As my freshman year begins to wind down, I decided to look back on my first year as a college student. During this reflection, a few actions and decisions stood out as inherently "freshman." I have complied these moments into a list that I like to call "Freshman Year Fails." Enjoy.
1. Not wearing a t-shirt to Reggie's on your first Monday because you don't want to look sloppy.
2. Overestimating the time it takes to walk from your dorm to Lockett and having to sit in the hall for 15 minutes because there's a class in your class room.
3. Underestimating the time it takes to walk from your dorm to Lockett and arriving five minutes late and having to walk in front of the professor across the room to the only available seat
4. What's Himes?
5. What do you mean my test isn't in class?
6. Running to catch the bus because you don't realize another one is coming in five minutes.
7. Talking on the third floor of Middleton.
8. Showing up late to a scheduled test in Himes because you don't know any better.
9. Being afraid to order at CC's in Middleton.
10. Not realizing there was a Subway on campus until second semester.
11. Going to class without your laptop charger.
12. Buying all your textbooks at full price because you were scared to buy a "used" book.
13. Wearing a t-shirt to Mike's on Monday because you didn't realize that only Reggie's has a t-shirt nig.ht
14. What's a clicker?
15. Leaving class early and getting called out by the professor in front of 600 people.
16. Not realizing that the night buses stop running at 2 a.m.
17. Accidentally sitting in the unassigned (yet totally assigned) boy section in the back of the bus.
18. Waking up for your Monday, Wednesday, Friday class on a Tuesday.
19. Not seeing an adviser before you schedule because "how hard can scheduling be."
20. Not checking the weather before leaving your dorm.
21. "I won't need an umbrella to walk to class."
22. Wait, what's moodle?
23. Not turning the sound off on your laptop before going to class.
If you related to any of these fails, just remember: If you survived freshman year, you can survive almost anything. Though I'll always cherish my time as a freshman, I look forward to next semester when I can sit back as an older, wiser sophomore and watch (and totally judge) the blind ignorance of the freshmen as they commit their own fails.
