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10 Freshman Year Mistakes You'll Make

It's college. We all make mistakes.

Rachel DiBisceglie

Aug 08, 2016

University of Scranton

www.collegebound.net

It's your first year of college; you're nervous and overwhelmed that you're finally on your own. Freshman year is going to be one of the best of your life. It's the time where you meet your best friends and make memories. It also will be full of mistakes, so here are some that you're probably going to make.

1. Overpacking

When you're first starting off at school, you pack as if you're going into space for years. Half of the things you'll never pull out of the box.

2. Buying all of your textbooks before classes start

The first year we spend hundreds of dollars on books, and some you will never even crack open.

3. Locking yourself out of your dorm room

After you forget your keys at least once a week, you learn ways to wear your room key as an accessory so that you can avoid an awkward night trying to act sober in front of your RAs.

4. Calling your parents all the time

It's natural to miss home, but your parents don't need a call to talk about what you had for dinner that day.

5. Taking Snapchat stories that are minutes long

There will be nights that you don't remember. But unfortunately for you, it's all recorded on Snapchat for you to relive in the morning.

6. Ruining your laundry

Don't wash your favorite shirt. Wear it until you can't anymore and then take it home so that your mom can clean it for you. It's safer that way.

7. Taking too many classes

Overloading our schedules is easy to do when we don't know what you're getting into, but it's always OK to drop a class.

8. Not going to the gym

The freshman 15 is an actual thing, and you'll be thankful that you took care of yourself once you come home.

9. Signing up for every club

You're not going to participate in every club you sign up for, and if you're not selective, you'll be receiving emails from them for your entire college career.

10. Stressing out

Your first year of college is going to be stressful, but just take a breath and enjoy it because your time in college will go by so fast. By the time you realize it, you'll be graduating and starting to make more mistakes in the real world.

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10 Freshman Year Mistakes You'll Make

It's college. We all make mistakes.

1. Overpacking

2. Buying all of your textbooks before classes start

3. Locking yourself out of your dorm room

4. Calling your parents all the time

5. Taking Snapchat stories that are minutes long

6. Ruining your laundry

7. Taking too many classes

8. Not going to the gym

9. Signing up for every club

10. Stressing out

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1. You only ask things once.

2. Seriously, you only ask once.

3. When you do muster up the courage to ask your parents for something, you creep around and wait until they’re in a good mood.

4. Before you get that final yes, you have to go through an interview.

5. If you ever got “the eye,” you knew you were screwed.

6. You were always the first to leave your group of friends when hanging out.

7. If you say you will be home at a certain time, you better be home at that time.

8. Seeing a missed call from your parents sends fear and horror through your veins.

9. If relatives are coming over to the house, your room better be clean.

10. You are careful about what jokes you share with your parents.

11. "You’re not an adult until you turn 18! You can do whatever you want then!"

12. If plans change while you’re out, you better text or call.

13. Don’t talk back. Ever.

14. When you’re called by your full name, you’re in deep trouble.

15. Don’t make them call your name twice.

16. Sleepovers are not a thing.

17. Despite all of these things, you know your parents love you.

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11. Social life

No, really. I'm not mad. Just hungry.

1. You’re tired of people asking you if you know what “RBF” stands for every time you zone out.

2. You’re constantly using the excuse, “I’m just tired” when people ask you if you’re mad.

3. Or “I’m just thinking.”

4. In fact, you’re rarely ever actually mad.

5. But when you are, people usually can’t tell.

6. You find other people with RBF’s and have to convince yourself that you don’t look like them.

7. You constantly remind yourself, “At least I’m not a psycho.”

Some of your best ideas come through boredom.

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4. I wonder what they're serving at the cafeteria.

5. How much does my teacher even get paid?

6. How much will I get paid?

7. This is the longest 50 minutes of my life.

8. Maybe if I call mom, she'll give me money.

9. How much do street performers make anyway?

10. Why am I here? I could be a street performer by now.

11. Oh right, I'm not talented.

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