Thousands of young adults around the world are starting their college careers right now. These tweets nail that first-year experience.
Remember your first semester at college?
Or maybe you don't.
Well, so does comedian Jenny Jaffe. She recently noticed the hordes of New York University freshman clogging the sidewalks. In an email exchange, Jaffe told Upworthy: "I found myself giggling thinking about all of the awkward ways I tried to fit in and how I was just this completely different, totally lost person."
So she started the hashtag #RightNowAFreshman to highlight some of the best and worst of those times.
"[R]ight now, freshmen all over the country and world are having experiences that they'll remember, laugh, and shake their heads in embarrassment at forever. It just started being a fun game I was playing by myself, tweeting on the train." — Jenny Jaffe
Because who doesn't love an occasion to sigh with relief at how far they've come?
#RightNowAFreshman is debating what to claim as their favorite band.— Jenny Jaffe (@jennyjaffe) September 3, 2015
Imagine how much better it could've been if you got some real talk about college.
Maybe fewer nights like this. GIF from "Looney Tunes."
Jaffe's hashtag took off, and now tons of older-and-wiser grads are using #RightNowAFreshman on Twitter to talk about the awkward ins and outs of being a college newbie.
The result was a series of tweets that sum up the trials and tribulations college freshman face — almost too perfectly.
Like the struggles of creating new relationships.
@jennyjaffe #RightNowAFreshman is saying to their new roommate "My stuff is ur stuff!" not realizing theyre going to REGRET THAT in a month— Max Dylan Ash (@mynameisntdave) September 3, 2015
Or fearing (or embracing) the freshman 15.
#RightNowAFreshman is loading up a cafeteria tray with food their metabolism will balk at in another few years.— Jenny Jaffe (@jennyjaffe) September 3, 2015
And learning new things — and excitedly showing off your new knowledge.
#RightNowAFreshman is talking about Bukowski. Desperately.— Mara Wilson (@MaraWritesStuff) September 3, 2015

Thank goodness for spell check. Image via Twitter/zzzzaaaacccchhh.
And just like college life, the hashtag reflects it ain't all fun and games.
Some folks talked about colleges' struggle to address sexual assault.
#RightNowAFreshman is listening to a lecture about sexual assault on campus from professionals who believe it doesn
A recent survey showed that college presidents thought that rape is a widespread problem — just not on their college campuses. Typical.
And the struggle of feeling homesick when being away from friends and family.
#RightNowAFreshman wants to go home, but given times things will change and they will grow to love it #homesick— Project UROK (@ProjectUROK) September 3, 2015
But people took the time to remind students that despite all the hurdles of college life, everything will work out.
#RightNowAFreshman is worrying what they
I mean, we all are here to tell our tales, right?
GIF by xborntofly/Tumblr.
What freshman year moments do you not miss? Hop on Twitter to share in the fun.
If you haven't already, follow the hashtag's creator, Jenny Jaffe, on Twitter. While you're at it, check out her nonprofit, Project UROK, which makes media to help teens and young adults dealing with mental illness.
Thumbnail photo by Jirka Matousek/Flickr.
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