• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer
College Magazine logo

College Magazine

College Life, Dating, Career & Campus Advice

  • Colleges
    • College Guides
    • College Rankings
    • Campus Life
      • Academics
      • Dating
      • Freshman Year
      • Health
      • Social Change
      • Party
    • Find Your College
  • Majors
    • All Majors
    • Most Popular Majors
    • Choosing a Major
  • Intern
    • Internship Directory
    • How to Get an Internship
    • How to Write a Resume
    • How to Write a Cover Letter
    • How to Interview
    • How to Network
    • Career 101
    • Find Your Passion Career
  • Money
    • How to Make Money
    • How to Save Money
    • How to Get a Job
    • Credit Cards 101
    • FAFSA
    • Ramen Project
  • Travel
    • Study Abroad
    • College Spring Break
    • How to Travel Cheap
    • Things to Do
  • Shop
    • College Magazine Shop
    • Gift Guides
    • College Packing List
Home » Latest Posts » 20 Things College Students Are Thankful For
Life

20 Things College Students Are Thankful For

FacebookTweet
27
Kelsey Thomas November 7, 2012

Thanksgiving's closing in on us, and we're feeling grateful. Google “things I’m thankful for,” and you’re likely to find a whole lot of commotion about amazing friends, family and a hot meal on the dinner table.  We’re all thankful for these things, and that goes without saying, but College Magazine is getting to the real nitty-gritty of what college students are thankful for on an everyday basis.

1. Classrooms with laptop hookups: It’s worth it even if the dude behind you sees every embarrassing “homemade pimple remedy” pin on your Pinterest.

2. Ramen Noodles: Who cares if you’re consuming a deer salt block’s worth of sodium–that’s the tastiest 25 cents you’ve ever had.

3. Meters with money already in them: It’s like hitting the coin jackpot in Super Mario.

4. Classes without attendance policies: It’s funny how quickly you can jump out of bed at 8am to check a class attendance policy. 


trending

119

How Graduation is Causing Me a (Good) Existential Crisis

Gretchen Rubin, author of Life in Five Sense
98

Awaken Your Five Senses with #1 NYTs Bestselling Author Gretchen Rubin

80

Adulting with Your Mom Is Fun


5. Energy drinks: Making mid-terms possible since…well…the invention of energy drinks.

6. The ability to silence a phone:  Turn my cell phone OFF…psh, what is this, the 19th century?

7. Rooms on the top floor: Does wonders for those elephants above you who like to partake in a round of bowling each night.

8. Peepholes in your dorm door: If you can’t confess to spying on your hallmates at least a couple of times, you’re un-American (orrrr maybe just fearful of sounding like a freak).

9. Dollar Tree toilet paper: It’s funny how Slim Jims end up taking priority over the necessities.

10. Flash drives: Also known as thumb, jump or zip drives. Whatever. We’re just thankful for them.

11. The ability to e-mail yourself: In the absence of the above mentioned, this habit can quickly become your saving grace.

12. Happy hour: Adult drinks are not equal to adult wallets.

13. Logged-in Facebook accounts: It seems that even college students haven’t outgrown the fad of changing an unsuspecting victim’s status to something about poop.  

14. Mini-fridges: Even if they do make weird noises at night.

15. A friend who took the class last semester: Never underestimate the power of an insider’s knowledge.

16. An e-mail about canceled class: Beats the heck out of a note on the door after dragging yourself out of bed and putting on some sweats (tough life, we know).

17. Flasks: Football games just wouldn’t be the same.  

18. A friend’s Netflix password: Add in an HDMI cord and you can almost pretend you have cable! 

19. A neighbor’s unprotected WiFi connection: It’s all fun and games until one day their newly-protected account name simply changes to “Get your own.”

20. Rentable books: Back in the day, us old folks had to BUY our books. If renting has always been an option for you, consider yourself lucky. Lucky and young.

About Kelsey Thomas

Senior > Public Relations > Marshall

Why You Shouldn’t Go for a Run on the Hedonic Treadmill

5 Ways to Survive Grueling Summer Classes 

What To Do Next When You Don’t Know What To Do

Q&A with ASCEND app Creators Sydney Campos and David Richeson

How a Last-Minute Gap Semester Changed My Life

Is Online Learning Right for You?

10 Things All International Students Understand

5 Pre-Finals Rituals to Follow for Optimum Study Time

Life Lessons I Learned in Fitness Classes

Previous Post:How to Avoid Ruining Your College Reputation
Next Post:Taking the Next Step

colleges

  • College Guides
  • College Rankings
  • Campus life
  • Academics
  • Dating
  • Freshmen Year
  • Health
  • Party

majors

  • All College Majors
  • Most Popular Majors
  • Choosing a Major

intern

  • Internships Directory
  • How to Write a Resume
  • How to Write a Cover Letter
  • How to Interview
  • How to Get an Internship
  • How to Network

money

  • How to Make Money
  • How to Save Money
  • How to Get a Job
  • Credit Cards 101
  • College Loans

travel

  • Study Abroad
  • College Spring Break
  • How to Travel Cheap
  • Things to Do

shop

  • College Packing List
  • Gift Guides
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS Feed
  • Twitter
  • About Us
  • Team
  • Write
  • Apply
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sign Up
  • Advertise
  • My Account
  • Cart

College Magazine logo

Copyright © 2023 Powered by BizBudding