Your freshman year is one of the most awaited moments of your young life. There is so much anticipation and excitement for what is to come! This is your first taste of freedom and finally getting to see what living without your parents is like. So many things to look forward to like the dorms and dorm food in all of their glory! No worries though, the cast of Monsters Inc. is here to walk you through the most wild, stressful and memorable year of your life!
1. Orientation
This is your first real taste of life in the college bubble! You register for classes, get your housing assignments and get a feel for the campus. The fact that you will be here in a few short months is terrifying and enticing both at the same time! It really sinks in that you in fact have made it this far, and will spend the rest of your time back home counting down the days till you can return.
2. Move in day
You're feeling good! You've got on your killer new orientation shirt and it's day one of your new found freedom. Your parents just dropped you off and you're ready for your crazy college experience to finally begin! Granted, you have absolutely no friends at this school, no plans and you barely know your roommate, but let the fun begin!
3. Starting off strong
At the start of the school year is when you're the most motivated. Classes haven't picked up yet and you're in that honeymoon phase where you envision yourself making a 4.0, attending all of your classes and being in the best shape of you life! No freshman 15 for you!
About 2 weeks into the school year...
4. First night out
You're starting to get the hang of things! You have joined a club or organization and made some friends -- time to hit the town. You notice all of the cute upperclassman and put on your hottest outfit and break out your coolest dance moves in hopes of catching someone's eye on the dance floor.
5. Realization that classes are hard
After syllabus week passes and you've spent the past few nights going out with your friends, you realize that this whole college thing might be a little tougher than you imagined. Classes and your extracurricular activities begin to pick up, and you experience your first all-nighter. 8AM's become optional and you start to calculate how many classes you can miss before it effects your grade.
6. Finals week
The infamous finals week is among you and you no longer can mess around and put off the work you never got around to. Your body is fighting the urge to procrastinate and fighting back by packing yourself full of coffee and energy drinks. The limited sleep you already had is even more slim, and you can look forward to more all-nighters and lots and lots of cramming on things you never learned.
Walking out of finals week like...
7. When you go on break and have to leave your friends
You can let out a sigh of relief because the
torturous finals week is finally over. However the celebration is short lived
because suddenly everyone is packing up and leaving town. These people you just
met a few months ago you can't imagine your life let alone six weeks without!
Sadly, you are headed back to live with your parents, and hangout with people
you haven't spoken to or seen since graduation. The break from school is nice
but separation anxiety is a very real thing.
8. Back in action for spring semester
The longest break of your entire life is over and all of your favorite people are finally back in one place! You waste no time celebrating the arrival and use these next few months more as a countdown to spring break than anything else. You have learned from your many mistakes first semester, and have somewhat become wiser from them. You and your pals are ready to finish freshman year with a bang!
9. Facing responsibilities
As freshman year comes to a close, you are slammed with responsibilities for the upcoming years. Classes become more major specific and summer plans need to be defined. Parking passes, meal plans and tuition are just of a few of the things you have to look forward to. You get to move out of the dorms (praise the Lord), but now need to know who you are living with and where. Occasionally you will feel during this year that you are being thrown at a brick wall (maybe literally) and that your life is falling apart, this may be one of those times. Although things may be getting tough, you are so close to being done! You have made it this far and will make it to the finish line even if it is by crawling your way there.
10. Coming back in the fall
Fall has arrived which means you get to return back to your favorite place! Unfortunately you are no longer the shiny new things on campus, and have been replaced by naive newbies with hope in their eyes who know no pain. You anxiously await their arrival and scout any potential ones who might be boyfriend material. You have moved on up and just like everyone else, you are now considered old. Now is the time where you have to start getting serious and actually have somewhat of your life figured out.
Freshman year has flown by, and it doesn't slow down from there. Soon you will no longer be in just intro courses, and have the pressure of internships and resumes resting on your shoulders. I truly believe you learn more in your freshman year of college than you did in any of the four years of high school. This is your first and last time to experience this year, so seize every opportunity and live everyday with the same level of excitement as Mike Wazowski on the first day of classes!
