Gained 9 pounds of muscle in 9 months in College, could I have done better?

[BlueBison17]

I live in the dorms at college and it's not particicularly easy to actually eat well/healthy to avoid gaining alot of fat on the way.
Felt like I could have gained much more?

My main questions are

-what does someone with 9-10 pounds of lean muscle look like (with low bf%)? I got like 18-20% body fat of course so I can't really see my gains.
-can you really notice any gains you've made if you had a 18-20% bf like I do?
- I think I calculated it all right, about how much I gained. But that was assuming my BF perecntage stayed about the same, what's the chance that my bodyfat would have increased during those 9 months while I was lifting? I could be wayy off on the amount of muscle i've gained.

[Nexxus]

grab 9 lbs of beef, that's a lot of beef

You should be able to notice the gains

what's the chance your bodyfat increased? only you can tell

[BlueBison17]

grab 9 lbs of beef, that's a lot of beef

You should be able to notice the gains

what's the chance your bodyfat increased? only you can tell

that's true
but I was never in the state of having a low BF% so even if I did slim up, I wouldn't be able to compare my current self to before.
I don't feel like I look different (maybe more definition in tri's) but other people have said they have noticed growth.

Haha well my stomach looks consistent all the time, only time I notice that i've gotton fatter is if my pant size goes up :\

** how much musclle do you have?