You meet all different kinds of people when you first arrive in Happy Valley for summer session.

We come from all the way across the country, and from five minutes away from campus. Some of us were popular in high school, and others are looking to become more social. You have the kids who think they already know how to be successful in college, and others who are completely overwhelmed. You’re going to interact with people who might become your best friends, or who might be the biggest pains in your ass. In no particular order, I’ve compiled a list of the types of kids you’re going to run into during the summer before freshman year. You may fit one of these, you may not, but I guarantee these people will cross paths with you eventually.

1. The Jock. He's playing basketball at the Pollock Courts every afternoon and hitting the gym between classes. It seems as if he only owns Nike mid-calf socks, no matter if he’s pairing them with his trainers or boat shoes (an absolute no-no). He always rolls squad with dudes and the chicks love his muscles - he's a pure-bred specimen. Unfortunately, the only championship he might win now is in intramurals, but who cares? He’ll sport that Intramural Champion T-shirt around campus with pride, because he earned it through his blood, sweat and determination.

2. The Corrupt Goody-Good. They barely ever drank in high school because they were on a set path to greatness, only to be foiled by their rejection from their dream school. So now they figure, since they’re in college, they might as well go out and make up for lost time. They tend to be the lightweights at parties, already hammered off of a couple of shots and in need of some TLC. Be on the lookout for these kids, since they may not know how to pace themselves. You may find one of them passed out in front of Simmons Hall mumbling about how “she wouldn't respond back to me”.        

3. The Soon-To-Be Sorority Girl. She takes a million pictures and posts them all on Facebook, including selfies. She’s always fun to be around and down to have a good time. She’s mentioned multiple times how excited she is for recruitment, hoping that she’ll get into her top choice of sororities. Somehow, she seems to know all the brothers in every frat that she and her friends have been to over the summer; this chick was born for the sisterhood.   

4. The High School Sweetheart Victim. They're convinced that their high school boyfriend/girlfriend is the love of their lives, and nobody in college will ever compare. Instead of going out on a Friday night, they’re driving back to Philadelphia every weekend to share another movie night with their boo. This is totally fine, except that, towards the end of the summer, they realize how few friendships they actually made while at college. But who am I to judge? At least they have a significant other.    

5. The Homesick One. They were very excited to hear they had been accepted to The Pennsylvania State University and were making a cross-country trip to start this new chapter of their lives. Well, it seems that they didn't get what they bargained for, with friendships not coming as easily as they had thought. They’re going to need some help getting used to school, because home is more than a day's trip away.  

6. The Alcohol Connection. They may not know all that many freshmen, but they have friends in high places. Nobody really knows how they get the booze, but their windowsill is decorated with fancy liquor bottles filled with black-lighted fluid. They are definitely profiting off of all the desperate freshmen, but beggars can’t be choosers.  

7.  The Soon-To-Be Frat Guy. His typical attire consists of collared button-downs, pastel shorts, boat shoes, and a backwards Polo hat. He reeks of daddy’s money and wants everybody else to bask in his glory. You’ll see him walking around with similar looking fellows as they scope out all the babes in Pollock. A natural ladies-man, he seems to have girls floating in and out of his room on a regular basis, most of them in the morning, wearing the same clothes from last night. This bro is ready to be a bro. 

8. The Overachiever. They prioritize everything. They have long conversations with their professors during lecture, work on homework immediately after class, and visit office hours on a regular basis. You want to smash your head against the wall when you hear them complain about how they only got a 99 percent on the last test. These kids will be the future curve-setters, so get used to them now.  

9. The Hardcore Penn-Stater. They’ve done their research and made a list of all the possible Penn State-y things they need to do before they graduate, and they plan on knocking out 90 percent of them before fall semester begins. From taking pics at the Lion Shrine, to hiking Mt. Nittany, to getting a "Fat B****" from R U Hungry, this was all accomplished within the first three days of being on campus. They’ll debate with you how they were one of the first 100 kids to formally purchase their season football tickets on Ticketmaster, and made sure to pay the extra $25 to join the Blue and White Society. Hey, at least Lion's Pride will stay in business.