your first year at

W&M

1) Figure out how to

9) Photograph your favorite spot on campus during all four seasons

10) Learn a new campus fun fact when you walk by a tour group

18) Submit a call-in order at the Cheese Shop to skip the lines and feel like a local

19) Take a late night walk through CW

2) Find the old Lake pronounce Botetourt Matoaka amphitheatre

3) Listen to an a cappella group perform at Wren 10

4) Take a class in a subject you've never learned about before

5) Make an account on Tribe Careers

6) Leave campus by figuring out the WATA bus system

7) Stop by your professors’ office hours to get to know them

8) Check out a book from Swem

11) Connect with alumni over Homecoming weekend

12) Attend an event for a cultural organization that you're not a member of

13) Attend a group fitness class at the rec or wellness center

14) Swim in the rec center pool

15) Try to play it cool after being startled by one of the many campus squirrels

20) Narrowly miss stepping in horse poop on DOG Street

21) Travel Europe for the day by going to Busch Gardens

22) Get your free student pass from Colonial Williamsburg

23) Compare the fudge at Wythe and Kilwin's and pick a favorite

24) Take advantage of living in the city with the most pancake houses per capita

25) Spend a day at the beach in Yorktown or Jamestown

26) Collect as many free W&M t-shirts as you can

17) Figure out your goto Wawa order

27) Put together an IM sports team

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