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What are college dreams about?

The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about college dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with college dreams. These are the words that make college dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of college dreams can be illuminating about show colleges affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example college dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how colleges in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that college is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that college is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, college dreams have more schools than 99.9% of dream symbols, more human-made places than 99.1% of dream symbols, and more recurring dreams than 95.9% of dream symbols. On the other hand, college dreams have less animals than 93.4% of dream symbols, less fantastic beings than 92.7% of dream symbols, and less insects than 88.3% of dream symbols. Notably, college dreams are sexy! Dreams of colleges are more related to sex than 90% of all of the other dream symbols. Sex in a dream can be great, confusing, digusting, or be just sex. It all depends on the context. Don't assume anything about dreams of colleges. Explore what is there. Finally, college dreams are about work! Working is a part of life, so it makes sense that we dream about it. Work dreams can be stressful. They can be good. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of colleges is different than dreams of colleges in general.

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of dreams have colleges

How common are college dreams?

2.5% of dreams have the colleges symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 40 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.

Identification

How are college dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like college. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and human-made places.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of colleges?

Colleges dreams are notable because they have substantially more campuses, Kuwait, Venezuela, Fiji, students, Dobby, taking a test, Nepal, Bangladesh, cheating on tests, pinecones than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of colleges?

Colleges dreams are notable because they have substantially less abscesses, heat waves, Iceland, Indonesia, jackals, Kenya, Laos, Legolas, limousines, luminous bodies, magnifying glasses than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into college dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in college dreams.

Who is in dreams of colleges?

Who is in dreams of colleges?

Dreams of colleges are more related to unnamed people, much more related to peers, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, less related to insects, and much less related to fantastic beings.

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What are the emotions in dreams of colleges?

What are the emotions in dreams of colleges?

Dreams of colleges are more related to sadness, more related to embarrassment, and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to fear and less related to pain.

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Where do dreams of colleges take place?

Where do dreams of colleges take place?

College dreams are much more related to work, much more related to human-made places, and much more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to transportation, less related to natural places, and less related to magical places.

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What happens in dreams of colleges?

What happens in dreams of colleges?

Dreams of colleges are much more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and less related to disasters.

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How do dreams of colleges related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of colleges related to the type of dream it is?

Dreams of colleges are much more related to recurring dreams and more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to bad dreams, and less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of colleges related the senses?

How do dreams of colleges related the senses?

College dreams are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of colleges in dreams?

College dreams are relatively common. Among other things college dreams are sexual and work dreams. Do you think this is true for your dream of colleges? How might your dream of colleges be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience colleges in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about colleges in dreams. See how you feel about colleges now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of college dreams

An interpretation of college dreams

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Being back in college is a frequent dream theme for people who have already graduated, but you don’t have to have attended college to dream about it. The symbolism is often related to learning. You feel challenged by something or recognize a gap in your knowledge that needs to be filled. You are learning something new and feel challenged intellectually. Consider what you learn, or need to learn, about yourself and life. Life is a continual process of adjustment and assimilation. You take in new information, have new experiences, and decide how things fit into the big picture of who you are. A college setting is a natural place in a dream to tell stories about what you’re learning about yourself and your life. College is supposed to be preparation for adult life, specifically for occupation or profession. When situations are encountered for which you feel unprepared, it’s common to dream about being in college and unprepared for an exam, or needing classes to graduate. Graduation in the larger sense means “ready for the challenges that come next.” See: Campuses Dreaming that you can’t find the classroom where you belong can indicate you don’t know where to get the knowledge, experience, or information you need to meet a challenge. Think beyond professional or work challenges to consider life challenges, personal challenges, social challenges, and relationship challenges. Getting through college is comparable to climbing a mountain in the metaphorical sense. Many steps have to be taken and obstacles overcome. Personal and intellectual growth is required, as well as planning and organization. See: Climbing You can dream about being in college if you face other sorts of mountains to climb, such as a big project at work or a big challenge at home. The setting can be used to describe situations that require strategy, skills, talent, and ability. A college setting can be used to express feelings about missing college life, or missing the opportunity to attend college. Where would you be now? Time in college is associated with freedom. For many people it’s the first chance they have to make their own decisions and set their own agendas. It’s where new friendships are made and high school reputations are left behind, giving fresh opportunity to reshape yourself and your image. If you missed that sort of opportunity, you might dream about college as a way of wishing that you’d had it, or that it would come again. A college setting can be used to express feelings about meeting requirements and being prepared. We are told by teachers, counselors, and parents that college will get us what we want as adults. But what if you do everything right, get your degree, and it doesn’t lead you to where you want to be? What if you get into the work world and find out it wasn’t what you expected, that the way to get ahead has little to do with what you prepared for, or the occupation you chose does not lead to the adult life you want? You might then dream about college to think back on the roots of what led you to where you are now. In a more general sense, dreaming about college can be a way of saying that you’re thinking about your life, or that you’re moving on from that time of life. You wake up one day and realize you’re no longer a young adult with wide-open possibilities. Along the same lines, college is sometimes thought of as a step that leads to marriage and family life. You might dream about college as part of planning for your adult life, or as a way of looking back on the decisions you made and experiences you had that shape your adult life. Of course, if you are too young to be in college and dream about it, it can be a way of looking ahead and planning your future. It can relate to the expectations and hopes you have for what that time of life will be like, or thinking about what you want to do with yourself, or even wishing for freedom and opportunity. College can mean “informed opinion.” This use of the symbolism often plays out without actually showing a campus or college. Instead, college is referred to, such as through a professor or letter. The symbolism can be based on the type of college. For example, a dream about attending a business college can be a general way of saying “taking care of business.” A law college can in some way tie in with subjects related to law, and law in the general sense means authority and rules. Types of colleges include junior college and community college, which is a beginner step to getting a college education. A college dream can be a way of saying you’re taking remedial steps or going in the right direction. On the other hand, Harvard Medical School can symbolize prestige and preparation for tackling the biggest challenges. See also: Campuses, Climbing, Mountains, Schools, Students, Teacher, Universities

Examples of dreams of colleges

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of college dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for college dreams. Read at your own risk.

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