What happens in college stays in college. Well, not really. Unless you live under a rock, meaning you skip the crucial experience of a flatshare, never compete in a beer pong battle, and run away from jagerbombs, there are tons of hilarious, sad, and cringey stories to share with someone. The question is, who is that person you could entrust them to?
Well, no wonder college kids are sending in their confessions anonymously. Turns out there’s a whole Instagram page dedicated to it titled “Collegefessing” which is basically a safe place to post your best and worst college moments. With a whopping 6M followers eavesdropping big time, the page is somewhat of a playground for the craziness of student years.
Scroll down through our selection of the most entertaining confessions below and let us know what you miss from your college days the most!
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College is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so no wonder you want to make the most of it. But there are tons of challenges and choices to make when you first start. From which modules to study, to which campus sport to sign up for, you will face more decisions than you ever had in your life. And what’s more, chances are they’ll be life-changing. So in order to stay focused and get the most out of this incredibly productive and interesting environment, you want to hear some useful advice. And honestly, when I was in college freshman year, I’d have benefited tons from what you’re about to read.
All teachers, grade school through university, should be tested on the subjects they will be teaching AND general knowledge ( thinking of the teacher who insisted a bat was a bird) IMHO.
First, let's start with the elephant in the room. Partying, partying and more partying is a key (although we can debate how key it actually is) part of the student package, but you can always overdo it, making your grades, motivation, and lifestyle suffer as a result.
A good tip from Katie Roiphe, book author and the director of the Cultural Reporting and Criticism Program at New York University, is to learn how to drink. She suggests drinking two drinks fewer than you want to. “You will get more joy out of life if you are alert to it, before that second-to-last drink, when the evening gets slurred. If you drink too much, you lose those lovely, wild moments,” Katie says and added that if you master the art of getting just-the-right-amount drunk, you will have more fun. This will turn out to be a super amazing skill to carry through your adulthood.
I'm the child of an alcoholic, so I don't drink. I feel this on a spiritual level.
Secondly, you have to remember that college years are excellent for making valuable connections. Trying to talk to your college professors is a great thing to do, but many undergraduates feel either intimidated or feel like they have other things to do. But Roiphe argues that your professors will appreciate your making an effort to connect and discuss things.
“This will be useful for you later, if you need a recommendation or a job, but it is also the way to get the best possible education. I know this because I am a professor,” she said and added that “So many of my most important pedagogical conversations happen in my office or outside of the classroom over coffee.”
Matt Might, a professor of Internal Medicine and Computer Science and Hugh Kaul Endowed Chair in Personalized Medicine also has quite a few wonderful tips on everything from dorm room coffee to study habits to saving cash on tuition. Might’s first advice is to realize that professors are not teachers. “Teachers in high school were trained and certified to educate. Professors spent the best years of their lives extending the boundary of human knowledge, and then won a professorship on their prowess in research. After that, someone threw them into a classroom and asked them to teach,” he argues.
If you don't want your nude photos on the internet, don't pose for them and don't allow your boyfriend to take them. People can't publish your nudes if they don't exist.
Thus, according to the professor, the key to interacting with professors is to realize that they're not teachers. “As researchers, professors have access to the cutting edge. Few students exploit that access, but it's not hard,” argues Might. His advice is to ask a professor about their research since “even the crankiest professor is going to brighten when talking about their own research. If it sounds interesting, ask if they need help in their lab.”
Just call yourself a gamer. Gamer girl is so weird. No one ever says gamer boy.
Another thing to do is to sit in the front row. “A good professor is going to tune the lecture by reading the facial expressions of students. Unfortunately, it's hard to see all the way in the back, so we're really crafting the lecture to those that sit up front, whose faces we can see,” Might explains.
Just like Roiphe, professor Might urges students to go to office hours since it’s “a chance to get one-on-one mentoring from an expert. Plus, when you ask for a letter of recommendation, the professor will know you.” And this is what you ultimately wish when the time comes to look for a job or an internship.
So you found a healthy relationship and weeded out the false friends. Win win
I'm not sure how this is mastering hotels. some hotels don't offer twin rooms with queens, but single twin beds so you end up with a way smaller bed.
As bad as you feel for him, he’s not your responsibility. Alcoholism is terribly destructive for all involved.
Tell your girlfriend, raise your price to $25K, take the money and run... with your girlfriend.
1. If you wanted to lose weight, it’s great that you did and you should’ve been doing this for yourself not for a crush or to fit into a single shirt. 2. This girl owed you absolutely nothing. If your best friend knew about the crush Maybe you should be talking to them? People have different Thoughts about this but I would never go after one of my friends’ crushes. Just because you lost 25 pounds, or 100, or whatever; she is not the prize. 3. If you are proud of the weight loss, be proud and be happy and that is its own reward. you don’t get your crush as reward for doing something for yourself. 4. If you had to lose a bunch of weight to fit into a shirt, it was probably pretty obvious when she gave it to you that it didn’t fit. Kind of jerky, not very considerate. As someone who has had a grandparent give me obviously too small clothes (And obviously way too big clothes) to try to humiliate me into weight loss- That says something about her as a person.
so what's the problem if you find it relaxing seems like no problem here
As someone with sensitive ears I will never fully understand the joy of ASMR.
As an adult with ADHD I can say that for me, it's like turning up the static to drown out all the stations that are playing at once.
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I forgot what it stands for, but you know how youtubers go super close to their mics and make subtle noises, sounds with their hands, mouths or materials to create different textures of noises. It’s purpose is supposed to relax you and give you a tingling feeling in your scalp, head, and even down from your back to your toes. Personally, I find it makes me very uncomfortable. Hope this helps
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Good you can tolerate it... but you might want to mention most people don't appreciate rude habits like that. You would do him a favor and possibly save him some failed dates.
Since the b******e who posted it was too lazy to write down what some people may not know, here it is: Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), sometimes auto sensory meridian response, is a tingling sensation that usually begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine. A pleasant form of paresthesia, it has been compared with auditory-tactile synesthesia and may overlap with frisson
You go for it man! Get your stim where you can! I'd give anything to hear construction paper being cut on that big old paper cutter in the art room of my elementary school again!
I'm confused? Is the gum chewing loud and obnoxious, or do you like it?
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Counting bodies sounds like people are serial killers. This post just shows how much women are able to objectify men too.
After reading this, I am reminded of just how young some people are when they attend college. And can't help but feel that they really need to add protections against letting these kids bury themselves in debt to get an education. Their brains are not in a spot to make a financial decision that will affect the next 20 years of their lives. It just reaffirms my belief that the biggest criminals wear suits.
This should have been called low class people who spent some time at college.
No surprise humanity is doomed... now we know what happen when children are rised on social media... clap our backs
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Kids today are boring! If they had done a similar in my day it would be spicy!
For those baffled by the preoccupation with partners' past sex lives, google Retroactive Jealousy. It sounds kind of incel (and kind of is tbh), but is also a recognized form of OCD that many people in our prudish western culture suffer from. It's a relationship killer, but treatable.
Counting bodies sounds like people are serial killers. This post just shows how much women are able to objectify men too.
After reading this, I am reminded of just how young some people are when they attend college. And can't help but feel that they really need to add protections against letting these kids bury themselves in debt to get an education. Their brains are not in a spot to make a financial decision that will affect the next 20 years of their lives. It just reaffirms my belief that the biggest criminals wear suits.
This should have been called low class people who spent some time at college.
No surprise humanity is doomed... now we know what happen when children are rised on social media... clap our backs
Load More Replies... Kids today are boring! If they had done a similar in my day it would be spicy!
For those baffled by the preoccupation with partners' past sex lives, google Retroactive Jealousy. It sounds kind of incel (and kind of is tbh), but is also a recognized form of OCD that many people in our prudish western culture suffer from. It's a relationship killer, but treatable.
