Follow five freshmen through their first year in this periodic photo series. The journey starts today, with move-in.
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Incoming freshman Eric Arellano finishes unpacking from one trip in his Tucson bedroom Aug. 15 before deciding what to bring for his first semester at ASU. Arellano, a Flinn Scholar, had just returned from a summer abroad in Ecuador the day before and was headed up to Tempe the next day.
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Arellano labels a box of books he'll bring for his first semester at ASU, while packing in his Tucson bedroom on Aug. 15.
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Arellano decides what clothes to bring for his first semester at ASU while packing in his Tucson bedroom Aug. 15.
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Freshman Kaitlyn DiLorenzo receives her key from sophomore Audrey Sorenson as she moves into Casa de Oro at Arizona State University's West campus on Aug. 15.
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DiLorenzo and her boyfriend, Chip McLaughlin, walk up to Casa de Oro as she starts her freshman year at ASU's West campus on Aug. 15.
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DiLorenzo and McLaughlin find DiLorenzo's room at Casa de Oro.
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DiLorenzo and McLaughlin examine DiLorenzo's room at Casa de Oro on ASU's West campus.
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DiLorenzo (center) and her family find her room at Casa de Oro as she starts her freshman year at the West campus Aug. 15.
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DiLorenzo, McLaughlin and DiLorenzo's mother, Laurie, help set up the room.
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Freshman Shuo Zhang vacuums his new living quarters after moving into South Desert Village on the Polytechnic campus Aug. 6. The China native moved into the house early because he enrolled in summer classes. His roommate arrived about a week later.
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Zhang moves the school-issued bedroom furniture around.
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Zhang makes his bed as he moves into his new house on the Polytechnic campus.
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Zhang sets a few trinkets on his desk Aug. 6.
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Zhang finishes unpacking a suitcase as he moves into his new house on the Polytechnic campus.
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Dawn Kiesling leads her daughter, freshman and honors nursing major Hannah Kiesling, as they move Hanna's things into Taylor Place at the Downtown Phoenix campus Aug. 14.
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Hannah Kiesling (left), a nursing major and Barrett, The Honors College student, and her sister Hope Kiesling chat as they wait in line to transport Hannah's cart to her student housing on the 10th floor of Taylor Place.
Waiting in residence hall lines
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Hannah Kiesling (center) chats with her family and friends while waiting to take her things up to her room in the Taylor Place residential hall on the Downtown Phoenix campus.
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Characters from "Inside Out" decorate the doors at Taylor Place.
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Kiesling (center) moves a box while her family helps her unpack at Taylor Place on Aug. 14.
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Kiesling hangs up her clothes inside her new residence hall room at Taylor Place.
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ASU freshman Sabrina Haines studies in her room in Manzanita Hall the Tempe campus on Aug. 23. Haines is a Phoenix native on ASU's women's basketball team.
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Haines studies in her room in Manzanita Hall on the Tempe campus.
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Haines (center) listens to presenters, along with her basketball team, during an All Athlete Fall Welcome at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe on Aug. 19.
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Arellano unlocks his door for the first time as he moves into his new room in Sage Hall on Aug. 16. Sage Hall is part of the Barrett, The Honors College Residential Community on the Tempe campus.
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Dave Arellano hands his son a file of ASU paperwork as they move him into his new room in Sage Hall.
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Arellano thanks the residence advisers after they meet at Sage Hall on Aug. 16.
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See what Sabrina was up to earlier in the semester in this past gallery:
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