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107 Things Every College Freshman MUST Do

The ultimate freshman year bucket list.

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College is a huge life adjustment. It can be very stressful trying to meet new people and make new best friends. I can guarantee that if you get through this list with your new hallmates, y'all will be inseparable by the end of the year.

1. Move into Your Dorm

2. Attend Class

3. Meet 10 new people & continue to be friends with them

4. Get a piercing

5. Go to a concert

6. Go to a music festival

7. Take at least 1,000 pictures

8. Stay up for 24 hours straight

9. Get an A on a test or exam

10. Dance in the rain

11. Play beer pong

12. Play flip cup

13. Go to a college party

14. Attend a Hawaiian themed party

15. Try a class outside your major

16. Join a club or organization

17. Spring Break

18. Take a weekend road trip

19. Walk through a drive through

20. Go to at least 5 football games

21. Take a class you aren't good at

22. Stay organized

23. Do homework

24. Spend a whole day sleeping

25. Avoid the Freshman 15

26. Scare someone

27. Surprise someone

28. Visit a friend at a different school

29. Have someone come visit you

30. Go tailgating

31. Explore all the buildings on campus

32. Go to office hours

33. Workout every night one week

34. Participate in all the big campus events

35. Walk around campus on a Friday or Saturday night

36. Make friends with a foreign exchange student

37. Make friends with someone who is the complete opposite of you

38. Eat at 10 different restaurants

39. Visit the rec center or gym three times a week

40. Do not procrastinate

41. Have a picnic

42. Lay out and look at the stars

43. Dye your hair

44. Say no to drugs

45. Go on a hike

46. Watch the sunset

47. Watch a sunrise

48. Steal a sign

49. Pass a note to a cute guy in class

50. Participate in campus traditions

51. Stay classy

52. Learn another language

53. Read a book that isn't for class

54. Pass all my classes

55. Have a girls night in

56. Don't give up

57. Dance like nobody is watching

58. Eat an ethnic meal

59. Thank those who normally don't get gratitude

60. Call mom & dad

61. Respond to every letter within 10 days

62. Go to church

63. Spend time in the library

64. Consider studying abroad

65. Apply for scholarships

66. Go to more than one frat in a night

67. Go sledding

68. Send a letter to a random person

69. Go on a run

70. Ride the bus

71. Go to the movies

72. Finish an entire eraser

73. Stop being shy

74. Go an entire day without technology

75. Travel home alone

76. Be in two places at once

77. Remember why you are at school

78. Drive someone else's car

79. Be a designated driver

80. Write a letter to me & save it for senior year

81. Start running once a week

82. Leave notes in library books

83. Skip class once

84. Steal (or borrow for an extended time) 50 pens

85. Read every single book assigned

86. Dance behind people

87. Make bird noises in the library

88. Participate in Residence Hall events

89. Get to know your RA

90. Watch Netflix for 12 hours

91. Thank a professor or TA

92. Compliment 10 random people

93. Eat pizza every day for a week

94. Try 15 new foods

95. Run from one side of campus to the other

96. Pay for someone else's dinner

97. Go on a date

98. Keep your room clean

99. Write a letter in another language

100 .Do some community service

101. Apply to work study

102. Get on the Dean's List

103. Make a difference

104. Get mom to send a care package

105. Vote

106. Wake up before 6 am once

107. Go to sleep before 9 pm once

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