Adulting is hard, and Boston College juniors are learning this lesson quickly as they move off-campus equipped with kitchen sets and dreams of living in full beds.

After two years of existing as a clueless underclassman who can’t tell Stokes North from Stokes South, upperclassman-ship is finally upon me. The glitz and glamor of being a junior is nice, but nobody talks about the instantaneous rush of stress that comes with planning life after college.

Living off campus in just my second year at BC feels undoubtedly negative to me. It’s difficult to find positives when you are as blatantly rejected as I was.

As she begins her junior year, Assistant Features Editor Kayla Fernando reflects on her former roommate's cryptic parting words.