There are many differences between college freshmen and college seniors. Here are just a few:

Freshmen: Are never in bed past noon.

Seniors: Are never out of bed before noon.

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Freshmen: Read the syllabus to find out what classes they can cut.

Seniors: Read the syllabus to find out what classes they need to attend.

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Freshmen: Brings a can of soda into a lecture hall.

Seniors: Brings a jumbo hoagie and six-pack of Mountain Dew into a recitation class.

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Freshmen: Calls the professor "Professor."

Seniors: Calls the professor "Bob."

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Freshmen: Would walk ten miles to get to class.

Seniors: Drives to class if it's further than three blocks away.

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Freshmen: Memorizes the course material to get a good grade.

Seniors: Memorizes the professor's habits to get a good grade.

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Freshmen: Knows a book-full of useless trivia about the university.

Seniors: Knows where the next class is. Maybe...

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Freshmen: Shows up at a morning exam clean, perky, and fed.

Seniors: Shows up at a morning exam in sweats with a cap on and a box of pop tarts in hand.

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Freshmen: Have to ask where the computer labs are.

Seniors: Has 'own' personal workstation.

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Freshmen: Use the campus buses to go everywhere.

Seniors: Use the campus buses to run block while crossing the street.

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Freshmen: Worry about the last freshman composition essay.

Seniors: Worry about the last GRE essay.

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Freshmen: Lines up for an hour to buy his textbooks in the first week.

Seniors: Starts to think about buying textbooks in October... maybe.

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Freshmen: Looks forward to first classes of the year.

Seniors: Looks forward to first beer garden of the year.

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Freshmen: Is proud of his A+ on Calculus I midterm.

Seniors: Is proud of not quite failing his Complex Analysis midterm.

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Freshmen: Calls his girlfriend back home every other night.

Seniors: Calls Domino's every other night.

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Freshmen: Is appalled at the class size and callousness of professors.

Seniors: Is appalled that the campus 'Subway' burned down over the summer.

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Freshmen: Conscientiously completes all homework, including optional questions.

Seniors: Offers to 'tutor' conscientious frosh of opposite sex...

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Freshmen: Goes on grocery shopping trip with Mom before moving onto campus.

Seniors: Has a beer with Mom before moving onto campus.

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Freshmen: Is excited about the world of possibilities that awaits him, the unlimited vista of educational opportunities, the chance to expand one's horizons and really make a contribution to society.

Seniors: Is excited about new dryers in laundry room.

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Freshmen: Takes meticulous four-color notes in class.

Seniors: Occasionally stays awake for all of class.

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