What Every College Party Is Actually Like, in GIFs

Don't get your hopes up.

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From Animal House to this Friday's release 21 and Overthe college party has been one of the most revisited themes in Hollywood history. Hot girls, hoards of drugs, great music, furious dancing, free-flowing booze, and of course, a house filled to the brim with a crowd of unruly guests are most common tropes you find on screen.

For those still awaiting high school graduation, days are spent dreaming about keg stands they'll be tackling and the girls they'll be bringing back to their dorms. But, for those of us who have already experienced college, or are still in the duration of "the best four years of our lives," the realization of what actually goes on is, well, sort of a buzz-kill.

Lower your expectations: Here's what every college party Is actually like, in GIFs. No epic chase scenes, no cars on fire, and rarely, if ever, any strip poker. Sorry to disappoint you.

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Invited

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When someone finally invites you to a party

ID

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When you give a real ID at the liquor store, but you're still nervous

Pregame

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When you're pumped up after pregaming with three Natty Ices

Sworn Enemy

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When you hear your sworn enemy will be at the party

Expectation

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When you get to the party expecting this...

All Dudes

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...but you realize it's all dudes

Corner

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When you end up hanging in the corner with your friends

Freshman

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When the freshmen girls arrive

Dancing

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What you think you look like dancing with a girl

Actual Dancing

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What you actually look like

Drunk Crying

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When you witness the drunk crying girls in the corner

iPhone DJ

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When the person DJing from their iPhone sucks

Beer Pong

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When it's finally your time to shine at beer pong

Facebook

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When you start adding people on Facebook who you won't remember in the morning

Bathroom

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When you walk into the bathroom

Disappear

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When your friends disappear

Sketchy

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When you walk in on sketchy people doing coke in a room

Cute Girl

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When you talk to a cute girl and you can't think of anything to say after you discuss each other's majors

Too much

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When you drink so much you can't taste the alcohol anymore

Jungle Juice

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When all the jungle juice is gone

Another Party

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When you find out there's another party worth going to...

diner

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...but end up at the diner instead

Spins

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When you lay down and have the spins

Home

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When you get home and your roommate is hooking up with someone

Morning

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When you wake up the next morning

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