| Freshmen | Seniors |
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Are never in bed past noon.
| Are never out of bed before noon.
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| Read the syllabus to find out what classes they can cut.
| Read the syllabus to find out what classes they need to attend.
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| Brings a can of soda into a lecture hall.
| Brings a jumbo hoagie and six-pack of Mtn. Dew into a recitation class.
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| Calls the professor "Professor."
| Calls the professor "Bob."
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| Would walk ten miles to get to class.
| Drives to class if it's further than three blocks away.
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| Memorizes the course material to get a good grade.
| Memorizes the professor's habits to get a good grade.
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| Knows a book-full of useless trivia about the university.
| Knows where the next class is. Maybe...
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| Shows up at a morning exam clean, perky, and fed.
| Shows up at a morning exam in sweats with a cap on and a box
of pop tarts in hand.
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| Have to ask where the computer labs are.
| Has 'own' personal workstation.
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| Use the campus buses to go everywhere.
| Use the campus buses to run block while crossing the street.
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| Worry about the last freshman composition essay.
| Worry about the last GRE essay.
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| Lines up for an hour to buy his textbooks in the first week.
| Starts to think about buying textbooks in October... maybe.
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| Looks forward to first classes of the year
| Looks forward to first beer garden of the year
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| Is proud of his A+ on Calculus I midterm
| Is proud of not _quite_ failing his Complex Analysis midterm
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| Calls his girlfriend back home every other night
| Calls Domino's every other night
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| Is appalled at the class size and callousness of profs
| Is appalled that the campus 'Subway' burned down over the summer
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| Conscienciously completes all homework, including optional
questions
| Offers to 'tutor' conscientious fresh of opposite sex...
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| Goes on grocery shopping trip with Mom before moving onto campus
| Has a beer with Mom before moving onto campus
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| 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
| Is excited about new dryers in laundry room
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| Takes meticulous four-color notes in class
| Occasionally stays awake for all of class
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