Anyone that attends college goes through that super-awkward adjustment period in the first week or two. This adjustment period makes it incredibly easy to tell who the freshmen are all across campus. Like thousands of other students across the country, this year, I was a freshman in college, and every single "typical freshman thing" was probably something I did (and I did it proudly). If you didn't do these, well, you either were not a freshman or you're a liar.
10. Speed walking to class
You could've entered into the Olympics for competitive speed walking with the time you made to classes, especially the ones all the way on the other side of campus. Don't fear the slow walkers when you can pass them with super-fast freshman powers.
9. Showing up to class early
There's nothing better than watching a crowd of freshmen gather outside of a classroom. Apparently professors dock points if you show up to class late, so why not be 10 minutes early? This also ties in with the speed walking deal, because the faster you walk, the earlier you are.
8. Filling the backpack to its maximum capacity
Because the online textbook generator told you that you needed all of those textbooks, you're obviously going to need every single one of them on the first day, right?
7. Color-coordinating your dorm room with your roommate
The room is too small to even turn it into a hangout, anyway, so what's the point? It's unlikely that you two even like the same colors! While the matching color scheme is wonderful and all, the only thing it gets you is a compliment from someone passing by your open door.
6. Thinking the communal bathroom wouldn't be that bad
Nothing like having to walk down the hallway to share a bathroom with your floormates. Is that hair clump in the drain the size of a baseball? Is there enough toothpaste on the mirror to fill a tube? Of course! Bet you'll always have shoes on when you enter that bathroom.
5. Carrying your schedule on the first day (or week)
Some of you just carried the schedule, while some of you tried to amp up your game and put your schedule on your phone (you know, so you didn't have to be the freshman carrying the schedule). Regardless, everyone knew what you were looking at on the first day, and if you were like me, it was the whole week.
5. Going to the wrong classroom
Apparently your schedule skills were not up to par, and you managed to go to the wrong classroom. Bonus points if there were other students in there when you realized you were wrong and had to leave.
4. Dressing nice for the first week
College is the time to look homeless because no one will judge. Your dress and/or heels does not say homeless, but it does say overkill.
3. Not knowing the hours to anything
How many times did you show up to the cafeteria, library, or even the grocery store off campus to find it closed? Before you know the schedule of things by heart, it might be worth it to Google the hours before showing up and looking like you don't know what's going on.
2. Eating all of the junk food
How often do you get all-access to ice cream, cookies, and cake? That's probably why you went to the cafeteria and stocked up on a huge bowl of ice cream, warm cookies to go with it, and you may or may not have snuck out a huge stack of those cookies in your backpack, as well. Hello, Freshman 15!
1. Wearing your lanyard around your neck
There is absolutely no shame with carrying a lanyard. It's so easy just to wear your lanyard with your ID and room key around your neck because you never have to reach in your backpack for it. Side pockets of your backpack will work just fine, as you can probably pull your lanyard out of there in three seconds flat.
