Your college years are the golden ones that everyone said you’d look back upon fondly in high school. The keg stands. Learning to live off of ramen. Training your body to run on four hours of sleep.

What was the point of those student loans again? Oh, yes — a degree that will take you to the next chapter of life. You’ve successfully scraped by for the past four to five years, and that piece of paper is the golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s functioning adulthood factory.

While most of us discover after racking up thousands of dollars in debt that the greatest lessons are learned outside of the classroom or textbook, some students might not be prepared for the postgraduate real world.

Consider the following signs before stepping (or stumbling) across the stage.

1. You still rely on the cafeteria or a microwave for your daily nutritional requirements.

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2. You trust the pizza delivery guy more than your own cooking.

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3. You can’t give directions to the library because you’re not quite sure where it’s located.

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4. Your monthly utilities include beer, concert tickets and the Netflix account you share with your roommates.

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5. Cleaning your sheets involves a vacuum hose.

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6. You buy new socks and underwear rather than doing laundry.

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7. Your “Keep Calm” posts on Tumblr only motivated you to think about finals.

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8. You can’t remember the last time you actually washed a dish because all of your meals involve plastic or styrofoam.

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9. The only person who cleans your apartment is your mom, the one time a year she visits you at school.

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10. Your idea of “dressing up” involves leggings, Uggs and your best North Face.

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11. Spritzing yourself with Febreze before walking out the door is an acceptable alternative to showering.

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12. You ate your last bowl of cereal with water because you were too lazy to walk downstairs and buy milk.

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13. You still haven’t purchased toilet paper. Why bother, when you can take it from the campus stalls?

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14. You think 401K is a new Skrillex song.

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15. Consecutive all-nighters during finals week are no problem — one hour in your 11:00 a.m. class is a different story.

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16. Socializing without a game of beer pong to break the ice is nearly impossible.

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17. “Taking it easy” means only going out 5 nights a week.

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18. You believe it is still socially acceptable to wear pajama pants in public.

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19. The $25 left in your bank account is just enough for a new purse.

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20. You fail a quiz because the Internet was down last night and you didn’t know how to study with the textbook.

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21. Your biggest life achievement so far is earning three stars on every level of Angry Birds.

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22. You love group projects because it means everyone else will do the work for you.

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23. You know to stay on top of current events — and the theme of your next party is most important. (Who your date will be is a world issue.)

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24. You spent more time picking an Instagram filter for your notes than actually reading them.

25. When people ask, “What is your major?,” the answer is Ke$ha.

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BONUS: 10 Inspiring Celebrity Commencement Speeches on YouTube

10 Inspiring Celebrity Commencement Speeches on YouTube

1. 1. Steve Jobs, Stanford 2005

   “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So, you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever — because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference.”

2. 2. Conan O’Brien, Dartmouth 2011
   

   “It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can be a catalyst for profound reinvention.”

3. 3. J.K. Rowling, Harvard 2008
   

   “The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.”

4. 4. Sheryl Sandberg, Barnard 2011

   “Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face — and there will be barriers — be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.”

5. 5. Stephen Colbert, Northwestern 2011

   “Life is an improvisation — you have no idea what’s going to happen next, and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.”

6. 6. Jeff Bezos, Princeton 2010
   

   “Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy — they’re given, after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the detriment of your choices.”

7. 7. Amy Poehler, Harvard 2011

   “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. No one is here today because they did it on their own.”

8. 8. Larry Page, University of Michigan 2009
   

   “Overall, I know it seems like the world is crumbling out there, but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it. Don’t give up on your dreams. The world needs you all!”

9. 9. Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane 2009

   “The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity, and not to give into peer pressure — to try to be something that you’re not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.”

10. 10. Oprah Winfrey, Stanford 2008

    “The secret I’ve learned to getting ahead is being open to the lessons — lessons from the grandest university of all — that is, the universe itself.”

11. BONUS: Mary Schmich
    

    “Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen.”

Read more: http://mashable.com/2013/05/17/not-ready-graduate/