The other day, I dispelled a few stereotypes about college girls because I realized how inaccurate and unfair some of them were. Stereotypes are generally negative and can sometimes be dangerous. But that doesn’t mean they’re all crimes against humanity. Sometimes stereotypes are not only true, but deserve to be celebrated. Take college kids for example. We have a very particular set of skills; skills we have acquired over our short college careers. Skills that make us a nightmare for the rest of the world, but perfect for the college bubble. Check out the 52 things that college kids do best:
1.) Procrastinating
2.) Complaining about how much studying you have to do instead of actually studying
3.) Complaining about tomorrow’s test while at a bar
4.) Not studying until the night of the exam
5.) Forgetting everything you learned .2 seconds after the exam ends
6.) Never going to class but still getting an A
7.) Writing a 10-page paper the night before it’s due
8.) BSing to get out of just about every situation
9.) Piling 10 people into a vehicle that only seats five
10.) Justifying spending money because you know it’s mostly your parents’
11.) Finding ways to get cheap – or free – food
12.) Infinitely extending the supply of a single shampoo bottle
13.) Guzzling Chipotle
14.) Eating and drinking too much while still staying as fit as ever
15.) Discovering that certain foods only taste good when you’re drunk
16.) Putting that barista job at Starbucks on your resume as “corporate experience”
17.) Thinking that you could be the next Mark Zuckerberg if you wanted to
18.) Pulling off yoga pants without actually doing yoga
19.) Sleeping
20.) Sleeping through an 8 a.m. class
21.) Hitting a snooze button at least 15 times before waking up
22.) Waking up at 9:50 for a 10:00 class
23.) Talking through texts, Facebook and Twitter instead of face-to-face conversations
24.) Testing your limits with Adderall
25.) Not-so-shameful walks of shame
26.) Hooking up with someone whose name you’ll never know
27.) Running into that kid you hooked up with on campus the next day
28.) Blacking out but still making it to your 8 a.m. lab
29.) Turning playgrounds into drunken wonderlands
30.) Turning Super Smash Bros. into Super Smashed Bros.
31.) Sleeping until 2 p.m. and saying, “Where did the day go?”
32.) Becoming nocturnal
33.) Day drinking, napping and then hitting the bars at night
34.) Finding an excuse to go out every night of the week
35.) Pre-gaming a tailgate.
36.)Going to happy hour and staying until the bar closes
37.) Convincing yourself that if you go out it’ll only be for an hour and you won’t drink
38.) Giving every party a theme and taking that theme super seriously
39.) Burning ramen
40.) Using the word “bro” ironically
41.) Using the word “bro” seriously
42.) Coining phrases/words that spread like wildfire (YOLO)
43.) Making those phrases much trashier than intended
44.) Texting/surfing the web while also appearing to be eagerly absorbing a lecture
45.) Taking a class purely for the cute professor/TA
46.) Going to class wearing the same clothes you slept in
47.) Having an opinion on everything
48.) Having a stronger opinion about your favorite beer brand than politics
49.) (Ladies) Wearing a mini skirt to the bars in January and complaining about the cold
50.) (Guys) Wearing lax pinnies, khaki shorts and flip-flops in January, and too drunk to complain
51.) Living without regrets
52.) Not worrying about the real world because, hey, you’re in college bro
