freshman year was different for me than any other year. i was just getting a feel for campus, so i did a few things to see what i liked. i worked at the campus radio station (didn't continue after frosh year), played IM sports, was part of my residence hall government (resedential life is big where i go, and the majority of students stay on campus 3 years. there are no frats, and the dorms are single sex, so your dorm turns basically into a frat, with members of each class living there...pretty fun actually. so this was like being part of a frat governing body..planned/organized/help run events, etc).
I couldn't do any hospital volunteering like I wanted, because I did not have a car, and there was no easy way to get to where I could volunteer.