Don't let the status fool you

By Emily Wilkins

Created:
01/11/10 5:19pm

Last updated:
01/11/10 5:22pm

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I came back to school this semester with a sign that all my hard work form high school had paid off. Measuring snot globs in Advanced Placement, or AP, Biology, sleeping with my eyes open in AP History, and suffering through my teacher’s monologues in AP Government is all worth it now. After one measly semester, thanks to the AP credits from high school, I have obtained sophomore status.

The glory of this will not be downplayed by the fact that “sophomore” means “wise fool.”

I loved being a sophomore in high school. You got your own dance, took classes you actually liked, and you weren’t a freshman. Moving up a grade meant an increase in status and power. Naturally, I was excited to do it again.

However, I’m beginning to realize being a sophomore in college has no such corresponding perks. I can live off campus now, but I can’t move out of the dorms mid-year. I could have a vehicle here, but last summer, while I was away on a trip to Florida, my parents sold my car without telling me. So much for perks.

Whatever my credits say, I’m still a freshman. It’s only my second semester on campus. I have no clue where any of my classes are. I’m stuck in the “Brojects.” And knowing my life, there will be many awkward college firsts next semester.

Scratch that. Knowing my life, there will be plenty of awkward college firsts long after my freshman year. Probably long after I finish college too.

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who cares?

(01/12/10 12:32am)
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Who cares?
what a pointless article!

Darko

(01/12/10 1:37pm)
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Why bother with this garbage?

AWFUL.

Dillon

(01/14/10 8:08am)
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Hope you don’t dislocate your elbow while patting yourself on the back in such a pointless article..thanks for that

4th Year

(01/14/10 3:59pm)
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News: Once you get to college it doesn’t matter if you are a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior. What matters is how long you’ve been here.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Glenn Winston

(01/14/10 4:00pm)
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It only took me to be a 2nd year until I got charged with felonies twice!

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From Catholic school to MSU, freshman staffer Emily Wilkins shares her first-year experiences in a co-ed, college environment. See her life outside the bubble as her freshman year unfolds.

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