College Hacks (6 page)

Four words to get free alcohol at a party: “I’ve never been drunk.”

Holding your drink at bellybutton level at bars/parties has been proven to make you look more confident.

Stuck chatting up a mumbler at a party? Lean in with your right ear. It’s better than your left at following the rapid rhythms of speech.

Tilting your head to the right and slightly up makes you look more attractive. Tilting it to the right makes you look more intelligent.

Women are more influenced by how a man smells than how he looks. Men, choose your fragrance wisely.

Hide your beer in a soft drink cup. Keep ice at the bottom to keep it cool and put the straw through the top. No one will ever know the difference!

1. Fold a square piece of paper in half, turning it into a rectangle. Now fold it in half again to form a square.
   
2. Fold the paper in half a few times until you have a long, thick rectangle.
   
3. Fold the rectangle in half once so that the right end is now touching the left end.
   
4. Hold the ends of the paper with one hand. Place the folded edge underneath the cap and press upward to open the bottle.
   

Psychologists say that when meeting someone for the first time, you only have about 7 seconds to make a powerful first impression. So make it count!

If you’re drunk and have the urge to vomit, taking short, rapid breaths can help it go away.

Put glow sticks in a cooler for easy drink grabbing without needing a flashlight.

Not sure if someone is interested in you? Look at their eyes. People’s pupils expand by about 45% when looking at a love interest.

When you meet someone for the first time at a party, skip awkward introductions by asking things like “What’s new with you?”

1. Try honey on crackers. The fructose in the honey will help flush out the alcohol in your system.
   
2. Believe it or not, soaking your feet in hot water will help your head feel better.
   
3. Drink sports drinks. They always have excellent hydrating agents in them.
   
4. Eat a big, greasy meal before you start drinking. Grease lines your stomach and prepares it for the night’s battle.
   
5. Drink one glass of water for every alcoholic drink you have and you’ll get drunk without getting a hangover.
   
6. Eat some toast. Toast will bring your blood sugar levels back up to normal after a hard night on your liver.
   
7. Drink lighter beer. The darker the color of the alcohol you’re drinking, the worse your hangover will be.
   
8. Go for a walk, run, or swim. Although it may not be fun at first, it will release endorphins and improve your mood.
   
9. Drink water with an Alka-Seltzer. They even have a Morning Relief formula specifically designed for hangovers.
   
10. Bananas help relieve headaches, depression, and cramps. Perfect for a hangover!
    
11. Drink Pedialyte, a children’s medicine. It’s designed to replenish and rehydrate your body with electrolytes and has been known to work wonders. It also comes in an ice pop form if you want a cure and a treat.
    

Mixing alcohol with Diet Coke will get you drunker than if you mix it with regular Coke.

Dent in your beer pong ball? Hold a lighter under it (not too close) and watch the gasses expand the dent outward, making it good as new.

You can also fix multiple beer pong balls at once by boiling a pot of water and throwing them in for about 10 seconds.

You can make cheap wine taste AMAZING by putting it in a blender for 20 seconds. This softens the tannins in the wine and is a quick way to aerate it.

Those lines on red Solo cups are actually alcohol measurements.

Suspect someone is giving you the wrong phone number? Read it back to them incorrectly, and if they correct you, it’s legit.

Never take ibuprofen on an empty stomach to cure a hangover. It can actually tear your stomach lining.

Stop telling people what’s in the cooler and just cut off the labels and tape them to the lid.

Ladies: Want to know if a guy is into you? Pay attention to his voice. Men tend to lower their voices when they are talking to someone they are interested in.

Feel the urge to vomit? You can stop yourself by eating a mint or chewing minty gum.

If you tend to wake up early after a night of drinking, it might be because your blood sugar is low. A slice of bread with peanut butter can solve this.

Flip a pizza box around on your lap so when opened the lid covers your chest. You now have made yourself a pizza bib!

The colors you wear account for 62–90% of someone’s first impression. People who wear brighter colors tend to do better.

Always buy the first pitcher or round of drinks. You’d be surprised how long you can drink on the phrase “I bought the first one.”

Man hack: Wearing a red shirt makes women find you more attractive. Many studies have shown that women are culturally and biologically attracted to men wearing red.

1. Using scissors cut a small, iPhone-sized slit into the top of a toilet paper roll.
   
2. Add tacks to the bottom of the roll, so that it stands up on its own. Insert your iPhone into the slit.
   
3. Turn up the music and enjoy!
   

1. Before you throw, always get the ball wet. A dry ball will float around more, and has a bigger chance of slipping out of your hands.
   
2. Standing in the right position is key. Whichever hand you shoot with, that foot is in front. The opposite is farther back.
   
3. Grip the beer pong ball with only your thumb and middle finger. This allows you to have a way more consistent throw from turn to turn.
   
4. Bouncing can win and lose you games. Getting a bounce shot in counts as two cups, so always be on the lookout for when your opponent is not looking. On the flip side, as distracting as your surroundings may be, always be on the lookout for your opponent trying to sneak in a bounce shot. You’re allowed to block bounce shots.
   
5. Pretend like you’re not paying attention. Then when the opposing team sees you, they will try for a bounce shot, and you can easily block their pathetic attempt.
   
6. Get good at throwing with your nondominant hand. Doing this will allow you to have a great advantage when it comes to doing trick shots.
   
7. Go for the glory. If your opponent is drinking from a red cup and you shoot it into their cup, it’s game over. You win!
   
8. Aim for a specific part of the cup, not just the cup in general. This will give you a greater advantage than people who just aim for the entire thing.
   
9. Use your legs. As you throw use your legs to thrust upward, like the motion you would use to throw a basketball.
   
10. Drink a beer before the game. The perfect throw never comes from the nervous guy whose heart is racing 100 miles a minute. Relax and have a drink.
    

When throwing a punch, and I hope you never have to, clench your fist only at the last second. You lose a lot of power clenching throughout the swing.

Last longer in the sack: Taking longer, deeper breaths will relax you and your heart rate, and allow you to have more control over your arousal level.

Don’t want people in class to see a hickey you got last night? Place a cold spoon on it for a few minutes.

Drinking game: Shot Roulette. Spin the bottle and take the shot you get. Make sure that not all of the shots are alcoholic. Expert level: Play with glasses you can’t see through.

Mix vodka and gummy candies in a container and wait a day. Then get drunk while snacking!

Want to make a bottle of beer cold really fast? Wrap it in a wet paper towel and put it in the freezer for two minutes.

If you feel like you’re going to vomit, start humming. It’s nearly impossible to gag while humming.

On New Year’s Eve, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., AAA will tow drunk you and your car back to your place for free.

1. In each hand, hold the neck of each beer. Take the beer in your right hand and flip it over so that the cap can fit snugly underneath the cap of the beer in your left hand.
   
2. Gently press up into the left-hand cap with the beer in your right hand. This should open that beer.
   
3. Now, take the open beer and place it on the table. Place the cap of the unopened beer on top of the opened beer’s rim and press down on it with your free hand.
   
4. Share your extra beer with a friend or double fist like a pro!
   

Trying to identify a song at a party? Lean in with your left ear. It’s better than your right at picking up music tones.

Look at someone’s elbow when you high-five. You’ll never miss again.

1. Pour your own drinks.
   
2. Have a cup of water between every drink.
   
3. Don’t be that loud drunk who gets the party shut down.
   
4. Stick to one kind of alcohol throughout the night.
   
5. If your friend is in really bad shape don’t hesitate to call 911 or 311 (non-emergency). Don’t be that person who thinks someone can sleep it off.
   

Don’t know anyone at the party? Keep in mind that it’s better to be interested in other people than to try to be interesting. Mimicking the body language of the person you’re talking to subconsciously makes them more receptive to you.

You can clear a room full of cigarette smoke in about a minute by spinning a wet towel around.

Feeling dizzy in bed from drinking too much? Put one of your legs on the ground. It will make your body feel more stable, and reduce that spinning feeling.

• Ping pong balls
  
• Red solo cups
  
• Shot glasses
  
• Cooler
  
• Ice
  
• Mixers and chasers
  
• Snacks
  
• Speakers
  
• An awesome playlist
  
• Beer
  
• Beer
  
• Beer
  

When heating leftovers, space out a circle in the middle of the food. The empty space will help your food heat up much more evenly.

Have leftover coffee from the morning? Use it to make coffee ice cubes, which will cool down your coffee without diluting it.