A lot of things change between your freshman and sophomore year of college. Some for the good, some for the bad, and some, most definitely, for the ugly. Trust me, I've been there, I know how in the moment you feel like you're killing life and you're on top of the world. Yeah- once sophomore year hits, you will be embarrassed by almost everything you did freshman year and those feelings will slowly fade.
1. How you dress for class:
Freshman-year you always has a full face of make up on -- yes, even for the gym -- and is dressed like Blaire Waldorf for a simple walk to Main Street. However, sophomore-year you only knows one word: sweats, and sweats only. A year into college and you have finally figured out that gym clothes are the only thing you will be sporting to class, and people should just be thankful you brushed your hair.
2. How you party:
The freshman-you will never turn down a shot and will get too drunk for every frat party, because you have not mastered the skill of befriended the brothers yet. The sophomore-you, though? No longer a concern. The sophomore-you will be getting too drunk because you know everyone there.
3. How you eat:
The freshman-year you knows to show up at the dinning hall directly at 5 o'clock with your entire floor, so everyone can catch up on their days without having to wait in 30-minute lines for food. The sophomore-you consists of crying every night at 5 P.M. because you realized you don't even know how to cook rice without having your mom on the other line walking you through the instructions.
4. How you walk around campus:
Freshman-year you walks around campus with your head down, not looking upperclassmen in the eyes. Lucky if you run into three people you know in your 20-minute walk to class. Sophomore-year you cannot even make it halfway to your destination without seeing every person you know and love as well as every person in every one of your 400 person lectures from freshman year.
5. How you talk to your parents:
The freshman-year you spoke to your parents almost every day, filling them in on every aspect of your day so they could pretend like they came to college with you. Sophomore-year, you makes up excuses daily as to why you can't answer their obsessive phone calls, but makes sure to talk to them once a week to let them know you're still alive and haven't completely flunked out of school yet.
I wasn't lying when I said some were for the good, some were for the bad, and some were most definitely for the ugly. Although I can not predict the future, I am cringing wondering what embarrassing things I've done during my sophomore year that will change when I become a junior. Will it be the time I wore a grout-fit to class, taking the sweats and sweats only rule too far? Or will it be the time I called my professor mom? Or possibly that time I slept through all of my classes, woke up with one left in the day but ordered Chinese food and went back to bed instead? Time will tell. Bring on junior year and everything it has to offer.
