Across the country, first-year college students are settling into dorms and finding their way across campuses.
Their four-year excursion into the world of academia may look similar to yours, but these freshmen grew up in a different world than many of you.
Most college freshmen were born in 1995. Think you can relate? Beloit College, in Beloit, Wisc., has released its annual "Mindset List," which lists 75 cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall. We've compiled our 10 favorites. Check out the full list on Beloit's website.
1. Eminem and LL Cool J could show up at parents’ weekend.
2. Having a chat has seldom involved talking.
3. With GPS, they’ve never needed directions to get someplace, just an address.
3. They have known only two presidents.
4. They could always get rid of their outdated toys on eBay.
5. Rites of passage have more to do with having their own cell phone and Skype accounts than with getting a driver’s license and car.
6. They have never really needed to go to their friend’s house so they could study together.
7. They may have been introduced to video games with a new Sony PlayStation left in their cribs by their moms.
9. A tablet is no longer something you take in the morning.
10. They have always known that there are “five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes” in a year.
Across the country, first-year college students are settling into dorm rooms and attending their first college classes. Their four-year excursion into the world of academia may look similar to yours, but these freshman grew up in a different world than you did. Think you can relate? Beloit College, in Beloit, Wisconsin, has released its annual “Mindset List,” which lists 75 cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall. We’ve compiled our 10 favorites. Check out the full list on their website: http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2017/
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