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Ahhh, Freshmen Year... Here Are 10 Things I Learned That I'll Carry With Me The Next Three

"Check, double check, triple check, and quadruple check your final times!!!"

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Ahhh, Freshmen Year... Here Are 10 Things I Learned That I'll Carry With Me The Next Three

Thanks, freshman year, it's been real.

1. Go Greek

Go Greek!!! You will meet so many new girlfriends your first month!

2. Limit your going out

I get it. AGR has Thursday nights, Lambda has wine Wednesdays, and every other frat has parties Friday and Saturday night, but give your liver some time to rest.

3. Talk to the people on your floor

This will make floor meetings less miserable and every other floor thing. Just do it.

4. Spend some weekends here in MHK

I get it, going home to see your dog and eat your mom's cooking is the best, but some of your best friends will be made unexpectedly here.

5. Just do it

Go on the late night Walmart run, order Pizza Shuttle, and eat the ice cream in The Derb.

6. The frat party bathroom line is THE PLACE to be

Boost your self-confidence and make a new Snapchat friend at the same time. The bathrooms — horrible, but the memories - great.

7. The freshmen 15 is not a joke

Even if Becky tells you its a lie, it is indeed not!! The Derb dessert table will come back and haunt you along with the Union's Chick-Fil-A.

8. Your friend group will change

The people you were friends with at the beginning of the year, probably won't be the same people you're friends with half way through, but that's totally OK.

9. Don't take an 8 a.m.

You will regret it every Thursday morning after a wine Wednesday, every winter morning when it's too cold to walk across campus, and generally, every day you have to wake up early. Trust me.

10. Check, double check, triple check, and quadruple check your final times

Honestly, trust me on this one. A 0/50 on your final and an unsympathetic professor suck. Check the time.

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