20 things I experienced in my first year

1. You are just a number in a lecture hall.
2. Profs are not as intimidating as you'd think. They are actually NOT obnoxious people, even with twenty different degrees, Ph.d's and doctorates attached at the end of their name on the first ever slide of a lecture.
3. Class starts at 10:30 am, but you're still half awake taking notes.
4. You see more people on facebook and msn than taking notes on their laptop in every class.
5. Bored-est person in front of you might take a photo of himself on webcam while prof lectures away about Aristotle's Nicomachean.
6. You miss class just to work on a paper worth 25% of the final grade
7. Your essay starts to look like 20 people's ideas jumbled up in ten pages and you feel there's nothing original about it.
8. First ever D in an essay? It's not the end of the world.
9. The library becomes a favorite hang out spot.
10. You have Study Buddies.
11. You become a human rights nerd. You and your buddies discuss repression in Latin America or immigration issues over lunch.
12. Overthinking too critically can be overwhelming sometimes. Your brain just might slowly expand and melt at the same time.
13. Weekends begin on Friday, but nobody really understands where time really went.
14. Coffee cups become a trend. Everyone walks on campus with something in a mug, from Tim Hortons, Rooster's or Starbucks. You try suppressing your addiction to Starbucks each time you walk across the atrium by holding your breath
15. You start experimenting different drinks to keep your sanity from all the readings, like hot chocolate mixed with french vanilla.
16. Cooking is fun. But not when you're piled with assignments
17. Paying your bill is exciting and it makes you feel grown up and special the first time. But not so much the second, third, fourth...tenth time.
18. Student loan money disappears really quickly....on who knows what.
19. Having someone to talk to at night is nice. So you don't feel lonely at times.
20. You learn things about yourself that surprises you.