Dorm Room Science
This drinks works as a mild acid and can clean pennies.
What is Coca-Cola?
The traditional minimum GPA needed to remain “in good academic standing.”
What is 2.0
The unofficial “meal” students eat between midnight and 3 a.m.
What is second dinner (or late-night snacks)?
The document you fill out to get financial aid.
What is the FAFSA?
This Netflix show about a heist became the most-watched non-English series for years.
What is Money Heist?
This organ is responsible for your caffeine “boost.”
What is the central nervous system?
The week when clubs aggressively hand out flyers and free stuff.
What is Welcome Week?
This kitchen appliance is banned in many dorms but still secretly used.
What is an air fryer?
The three-digit number that follows you everywhere in adult life.
What is your credit score?
This artist is known for eras, Easter eggs, and emotionally devastating bridges.
Who is Taylor Swift?
The melatonin your body produces is heavily influenced by this type of light from your screens.
What is blue light?
The common nickname for the overpacked period right before finals.
What is Dead Week?
The student stereotype who uses the communal kitchen but never cleans.
Who is the “mystery chef”?
This type of loan accumulates interest while you’re in school.
What is an unsubsidized loan?
In gaming, this word describes staying up all night playing with no intention of stopping.
What is a grind (or no-lifting)?
Instant ramen softens because hot water breaks down these carbohydrate structures.
What are starches?
This campus resource is often underused, despite offering tutoring, quiet rooms, and sometimes even therapy dogs.
What is the library (or learning center)?
When a professor says, “This won’t be on the exam,” students still do this.
What is write it down anyway?
A savings account for emergencies is typically recommended to have this many months of expenses.
What is 3–6 months?
This social media app introduced viral dances and hyper-short comedy trends.
What is TikTok?
This scientific term explains why your room smells worse right after you come back from class before it “stabilizes.”
What is olfactory fatigue (or sensory adaptation)?
The term for getting into a class even though it’s full, often by showing up anyway.
What is crashing a class (or auditing informally)?
A Zoom-era phrase meaning "I'm here but mentally nonexistent."
What is ‘I'm on mute internally’?
This type of tax form is given by your employer at the end of the year.
What is a W-2?
This iconic phrase from Vine finishes: “Road work ahead?…”
“Uh, yeah, I sure hope it does!”