Oh the People You’ll Meet: The Cool Girl

March 2, 2009     Posted in Reality

cool-girl.jpgCollege brings a whole lot of new experiences, new lessons and new people. But it seems that no matter what school you go to, there are same characters on every campus. The frat house groupie, the sensitive all American, and The Cool Girl.


By Donnette

When walking around campus, you see her. She’s rocking the casual look like it’s nobody’s business. And she’s doing it well. Her bootcut jeans are accompanied by a perfectly worn-in t-shirt layered under a zip up hoodie. She’s wearing black Converse or a pair of well-worn sneakers, the laces tight enough to keep them on, but loose enough to allow her to slip in and out of them easily. Her haircut is low maintenance, but totally chic.  She’s rocking plastic rimmed glasses, no contacts; a watch, no jewelry.

You don’t know her, but you want to.

This is one co-ed who has got it together. She is the kind of girl who is naturally pretty, has a killer body and is completely oblivious to it. She is friendly, kind, and her easygoing, low maintenance attitude makes it easy to get along with her. Even her professors are drawn to her, always chatting with her before class and helping her after.

She has a large circle of friends, filled with a variety of different types of people. Girls love her, guys love her, nerds love her, athletes love her. And though you don’t know her, you kind of want to love her too.

She is funny without being raunchy, boyish but not butch. She prefers drinking beers in a pub to shakin’ her thang at the club.  She’s comfortable at a Death Cab for Cutie concert, but has no problem listening to The Beach Boys or the Avenue Q soundtrack.

She rocks her GPA, has a hot (yet totally down to earth and awesome) boyfriend, and seems to excel at just about everything she puts her mind to…without getting frazzled.

In short, this girl just exudes cool. And as she walks by, you aren’t sure which you want more: to know her or to be her.

[Photo courtesy of Wild Rose on Flickr]

17 Comments on "Oh the People You’ll Meet: The Cool Girl"

  1. Katie says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 200911:42 am 

    This is me. :)

  2. OMGLikeWOW says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 200911:50 am 

    I THOUGHT it was me 'til she said the stuff about the hot bod…ive got love handles and thats nowhere near sexy

  3. maddie says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 200912:05 pm 

    me too. haha that sounds like i'm a huge jerk, but this is like the story of my life! :)

  4. Angela says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 20091:05 pm 

    OMGLikeWOW:

    Who says love handles aren't sexy?

    I know plenty of people who don't mind some curves.

  5. Lisa says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 20091:15 pm 

    lol @ the girls who think this is them.

  6. i love the cool girl says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 20093:10 pm 

    i know the cool girl, i'm friends with the cool girl, so i agree with Lisa, because the cool girl doesn't know she's the cool girl

    (which is why she is so cool)

  7. LCallahan says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 20093:41 pm 

    someone obvi has a girl crush on a type of girl!!

  8. Beth says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 20094:18 pm 

    It's true, the cool girl -and guy, don't know that they are. That's why they're so cool.

    OMG-I hear you with those love handles.

  9. cait says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 20095:18 pm 

    this is my roommate…down to the converse sneakers and rocking her GPA…fml haha

  10. Adelle says:
    Mon, 2nd Mar 20097:40 pm 

    omg, true true true. I am friends with the cool girl and though people may tell her she is she will take the compliment but only as that and dismisses that you are the cool person thus making her even cooler.

  11. Anna says:
    Tue, 3rd Mar 20092:45 am 

    please Crystal Liu Fei is not a cool girl.

  12. holly says:
    Tue, 3rd Mar 20095:55 am 

    I've met girls like this, I wish i was one of them but I am way tooo MUCH of everything to every give off that effortlessly cool vibe…shame…

  13. LCallahan says:
    Tue, 3rd Mar 20094:15 pm 

    is cool girl a smoker!!?? WHOO HOO!

  14. w says:
    Tue, 3rd Mar 20096:09 pm 

    haha

    most def smoker

  15. Sarah says:
    Wed, 4th Mar 20098:38 am 

    Cool people don't smoke, lol.

  16. cookiemonster says:
    Wed, 3rd Jun 20095:15 pm 

    you know that there is always an americanized international…lol..cool girl..dont forget the joker..you know the funny guy that always makes people laugh even when you dont want to…also the hot guy with the hot bod with the super nice smile…

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