freshman

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Castellano and his co-founder, Nebiyu Demie, who met working campus jobs as freshman computer science students, moved out of the dorms and straight into an apartment complex owned by their investors, Cambridge-based Link Ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

If Mullins joined the Huskies, then Hurley would see to it that they made it to the Final Four in Mullins’s freshman year—to be played in his home state.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

My daughter got into trouble with credit cards as a freshman.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

McDonald’s All-American Brayden Burries, a freshman at Arizona from Eastvale Roosevelt, has been a key player in the Wildcats’ season, averaging 16.1 points.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Farmer asked a fellow freshman, who was unpacking his dry-cleaned clothes, “How come you put your shirts in plastic?”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French