• The Ultimate Roommate Survival Guide

    The Ultimate Roommate Survival Guide

    There are a few certainties in college.
    You will study.
    You will dress up in costume at least once.
    You will eat more Easy Mac than you have ever eaten before. And sometimes you will eat it on a cookie slathered in cream cheese.
    You will have a roommate at some point.

  • The Weekly Ten: Best of Back-To-School

    The Weekly Ten: Best of Back-To-School

    Yes, we know summertime can be oh-so-sweet, but now it’s August and summer’s winding down with school just around the corner. As much as summer rules, from the beach to margaritas, there are so many perks to heading back to campus and gearing up for classes.

  • The Do’s and Don’ts of College According to TFLN Creator, Ben Bator

    The Do’s and Don’ts of College According to TFLN Creator, Ben Bator

    Ben Bator learned how to college at Michigan State University and even went to class enough to earn a degree in Advertising. Since then, he has read millions of examples of what to do (and not to do) in college through his website, Texts From Last Night, which he started in 2009 with his friend Lauren Leto.

  • Budget Stylista: Bags So Cute You’ll Wanna Go Back to School

    Budget Stylista: Bags So Cute You’ll Wanna Go Back to School

    One of my earliest memories is my first day of first grade.
    I don’t remember what I wore.
    I don’t remember what my mom packed me for lunch (though I’m sure there was a Swiss Cake Roll in there).
    But I remember exactly what my backpack looked like.

  • 8 Things You Need To Know Now That You’re On Your Own

    8 Things You Need To Know Now That You’re On Your Own

    Many of you will be stepping onto campus this upcoming fall, finally free of your parents. It’s your first year of college, and you just can’t wait to be free and come home late….or not at all make your own decisions. What you don’t realize, however, is how much those parental units have done for you while you were living at home. And trust me – this is something you’ll realize fast.

  • The CollegeCandy Guide to Dorm Decor

    The CollegeCandy Guide to Dorm Decor

    Yeah, dorm rooms aren’t really known for their architecture or beauty. More likely, they’re small cells with white walls and hideous flooring. So how can you take that space and make it all your own…without sacrificing your security deposit? It’s way easier than you think.

  • The Starting Line: Scouting For School Supplies

    The Starting Line: Scouting For School Supplies

    Dorm shopping is kinda like going on a safari. Not just because there are waaaay too many sheet sets out there with zebra print on them (you guys, zebra print can be totally cute, but no doubt it also is reminiscent of Austin Powers’ sex pad which is kinda less than groovy), but also because it is so overwhelming and exhilarating you kinda don’t know what to do with yourself.

  • Want to Survive Freshman Year? Avoid These First-Year Blunders

    Want to Survive Freshman Year? Avoid These First-Year Blunders

    So you’re going to be a freshman. Thanks to your advisor/mom/campus tour/Bed Bath and Beyond advertisements, you think you’re ready. You learned how to do laundry, you’ve purchased the Twin XL sheets, you measured your future dorm room (and cried when you realized you could touch all 4 walls from the middle of the room) and all those A.P. classes have prepared you for the workload that comes in college.

  • 10 Questions to Ask Your Future Roommate

    10 Questions to Ask Your Future Roommate

    It’s back-to-school season and that should mean you’ve figured out your living situation for next year. Regardless of where you’re living – be it in a 10X10 cell in the dorms or a dingy old apartment off campus – or who you’re living with, now’s the time to set ground rules and figure out how to make your living situation work for the school year.

  • The Starting Line: Should You Facebook-Stalk Your New Roommate?

    The Starting Line: Should You Facebook-Stalk Your New Roommate?

    So on behalf of all my soon-to-be college freshmen out there, I can vouch that I have been a Facebook stalking maniac lately. Even more so than when I decide that I like a guy–and it’s pretty unhealthy then. So what’s the source of all this wall-post-analyzing, photo-clicking frenzy? I just received a letter telling me who my 3 randomly selected suitemates are for the upcoming school year.

  • What Goes Up Must Come Down. And That Includes the Price of Textbooks.

    What Goes Up Must Come Down. And That Includes the Price of Textbooks.

    Two good things come out of buying your college textbooks each year. They are great for beating your roommate over the head when she doesn’t do her dishes a blanket-weight while studying out in the quad and the short change you get back on ‘book buy-back’ day. The dark side of the spectrum of book buying?

  • Wardrobe Wish List: Express 2-in-1 Chiffon Vertical-Ruffle Dress

    Wardrobe Wish List: Express 2-in-1 Chiffon Vertical-Ruffle Dress

    I’m in a lot of pain right now. I’d like to say it’s physical pain from all the hours I’ve been putting in at the gym, but unfortunately the unbearable heat wave has kept my butt right on the couch watching marathons of Say Yes to The Dress while internet shopping.

  • College Q&A: Help Me Balance School and Fun

    College Q&A: Help Me Balance School and Fun

    Question: Next month will be my second year at my new college. This past semester I didn’t do anything fun. I was miserable and studied the whole time. I came out with a 3.8 but no new friends. How can I balance schoolwork and get out and meet people at the same time?