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17 Life Hacks Every College Student Should Know

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17 Life Hacks Every College Student Should Know


As a college student, you're probably going to end up in situations where you have no idea what to do. Well, I am here to help! Here are 17 life hacks that you may need to use in the near future!


#1-You're failing out of classes because you go out too much.

Life Hack: Open a book.


#2- It's Friday. Happy Hour is upon you, you're having a great time, and you realize you have no way to get home.

Life Hack: Stay out until the next morning.


#3- You're in your dorm sleeping and all of a sudden, your roommate comes in with the hot brunette three doors down. They start making out on his side of the room, and you already know how this is gonna go down.

Life Hack: Put on your pair of Monster ClarityHD Headphones, open up Pandora, and play Ed Sheeran Radio.


#4- Your crush just texted you asking if you wanted to come over to "watch some Netflix".

Life Hack: Say no because you just checked Netflix and there's nothing really good on.


#5- You just caught your RA walking out of one of your neighbor's dorm with no pants on.

Life Hack: Assume nothing because your RA was probably just taking care of a noise complaint.


#6-Your Tinder date looks nothing like their profile picture, in fact, this person is pretty damn ugly.

Life Hack: Tell your Tinder date that he/she would look way better with no clothes on.


#7- You just got caught by a cop using a fake ID at a bar.

Life Hack: Tell the officer that you're only using the fake to save money on cover, and that the beer in your hand is for your friend that is 21.


#8- Your best friend of the opposite sex that you have a crush on just became single after 3 years.

Life Hack: Tell your best friend to do whatever it takes to get back with that person.


#9- You've officially decided that you want to rush a fraternity.

Life Hack: make sure you stock up on Hollister shirts and cargo shorts.


#10- You're at a house party, you never drank before and someone tells you to go take some shots of tequila.

Life Hack: Do it because it looks like water, and anything that looks like water must taste like water.


#11- An upperclassman just asked if you were a freshman.

Life Hack: Say no because even you know as a freshman that freshmen aren't even cool.


#12- You're looking at the menu at what type of beer they have and you can't come to a decision.

Life Hack: Pick the one that's the cheapest on the menu, regardless of the name.


#13- You found out that your boyfriend/girlfriend is cheating on you.

Life Hack: Assume it must be true and sleep with his/her best friend as a way of revenge.


#14- You realize that your 8-page research paper is due Wednesday at 11:59 PM, and it's currently Wednesday at 11:09 PM and you haven't wrote a single word.

Life Hack: Say challenge accepted, and then continuously bang your head on the keyboard and hope it makes words.


#15- You have been staring at the girl with the really big rack for a solid 30 seconds, and you just got caught.

Life Hack: Tell her, "Oh crap, I think that's Ryan Seacrest over there!" Once she turns around, start staring at her butt until you get caught.


#16- You're lifting weights, and the guy next to you is lifting more than you.

Life Hack: Give up on lifting and just do leg days from now until the end of time.


#17- You finally reach the end of this list, and you're sad there isn't more life hacks.

Life Hack: You find the author on social media, you hit him up, and you realize that he's incredibly badass.

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