No glitz, no glamor - the reality of being a college student

You know when you watch a college-life movie and everything seems so fun, and everyone is worry-free, and everyone has money and time for adventures? I have yet to find this experience in real life. In fact, most college students have yet to find it either.

Here's what it's really like to be a starved, exhausted, stressed, overworked, underpaid, and sleep deprived college student. Although, I'm not sure it would be a blockbuster.

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You have just moved out and the whole world is at your fingertips! You can do whatever you want, whenever you want, and it's going to be so much fun! Then reality kicks in.

So, you start a change jar for a reserve fund in case of emergencies.

But eating out isn't all that bad because it comes with a bonus — you get a chance to stock up on housewares.

Plus, when you try to cook at home there's always complications.

After a few weeks away from home you start to notice the little things you took for granted.

With trendy fashions and plentiful food becoming something of the past, you must do whatever it takes to make money.

Clearly that's not going to pay the bills, so you use your ingenuity for ways to conserve resources.

Then it hits you! Maybe you can find a way to get people to pay you for being a student...

Okay, back to the drawing board, that's probably not going to work. Maybe you should stop scheming and hit the books. But first, you need some motivation.

But caffeine isn't giving you the same pick-me-up that it used to. The struggle is real.

So you take a break from attempting to study and decide to check your grades.

It's bad news.

You need a backup plan.

Ugh, it's going to be a long night. Maybe there's someone out there that feels your pain.

As the weeks go on, the plight of being a college student is in full effect.

Oh well, you know this isn't going to last forever. You take it one day at a time. Graduation is near...

And this, dear Hollywood, is a more realistic movie plot for college-life.