During your four years of college, you'll experience a lot, and there is always that perfect song that gets what you're going through.
1. "Ain't It Fun" by Paramore
You're going to college. Translation: You're on your own, which equals freedom and responsibility.
2. "I Dream A Dream" by Les Miserables
When you fail your first test or exam and immediately think that you have to rethink your major, minor, and whole life plan.
3. "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Feat. Wanz
When the season changes and you want that cute, new faux fur vest and buckled boots, or winter comes around and you need a pair of Sorel boots, but your budget limits you to thrift shops.
4. "Be OK" by Ingrid Michaelson
When midterms roll around and this becomes your personal mantra.
5. "Stressed Out" by Twenty One Pilots
Arguably worse than midterms, exams bring a lot of stress into your life as a college student. Twenty One Pilots gets you perfectly because you want to be away from all tests and be with your mom.
6. "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira Feat. Wyclef Jean
When you go to your first college party and you realize they won't be playing the "Cha Cha Slide," "Cupid Shuffle," or "Wobble Baby," so you rely on some hip action.
7. "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
When you see that hot upperclassman and all you do is obsess over him. You really just want to give him your number, but you're too shy.
8. "Working For The Weekend" by Loverboy
This '80s track perfectly explains how you are just working towards the end of your Friday classes, so you can take a nap and then hang out the rest of that day and Saturday, and then scramble to do homework on Sunday (music starts at 2:24).
9. "The Nights" by Avicii
This song plays in the back of your mind when you and your friends are doing YOLO-worthy things, like driving out to the beach at 2 a.m., hammocking in trees overnight, or climbing on the roofs of buildings to watch the stars. At the time it seems like your only reason for doing this is "just because," but these nights with your friends are the ones you are going to remember.
10. "Don't You (Forget About Me}" by Simple Minds
When it's time to leave college, whether it's because you're graduating or simply going on summer break, you wonder if you and your friends will keep in contact, or if you'll forget each other.
