All You Needed To Know About College You Learned From Movies by justin

        Inspired by a recent thread of college inquiries on our message board, here's a list of collegiate wisdom learned solely from college-type films:

        1. Always make backup copies of your senior thesis, because if you don't your computer will crash and a homeless man will hold your remaining hardcopy hostage (With Honors).

        2. Sometimes professors are pompous, know-it-all windbags, and you just have to call them on it (Loser, With Honors).

        3. Panty raids are not immature; they are a subterfuge tactic that will allow you to install cameras in the girls' bathroom (Revenge of the Nerds).

        4. Sleeping with the professor may or may not result in better grades, but it definitely will honk off those who have a crush on you (Loser, Animal House).

        5. If you don't have a car, you'll have to suffer the indignities of showtunes when you hitch a ride from the ride board (The Sure Thing).

        6. English is the best major to take, since you can write about pizza and get an A (The Sure Thing).

        7. Living off campus? Share the rent with many colorful characters and various livestock (With Honors, Glory Daze).

        8. If you study too hard and let the pressure get to you, you'll eventually freak out and someone will take your seat (Real Genius).

        9. Throwing meat is fun (PCU).

        10. College bands suck, but they're lots of fun to be in (Glory Daze).

        11. How you graduate is not as important as what you do on the road to graduation (With Honors).

        12. Road trips are a priority, and everything should be instantly dropped to go on them (Road Trip).

        13. The cafeteria food isn't too good, but at least it's filling and can be used as a practical joke (Animal House).

        14. Long distance / high school relationships rarely work out in college (Road Trip)

        15. You can actually get credit hours for jawing about movies (Scream 2).

        16. Camping is a great way to get to know your friends and how many times they can swear in their terror (Blair Witch Project).

        17. Think of the indoors as a great place to do outdoorsy things: roller hockey, grilling burgers, etc (PCU)

        18. Never let the administration get the best of you. Instead, get your friends together and devise a plan "so crazy, it just might work!" (Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds, PCU)

        19. "Toga! Toga! Toga!" (Animal House)

        20. When figuring out if a college is right for you or not, ditch the parents (How I Got Into College).

        21. If your roommate commits suicide, you theoretically get a 4.0 for the semester (Dead Man On Campus).

        22. Physical Education majors are a joke (PCU).

        23. Sometimes roommates are psychotic and unreasonable, all the better reason to mess with their heads (Dead Man on Campus).

        24. You can major in GameBoy if you know how to BS (PCU).

        25. Your roommates will always be bringing sex to your room (The Sure Thing, Dead Man on Campus)

        26. You'll probably be slaughtered by some psycho-slasher in an interesting fashion (Scream 2, Urban Legends).

        27. All-you-can-eat cafeteria food (Animal House).

        28. The kids at Harvard aren't as bright as you may think (With Honors).

        29. Don't call women "chicks", or they will hurt you (PCU).

        30. Credit cards are great for emergencies... and also for splurging (The Sure Thing, Road Trip)

        31. Anyone can be a radio DJ, and probably anyone should (With Honors, Urban Legend, PCU).