The best and worst four years
(04/30/18 2:29pm)
Before I started my freshman year at Duke, everyone told me that college was going to be the best four years of my life. I really hope they were wrong.
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Before I started my freshman year at Duke, everyone told me that college was going to be the best four years of my life. I really hope they were wrong.
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