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Fall is almost here, which means freshmen everywhere are excited to start their high school experience. They’re sharpening their pencils, getting together their first day of school looks, texting their BFFs, and fighting the butterflies in their stomach every time they think about who they’ll be sitting with in the cafeteria. It’s such a hopeful time.
But it doesn’t last.
Also anticipating the beginning of school are the seniors, who have one more year to hack it through to freedom. Or at least to college, where they’ll start the cycle of hope all over again. Senior year of high school is so brutal, because it’s the last long push towards starting adulthood. You’re not a grown up by a long shot, but you still have an enormous amount of responsibility, like getting into another school that will suck the life out of you.
At least there are these tweets to laugh and cry to:
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How to spot a college freshman vs a senior:
Freshmen don’t look like they just rolled out of bed and came to class.
A senior does.— ➵ Kelby Greene (@kelbygreene) August 27, 2018
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Night before first day of freshman year: Ok I have my backpack, notebooks, color coded folders, pencils, pens…
Night before first day of senior year: Ok I have one piece of .7 lead…
— sydnee allen (@sydnee_allen) August 28, 2018
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me preparing for senior year of high school: color-coded notebooks for each class, 85 pens and pencils, highlighters I’ll never use, outfit picked out 7 days in advance
me preparing for senior year of college: I think I have a used crayon from 2nd grade I can probably write with
— sarah 🌻 (@sarah_madaus) August 27, 2018
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Freshman vs senior year:
Pick an outfit day before, check all your classes, wake up early to get readyGet home at 8 am, check your schedule the morning of classes
— Shïne (@kangsturr) August 27, 2018
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Freshman year: prints schedule, finds classes a week in advance, and puts on a new outfit for their first day
Senior: Throws phone out of anger when alarm goes off, hasn’t even see where there Class is, and wears jeans that have a stain from taco Tuesday last week
— Charlotte M. Hudnall (@Miss_Chud) August 28, 2018
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Freshman year vs. Senior year pic.twitter.com/Fjzva5sPEw
— Zac Pacleb (@ZacPacleb) August 27, 2018
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Freshman year vs. Senior year pic.twitter.com/4HmnStWaHI
— 💞WE GOING UP FOLKS 💞 (@kunissouwu) August 27, 2018
9.
freshman year —-> senior year pic.twitter.com/GDgbp3KOid
— reagan (@gguccigarcia) August 27, 2018
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Freshman year vs senior year pic.twitter.com/JszTQVAgxX
— 🔮 (@Jewelya1313) August 26, 2018
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freshman year: 100 friends
sophomore year: 50 friends
junior year: 10 friends
senior year: 2 friends
— Student Problems (@studentsstrikes) August 27, 2018
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*freshman year*
“omg why does everyone think I’m annoying”
*sophomore – senior year*
“freshman are fuckin annoying
*graduated*
“high schoolers are annoying”
😂😅— ᵏᵃˡᵉᶤ (@kaaaleiranae) August 27, 2018
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Freshman year: i need a fake id Senior year: i need a fake handicapped parking pass
— Britt Schmidt (@bschmidt78) August 23, 2018
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Night before first day of swim practice:
Freshman: OK! I have my suit, cap, goggles, snacks, fins and warms up all neatly folded in my brand new swim bag!!
Senior: My towel smells like death and I’m pretty sure that’s string cheese fused to my suit. This is fine.
— SwimWithIssues (@SwimWithIssues) August 28, 2018
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Day before classes start, freshman year: I need to have 8 folders and 5 different pencils and 2 pens and every single textbook for every class already bought
Day before classes start, senior year: Maybe I’ll find a notebook somewhere on my way to class tomorrow idk
— Ryan Sebastianelli (@Ryan_Seb13) August 26, 2018
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First day of class freshman year:
Gets a full night of sleep, prints out syllabuses, organizes a 7 subject notebook, color coats planner and has a will to liveFirst day of class senior year:
Might have a pen and definitely trying to get hit by a bus— lindsey allen (@lindseyy27) August 27, 2018
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Freshman yr: is this over yet?
Sophomore yr: am I an upperclassmen yet??
Junior yr: ehh, I still have next year
Senior yr: what just happened?— Kirsten Friday (@kfriday018) August 27, 2018
Hang in there, kids. Freshman and senior year are just the bread in a total crap sandwich.