As a college newbie, it’s easy to get overly excited by the big world of themed parties. Although theme parties are supposed to be fun, they can get very stressful (and expensive) when you “have nothing to wear.” Instead of blowing money fast on expensive Legs Avenue costumes, there are specific items of clothing that can be tailored to any theme.

For this school year, you will need: A tight black American Apparel dress, a pack of white Hanes tank tops, fake glasses, and camo cargo pants.

The Little Black Dress. Definitely a college must-have. Not only can you wear the dress to a themeless party, you can manipulate the dress into accompanying a variety of themes. For a cops and robbers theme, put horizontal lines of white tape around the dress to make jail stripes. If you’re dressing up for a biker theme, wear the dress with chunky black boots and a bandana around your forehead. And if you’re dressing up as a sexy cat (every girl will do this at least once in her life) buy a cheap pair of cat ears and voila! You’re a black cat.

White Tank Tops.  This will be the best $5 you’ll ever spend. If you’re going to a jungle themed party, strategically cut slits in the tank to 1) show off your cleavage and 2) make it look like you were attacked by a lion. If you’re going to a highlighter party wear one of these tanks; they’re so inexpensive you won’t care when they get covered in neon paint. Same goes for a foam party, but take into consideration that your shirt will become see-thru…so wear a bikini top underneath the tank.

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Remember freshman year? How scared you were? Nervous? So determined to make all the right decisions? Don’t you wish someone had handed you advice on what you should actually know before going into college?

Well, our good friends over at College Magazine compiled 100 postcards by upperclass students, sharing something they wish they had known while in their freshman year. And here, at CollegeCandy we consider ourselves experts on college life so we wanted to add in some things we wish we had known.

1. It’s okay to change your mind. We’re not all that mature or worldly during high school. It’s okay to change your mind if you hate your major or your school. It might only be four years of college, but it’s worth choosing something that will keep you happy the rest of your life.

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I have been in college for almost a month, and so far my biggest problem is something I’ve done quite easily — making friends.

During Orientation, people began to cling together because, in truth, all of us were friendless. So my group of friends developed depending on with whom I ate lunch one day, who also got lost trying to return to my dorm after a party, or who was sitting next to me at one of the many assemblies. I am not complaining about my friends — they are all genuinely nice people – but I wonder: if we had gone to school from pre-K to twelfth grade, would they even give me a second glace? Would I give them?

I feel like making these friends so hastily isn’t really making any true connections. Maybe this is because I’ve never moved away, and so have known all my high school friends for years. I know them inside and out, and I am really grateful for them. Now I have plenty more people programmed into my cell phone than I did in last fall. I can call over ten girls to go eat lunch, or procrastinate by watching a movie. I can say hello to at least five friends every time I walk somewhere.

But what kind of claim is that, when I don’t know anything about them other than the generic five questions I have asked and been asked for the last few weeks. 1) What’s your name? 2) What dorm do you live in? 3) What are you interested in studying? 4) Where are you from? 5) Do you want to exchange cell phone numbers?

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