freshman

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USC freshman Tucker Collins attended a “No Kings” protest in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“I don’t think you necessarily need college anymore,” said Shraman Kar, 19, who left Stanford after completing his freshman year last spring, then raised $4.5 million for his AI video startup Golpo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

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

JSerra 2, Servite 1: An RBI double by Ayden Coleman and RBI single from freshman Joey Koenig lifted the Lions to the Trinity League win.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

As a result, I threw myself into my schoolwork the next day, since I have little desire to still be a freshman when I’m fourteen or fifteen.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank