College Seniors vs. Freshmen

Freshmen: Are never in bed past noon.
Seniors: Are never out of bed before noon.

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.

Freshmen: Bring a can of soda into a lecture hall.
Seniors: Bring a jumbo hoagie and six-pack of Mtn. Dew into a recitation class.

Freshmen: Call the professor "Professor."
Seniors: Call the professor "Bob."

Freshmen: Would walk ten miles to get to class.
Seniors: Drive to class if it's further than three blocks away.

Freshmen: Memorize the course material to get a good grade.
Seniors: Memorize the professor's habits to get a good grade.

Freshmen: Know a book-full of useless trivia about the university.
Seniors: Know where the next class is. Maybe...

Freshmen: Show up at a morning exam clean, perky, and fed.
Seniors: Show up at a morning exam in sweats with a cap on and a box of pop tarts in hand.

Freshmen: Have to ask where the computer labs are.
Seniors: Have 'own' personal workstation.

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

Freshmen: Worry about the last freshman composition essay.
Seniors: Worry about the last GRE essay.

Freshmen: Line up for an hour to buy his textbooks in the first week.
Seniors: Start to think about buying textbooks in October... maybe.

Freshmen: Look forward to first classes of the year.
Seniors: Look forward to first beer garden of the year.

Freshmen: Proud of A+ on Calculus I midterm.
Seniors: Proud of not quite failing Complex Analysis midterm.

Freshmen: Call his girlfriend back home every other night.
Seniors: Call Domino's every other night.

Freshmen: Appalled at the class size and callousness of profs.
Seniors: Appalled that the campus 'Subway' burned down over the summer.

Freshmen: Conscientiously completes all homework, including optional questions.
Seniors: Offers to 'tutor' conscientious frosh of opposite sex.

Freshmen: Excited about the world of possibilities that awaits, the unlimited vista of educational opportunities, the chance to expand one's horizons and really make a contribution to society.
Seniors: Excited about new dryers in laundry room

Freshmen: Take meticulous four-color notes in class.
Seniors: Occasionally stay awake for all of class.