My parents always told me that during college I would have to be the most frugal person ever just to get by. It does not have to be this way! Money doesn’t grow on trees, but if you work hard and are frugal with what you spend, you can save a lot of money to

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College Social Life 101

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  By Lauren Scott, Staff Writer. The transition from high school to college can certainly feel like a whirlwind and leaving behind childhood friends and hangout places can at first seem unfathomable. But, what you need to know about college is that your life there has the potential to be far more exciting and full

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A Day in the Life of a Freshman

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Life as a college student is different every day. For the most part though, you fall into a set routine that you follow every day. Typically, about 65% of this time will be spent in your dorm room. That’s why it is so important to make it your own home away from home and as

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College Social Life

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We’ve all seen the movies. American Pie, Road Trip, Animal House, Old School, and Blue Mountain State all make college look like one giant party. Sad to say, these are somewhat exaggerated, and there will never be a party where there are 5 girls for every guy like in these movies. What’s good though, is that

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College Relationships 101

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By Lauren Scott, Staff Writer. Most people will argue that college is a time to live it up; party through the nights with as many randoms as you can possibly meet at frat parties, and sleep through the day (without missing all of your classes of course.) After two years of late nights adventuring and

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Friends from Home: Who you should keep and who you should ditch

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Welcome to College Freshmen is excited to announce the hiring of another writer to our team of all college students. A student at Hofstra University, he will be our humor writer and will be contributing a couple times a week.  Friends are like backseat drivers.  They can have a great influence on where you go

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15 Telling Facts About the Class of 2016

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This article has been presented to us by onlinecolleges.net Even with tuition rates as high as they are, it’s still preferable to be entering college right now than exiting. The Class of 2012 is faced with an unemployment rate of 50%, making the payback of their $25,000 in debt on average tough to pay back.

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How To Leave Your Old Relationship Behind

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Relationships are one of the trickiest things we come across in life. Learning to compromise and share your life with another can be a very testing task, and while sometimes we find people who add great things to our life and who we are, it is also sometimes in our best interest to let them

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Getting Involved in Your School

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Remember your high school years, in which there were a few clubs you could get involved with, but you never really considered them because those were only for the overachievers? In college, things change. Becoming involved with school is now very important. With those, one may be able to get close to professors, get some

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