That first semester can fly by for freshmen. The same sensation is felt here with "Year One: Life at ASU," our periodic photo series following five freshmen through their first year at ASU. It seems like we just watched these students move into their dorms, and now they're already going through their first round of final exams.
Here's a look at how they study — and break the monotony of studying with some help from friends. If you're a regular fan of this series you might notice we're missing one of our five, Sabrina Haines. With her obligations to the ASU women's basketball team, which is ranked No. 24 in the nation at the time of this post, she has been busy traveling to games, practicing and studying ... and not always in a way that fit with our schedules. Regardless, Sabrina and the other four will be back next semester as we watch them go through their second semester. You know it's going to fly by fast enough that we'll soon be at the end of the school year wondering where the time went.
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Freshman Kaitlyn DiLorenzo studies for her Calculus III class, completing a 215-question study guide in her residence hall room at the West campus on Dec. 3.
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Studying doesn't have to be a marathon of isolated work. DiLorenzo gets a break from the books with a visit from her friend Austin Church as she studies for her Calculus III class.
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DiLorenzo, an applied mathematics major, takes a break from studying as her friend and freshman forensic biology major Bethany Pittman tries on her glasses.
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Eric Arellano uses a whiteboard to visualize his thoughts while working on his honors project for his Principles of Programming with Java in his dorm room on Nov. 25.
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With the goal of "leveraging technology for the social good," Arellano is creating a resource conservation app that will help users compare a one-time use with global usage, and one-time use with the user's historical usage for all types of resources. It combines his computer science major with his sustainability minor.
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Freshman Hannah Kiesling goes over her chemistry class PowerPoint slides to study for her last final exam in her dorm room at Taylor Place on Dec. 8.
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Kiesling chats with her residence hall's Community Assistant Alicia Gonzales about her upcoming chemistry final exam at Taylor Place the afternoon of Dec. 8.
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Shuo Zhang (left) and classmate Kuan-Min Lee meet in the library on ASU's Polytechnic campus to work on their General Chemistry homework and study for its final on Nov. 24. Shuo is a freshman in automotive engineering, and Kuan-Min is a freshman in robotics engineering. The chemistry class is required for both.
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Shuo Zhang, who is from China, uses his language translator as he works on his General Chemistry homework. The required course is a challenge, and he'd already begun preparing for the final exam before November had ended.
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