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It's The Summer of Your Freshman Year

It isn't all that it's cracked up to be

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It's The Summer of Your Freshman Year
Jenny Davis

Wow, its the summer of your freshman year. While you are excited to go home, reality sets in and you realize that you miss your hall and the constant noise. Going home is bitter sweet; however, after the first couple of weeks you remember that you can't do want you want whenever you want. That you can't just walk into someone else's room because you are lonely or you just want friend company. The first weeks are fun, you get to reminisce about your entire freshman year. But after those first weeks you'll realize that you want to go back to college for a few of these reasons:

1. You miss your friends A LOT

2. Living by yourself at home is VERY lonely after living with 35+ people.

3. Summer isn't all that it is cracked up to be after high school.

- You have to save money for books (for those science majors $$$, start saving NOW!)

- You have to save money for food

- You have to save money for dorm room things (that you and your roommate decide that you just have to have)

- You have to save money for those random little things that you just HAVE to get over the summer.

4. You think you are going to be so neat and organized once you get back home. However, it's the beginning of July and most of your stuff is still packed away.

5. You and your friends have already started planning things for the next summer. The main reason is...you know you won't be able to stand being away from them for 3 months, and you will get super bored without things to do.

Well basically that has been my summer. Sophomore year, can you please hurry up... I miss my friends <3 you suitemates.

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