
FYI: First-Year Intel — The TU Freshman Blog Zone The freshman experience is unique. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime departure from the known world of high school into a realm of possibility, exploration and new beginnings.
All the blog posts you’ll encounter here are genuine, first-person accounts of what it’s like to enter the exciting physical, mental and emotional space called “first year.” We hope these stories will provide a glimpse of life as a TU freshman.
The freshman experience is unique. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime departure from the known world of high school into a realm of possibility, exploration and new beginnings.
All the blog posts you’ll encounter here are genuine, first-person accounts of what it’s like to enter the exciting physical, mental and emotional space called “first year.” We hope these stories will provide a glimpse of life as a TU freshman.


First semester: surviving and thriving

My first semester: From terror to gratitude

My marvelous midterms

Living and learning online

Here’s to freshman year!

COVID-19 as a college freshman

In times like these…

Winter fun under the sun: Campus edition

My lines of defense

Overcoming uncertainty

First semester in Santa’s bag

Leaving nothing behind

The semester ends … with the crashing of cymbals!

Fall, football and almost finals

Brown leaves and golden students

Not like the movies, but better?

Swimming in the deep end

From dread to delight
