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We asked, you answered. Over the past few weeks we reached out to BU students via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, asking them to share their most awkward and embarrassing freshman year mishaps. Some of their stories, from using Google Maps to get to class to getting locked out of a dorm room in just a towel, will make you laugh, some will make you wince.

1.  I got a bloody nose during my LS111 final oral presentation and had to keep going. (@hilibbey_13)

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2.  Walking into the wrong discussion and not realizing for 15 minutes. (@sophheyman)

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3.  I woke up ten minutes before an exam freshman year so I had to bike to class in my flannel onesie. (@flownderr)

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4.  Locking myself out of my room after a shower in just my towel and consequently missing my 8 am final. (@eggblossom)

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5.  One time my whole room caught fire at 5 am and all of Warren had to evacuate. (@krazykate588)

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6.  I left my ID in my room so many times that Sleeper Hall security guards knew my room number. (@TwentiesorDie)

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7.  I used Google Maps to get to Chem 101. (@spatel493)

8.  My friend was leaning back on his seat and fell over backwards making the loudest noise in the library. (@AsmilealittleR)

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9. Not knowing it was illegal to swim in the Charles and getting caught half way in. (@Killsy04)

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9. My first day of classes freshman year… saw a girl, she smiles at me, I promptly trip and fall on my face in CAS. (@_saintpatrick)

10. 1992 in Warren Towers cafeteria during a very crowded dinner time, I fell and my tray full of food went flying. The whole place went SILENT. (Lauren Tavares Fogarty)

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