Being a freshman there was the academic equivalent of boot camp.

在那里上大学一年级就等于是进了新兵训练营。

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"If you look at an 8-year-old boy or girl at summer camp, and an 18-year-old university freshman, you would see very similar symptoms," he said.

“如果你在夏令营里看到一个8岁的男孩或女孩，和一个18岁的大学新生，你就会看到类似的特征。”他说。

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He was a high school All-American as a freshman and attended the US Under-14 boys' national team camp in 2001.

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