Things that I didn't know before applying

I was having a convo with my friend when she brought up many instances where I was purely clueless about how university admissions worked so here's a list of stupid things I thought were true about applying 😭😭

1. Thought there were no application fees (thought I could apply to like 100 schools)

2. Thought early admission meant that people would get accepted in grade 11 and go to uni in grade 12

3. Thought that i could apply to an unlimited amount of programs for one uni

4. Thought that full tuition over the course of 4 years was 12k (only calculated tuitions fees and not food, residence or even textbook fees 💔)

5. Thought that unis would send their university logo hoodies to students thay accepted their offers (still hurts to know they dont)

6. Thought that unis can give full rides (don't think they do, high-key sad)

7. Thought that courses schedules were pre made/already made so that we don't need to manually choose for ourselves (true for some uni programs, not for the one I accepted tho 💔)

8. Thought that meal plans were free

That's all I can think of for now, but here are the ones that I genuinely thought for true. In conclusion, dont be like me 🥀