The mind of a freshman girl is a scary thing.
How do I know? Because I am one, and I am here to demystify the one aspect of the female freshman mindset that I know you are all dying to learn more about: why we dress the way we do.
You can always pinpoint a freshman by her outfits at parties.
She is the girl who actually dressed up for the heaven and hell party, taking the time to construct a halo (or devil horns — take your pick) out of the limited materials she has at her disposal.
She is the girl who has a new dress to wear every night, and spends her weeks thinking about what she is going to wear for each upcoming weekend.
Mind you, we haven’t always been this vain; we simply have never had so many parties to go to before. We revert back to the childhood pleasure of playing dress-up. I won’t lie to you and say that I didn’t pack neon and sequin leggings for my road trip down to Baltimore — because that’s exactly what I did.
Upon arriving at school, the freshman realizes that she didn’t pack nearly enough un-themed party clothes for all the exciting frat parties she gets invitations via Facebook.
This leads to a shopping trip to the Inner Harbor with all of her new besties she met during orientation weekend.
Their first stop is Urban Outfitters, which doesn’t prove to be a huge success because it’s too expensive to buy more than one item of clothing on a college student’s budget.
Next comes Forever 21, which is where the freshman girl begins to get excited. So many clothes for so little money!
After a good 45 minutes, she walks out with seven items in her bag and money to spare. The next stop is Victoria’s Secret.
There is just something about college that makes girls want (or need?) to buy lots of new underwear.
Maybe it’s the freedom of not having mom looking through your laundry.
Maybe it’s the idea that you are going to be getting some on a regular basis.
Maybe it’s a little bit of both.
Regardless, the college freshman walks out of there with five new pairs of undies for twenty-five bucks (and maybe an animal print bra if she’s not on a tight budget).
But what exactly goes on in the mind of a college freshman when she puts her outfits together?
Assuming there is no theme to the party in question, she has a little bit more difficulty figuring out what to wear — she doesn’t really have any parameters.
But she’s a smart girl so she figures it out and eventually pulls out her tight cotton skirt and a low cut top.
She will then turn to her roommate and ask if her attire is acceptable or if it is perhaps a bit too revealing. The roommate will respond in turn that she looks hot and shouldn’t change a thing — it is college after all.
But you have to remember: this college freshman is not a slut. She is just looking for a good time. The suggestive clothing she wears does not necessarily imply that she wants to get lucky that night. She just wants to look good . . . and a little male attention is always a nice plus.
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