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10 Truths About Your Freshman Year of College

The good, the bad, and the highly caffeinated.

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Your freshman year of college is a great time, full of new experiences, friends, places and lots of big changes. If you're a senior in high school, here are 10 truths you should know about your freshman year of college.

1. The "freshman 15" is all too real.

At college dining halls, you can eat all you want for one meal swipe. And the food is all but fresh and healthy. Just remember that being in college doesn't make you invincible. Those six brownies still have the same amount of calories.

2. 8:30 a.m. classes are satanic.

No matter what you tell yourself, you will end up regretting any 8:30 AM class you put yourself in. Just don't.

3. You WILL become a coffee drinker.

Sleep is for the weak, coffee is for champions.

4. Contrary to what has happened in any other part of your life, the library will become your happy place.

Sometimes, this is the only place you can go to find some peace and quiet. Yeah, it's a great place to get work done, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't nap there, too.

5. You will find yourself missing your family.

You probably feel totally ready to fly the coop, get out of the house. But once you get to about your 3rd or 4th load of laundry or you eat the same meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the dining hall, you will miss your mom.

6. You will probably miss your dogs more than you miss your family.

You don't know what you got 'till it's gone! Doggie cuddles are an essential part of life and you will find that it gets harder and harder to say goodbye every time you go home.

7. You will procrastinate like nobody's business but then complain about not having enough time to do things.

There are so many better things you could be doing when you have homework to do, right? But then when homework is what you're actually doing, it seems like there are negative amounts of time allotted for you to get things done.

8. Communal bathrooms WILL scar you for life.

Word to the wise, if you can help it, don't even touch the dorm bathrooms on the weekends. Those images and smells will haunt you for the rest of your life.

9. You will spend money faster than you ever thought possible.

"What do you mean I have a negative balance??? I swear I just had $40 yesterday."

10. You will make friends so great that going home for the summer almost seems like a sad thing.

By the end of your freshman year, you will have made some of the best friends you've ever had, and going home will almost seem daunting... (key word, almost).

Your freshman year of college will definitely be a learning year, but once it's over you will be excitedly awaiting the next 3 years of your life!

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