:00 in morning.

Miss: Great local BBQ: Mike and Ed’s and Byron’s
I have never had a bad meal at either of these places. You can’t beat Mike and Ed’s “Sammiches” and you can’t even come close to Byron’s Tuesday Special.
Won’t Miss: Terrible Mexican food: Acapulco’s and Laredo’s
I have never had a good meal at either of these places. If I’ve learned anything at college, it’s that chips and salsa will cancel out the terrible food that follows for most college students. Everyone loves Acapulco’s, but I don’t think they realize that they really don’t.

Miss: Being surrounded by endless amount of people my age
Being in a college town, naturally there are 25,000 or so people who are the same age as me and at least have somewhat of a similar basis of interests as me (Football, Cartoons and Fast Food)
Won’t Miss: Being surrounded by engineers like me
We are boring. Where are the chicks?

Miss: The thrill of graduating
I’M DONE!
Won’t Miss: Graduation
Two of the worst hours of my life. Sweating and exhausted while listening to the indecipherable echo of some guy whom I have no idea who he is. I’m never doing THAT again.

Miss: Spending time with my best friends
I love my friends. As a reward for being an elitist as to who gets to hang out with me, I have surrounded myself with some of the coolest people on this earth.
Won’t Miss: Avoiding the people I don’t like
We all have these people in our lives. Now I can finally make my escape.

Miss: Beautiful Weather
It never rains when the forecast says it will. It’s sunny almost every day and the weather is perfect.
Won’t Miss: Sunburns
Especially at football games when you have to wait for two hours before the game begins and you can feel the left half of your face slowly melt while the right side of your face can’t help but laugh mockingly at the tortured left side… I might be schizophrenic.

E-mail Ryan at ryan@theauburner.com

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