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Welcome Class of 2027

September 5th, 2023 by Kenneth Abrahams

For 20 years (1998 to 2018) Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin produced the Mindset List. It is a compilation of factoids about the group of First Year students that would be entering the school that year. This list worked off the assumption that most of the students were 18 years old. Thought it would be fun to create a list for the Class of 2027. This is assuming that most were born in 2005.

• Seinfeld was off the air for more than 5 years when they were born. They only know the show from reruns.
• Million Dollar Baby, starring Clint Eastwood and Hillary Swank, won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
• Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and caused significant destruction in Florida and eastern Texas.
• Depending on where you lived, a loaf of bread cost around $2.25 and the national average for a gallon of gas was $2.34.
• Johnny Depp replaced Gene Wilder on the big screen in the role of Willy Wonka. Sorry folks, I still love the original and am lukewarm on the Depp version.
• Jay Leno was still hosting The Tonight Show.
• Although it wasn’t released until 2007, for most of their lives there has always been an iPhone and cell phones in general have always been around.
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie hit screens worldwide, and the book Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was also released.
• YouTube was founded.
• They are probably too young to remember the Space Shuttle.
• Top Selling vehicles in the US were the Ford F series trucks and the Chevy Silverado trucks, with the Toyota Camry coming in third.
• We Belong Together, by Mariah Carey, topped the Billboard charts.
• Carrie Underwood won Season 4 of American Idol that year.
• George W. Bush was the President of the United States.
• If you live in New England, you have no clue what the Curse of the Bambino is because the Red Sox have won the World Series 3 times since the start of this century.
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith is released.
• Johnny Carson – longtime host of the Tonight Show, Playwright Arthur Miller, Star Trek’s Mr. Scott, and comedian/actor Richard Pryor all pass away.
• The New York skyline, for them, has never had the twin towers and they have never known a world without high security at airports.
• Facebook has always been part of their world.
• Etsy started in 2005 along with Zillow, Reddit, and LifeLock.
• During most of their lifetime, Tom Brady was the quarterback of the New England Patriots and the face of the franchise.
• Some TV shows that are still on today made their debuts in 2005: Gray’s Anatomy, American Dad, and The Ultimate Fighter are on that list. Shows like The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and The Closer have come and gone.

No, this isn’t particularly insightful, just some fun to know facts. Good luck class of 2027.

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