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Freshman Year 101

It's not at all what you expect.

Delanie Munro

May 31, 2016

New England College

Delanie Munro

Graduating high school and waiting through the dreadful summer before the first semester of freshman year is always the worst. I had a terrible summer before going off to college and I just could not wait to get in the car and not only start learning what I am actually interested in, but changing everything that I knew as the high school norm. No longer getting up at 6 a.m. every morning, a different type of workload, meeting new people and partying was my new routine. Meeting my best friends was the best thing that has ever happened to me. I never thought that I would end up being so close to people that I didn't even know existed before college.

1. Going out at 1 a.m. to get food seemed crazy to me when I was in high school, but now it's normal for weekend nights.

"Is anyone hungry? I could go for a cheeseburger," is usually how the night starts off with my friends and I. Once one of us is hungry, everyone else is hungry. It's been said that eating after 9 p.m. is bad, but if you've been staying up until almost 3 a.m. each night, you'd be hungry too.

2. I would run across campus for one of my friends if they needed me.

I've done it before and I'd do it again if any of my friends needed me to. Doesn't matter to me what it's about, if you text or call me saying you need to talk, I'll be there. I don't know if high school me would do that or not, but now I would do it in a heartbeat. I took my friend to the hospital at 2 a.m. once because her ankle was broken and we didn't leave the hospital until 7 a.m. You do what you have to do for your friends.

3. Staying in on a Friday night while watching 'Friends' and eating junk food is completely normal.

Before I got to college, I thought I was going to be partying every weekend, when in reality, two-thirds of the time my friends and I were usually lounging around while stuffing our faces with food. It's completely fine not going out each weekend.

So, freshman year is honestly your time to find what you want to actually do with your life. Take your time, do your work, make friends, and just have fun because freshman year is practically over now, and I know that college is going to fly by at this point.

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Freshman Year 101

It's not at all what you expect.

1. Going out at 1 a.m. to get food seemed crazy to me when I was in high school, but now it's normal for weekend nights.

2. I would run across campus for one of my friends if they needed me.

3. Staying in on a Friday night while watching 'Friends' and eating junk food is completely normal.

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Sleepovers are not a thing. They're just not.

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2. Seriously, you only ask once.

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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.

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

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

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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.”

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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.

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