College is often remembered as a time of late-night adventures, questionable decisions, questionable cooking skills, and experiences that somehow become funnier with every passing year. Between lectures, exams, dorm-room antics, and the occasional attempt to look like a responsible adult, students can get themselves into some truly unforgettable situations.
And not all of them are exactly the kind you'd proudly share at a family dinner. Yes, ask the people sharing their college confessions on the X page collegefessing, who are opening the door to stories they might have kept quiet about for years.
#21
Okay so basically i worked at a store and there would be families with kids getting toys and sometimes it happened that the parents didn’t have enough money(card declined all that) and sometimes i would pay the gap with my own money and i would sometimes act like the system had a default and i would need to scan everything because the price changed (it really does happen so it wasn’t weird) and so I would scan it again with the employee card to get a discount and I would also skip some articles(the most cheap ones like 1-2$) to make the total lower. I did it like 3 times in 2 years because I hated seeing parents sad and embarassed and the kids disappointed. I did this and also added free goodies and toys. Never got caught and I was actually the best at the register.
- Byron College
- Byron College
8points
Interestingly, many of these experiences remain memorable long after students have packed away their textbooks and moved on to working life. Research discussed by the University of Melbourne Student Union points to the reminiscence bump, a phenomenon in which people tend to recall a disproportionate number of memories from their teens and twenties.
College falls right within this period, when people are experiencing significant changes, forming close relationships, and encountering situations that feel entirely new. Emotionally intense moments, such as first relationships, embarrassing mishaps, personal achievements, heartbreaks, and unexpected adventures, can become particularly memorable because strong emotions help reinforce long-term memories.
#22
I confess: I ghosted my best friend after borrowing $500 for “emergency rent” & spent it on concert tickets instead. The guilt hits hardest at night knowing I ruined our friendship over lies. Never again.
- Ohio State University
- Ohio State University
8points
#23
I lied to my best friend about sleeping with their ex just to keep them from getting back together. 3 years later I still flinch when their name pops up. I ruined something beautiful out of pure jealousy. Forgive me if you ever see this.
- Swarthmore College
- Swarthmore College
8points
#24
I was driving with a friend to a party at night. We got kinda lost and found ourselves on some dark country road, tall grass on either side boxing us in. Ahead of us, barely visible in the headlights, was some kind of red melon-sized object in the road. The road was narrow, so I had to drive over it, and whatever it was clunked along the bottom of the car. Thing is, the second we got too close to stop, the object came into focus enough for us to see what looked like human facial features. In the car, we argued for a bit about if we should turn around to investigate. As the driver, I made the call to go back to see. After all, there was no way we saw what we thought we saw... right? Upon driving back, the object was gone, but we saw a glinting light in the darkness which seemed to be moving toward us, it was the reflection of our headlights on a machete being carried by a man approaching our car. I quickly put the car in reverse and we got the hell out of there. My friend and I eventually got to the party, but we just kinda sat outside for awhile, completely dumbfounded. We called the police after the shock wore off, they showed up and we gave them our statements. I never heard anything about it again.
Edit: I was on the fence about telling this story, I don't share it too often because of how extraordinary it sounds, but the handful of upvotes I received feel like a bit of social approval. Thank you!
Edit: I was on the fence about telling this story, I don't share it too often because of how extraordinary it sounds, but the handful of upvotes I received feel like a bit of social approval. Thank you!
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Ultimately, college memories often carry meaning beyond the actual events because they are connected to the people students were becoming at the time. Decisions about friendships, relationships, education, and personal interests can influence how someone understands themselves and approaches life years later. Even experiences that seemed insignificant or downright embarrassing at the time can become memorable parts of a person's personal history.
As people grow older, they may forget individual lectures, examination dates, and entire semesters, but the unusual encounters, unexpected adventures, and questionable decisions can remain surprisingly vivid. Sometimes, the most unforgettable part of getting an education has very little to do with what was written on the syllabus.
#25
I can’t stop thinking about what I did last semester… I cheated on my final exam by hiding notes in my water bottle, and somehow I still got an A. The shame is eating me alive every day, but I can’t bring myself to confess to the professor. God, forgive me.
- University of Michigan
- University of Michigan
7points
#26
I showed up to my organic chemistry midterm still blackout-level drunk from the night before. Could barely read the Scantron bubbles, so I just filled in a smiley face pattern across the whole thing like it was connect-the-dots. Woke up the next afternoon with a 78%. And a note from the professor that said “creative, but please never do this again.” Still graduated somehow.”
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Colorado Boulder
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#27
My girlfriend and I went to different schools, and our Freshman year, she came to visit me one weekend. I lived in an all guys dorm, and there were very strict visitation rules- no girls allowed after 2am. My girlfriend had nowhere else to stay, and we didn't want to pay for a hotel, so we made a plan to sneak her in. To check into the dorm, you would give your ID to a person at the front desk, who would swipe it and let you in. Any guest would have to leave their ID at the front desk, so it would be very obvious that she was there when she wasn't supposed to be if she checked in normally.
Now my girlfriend is rather petite, and my friend had a huge suitcase. We ran out of options and plans to checking her in, and desperate times called for desperate measures, so we dropped the suitcase out of my second story window, and checked out. We went around to the side of our building to grab the suitcase. My girlfriend packed herself in the suitcase and I pulled her into the building, checked into the dorm normally, and rolled the suitcase around the corner away from the desk to let my girlfriend out. The kicker--as I walked away from the desk, my RA asked "what's in the suitcase?", and I laughed and said "you don't want to know" like an idiot as I rolled 100+ pounds in this huge suitcase.
We did this a handful of times that year, before making a fake ID for my girlfriend that said she was my sister. Never got caught.
Now my girlfriend is rather petite, and my friend had a huge suitcase. We ran out of options and plans to checking her in, and desperate times called for desperate measures, so we dropped the suitcase out of my second story window, and checked out. We went around to the side of our building to grab the suitcase. My girlfriend packed herself in the suitcase and I pulled her into the building, checked into the dorm normally, and rolled the suitcase around the corner away from the desk to let my girlfriend out. The kicker--as I walked away from the desk, my RA asked "what's in the suitcase?", and I laughed and said "you don't want to know" like an idiot as I rolled 100+ pounds in this huge suitcase.
We did this a handful of times that year, before making a fake ID for my girlfriend that said she was my sister. Never got caught.
7points
College is clearly about much more than lectures, exams, and earning a degree. It's also a time when people make unexpected friends, learn difficult lessons, test their limits, and occasionally do things they would rather their professors never find out about. Some experiences become treasured memories, while others are probably best left buried somewhere in an old dorm room.
Either way, they often make for some pretty entertaining stories years later. What is the most ridiculous, embarrassing, or unbelievable thing you witnessed or did during your college years? Share your own college confessions in the comments!
#28
I once woke up to my roommates disassembling a stop sign in our living room. Apparently they had come across an overturned stop sign as they walked home from the bar and they thought it'd be cool to hang the street signs up in our living room, so they picked up the pole and walked it two blocks back to our apartment. I'm still not sure how they got it up the stairs unseen but eventually they did manage to take the signs off and we spent the rest of the year with SW 16th Street hanging over our tv.
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#29
We weren't allowed to enter the dorms drunk, our roommate was. Our brilliant plan to sneak her in was to roll her up in a giant carpet and carry her in. Her feet were hanging out the bottom. Our RA saw us and was either dumbfounded or impressed, I couldn't say.
They just looked at us, looked at the carpet making drunken comments, and looked at the feet, noded and went about their evening.
They never spoke of it to any of us.
2nd incident was my roommate building a full size canoe out of bamboo in our room. I left for the weekend, came back Monday, and there they were. Putting the finishing touches on a bamboo canoe in the middle of our room.
They just looked at us, looked at the carpet making drunken comments, and looked at the feet, noded and went about their evening.
They never spoke of it to any of us.
2nd incident was my roommate building a full size canoe out of bamboo in our room. I left for the weekend, came back Monday, and there they were. Putting the finishing touches on a bamboo canoe in the middle of our room.
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#30
I once drank TWO Four Lokos at a "chill" study group (huge mistake), got so loopy the professor walked in mid-session to check on us, found me sprawled on the table mumbling about my study notes, then I blacked out... woke up couple hours next day on the library floor surrounded by different students that had the room booked. Still crushed that project with an A but never again.
- Ohio State University
- Ohio State University
6points
#31
I lied on my grad school apps about leading that research team, really just fetched coffee and formatted slides while the prof took credit. Got in, got the degree, got the job. Every LinkedIn congrats feels like a punch. I’m still waiting for someone to call me out.
- Harvard University
- Harvard University
6points
#32
I still check my ex’s story every night even though we’ve been broken up for 14 months. I tell myself it’s “closure research” but we all know I’m just a pathetic little stalker with feelings that forgot the memo. Anyway, send help or at least a block button that actually works.
– Williams College
– Williams College
6points
#33
There are a lot of rock climbers who go to my college so climbing campus buildings and hanging out on roofs is pretty common. Well one night a kid made a plan to step it up a notch and haul a keg to the roof of the performing arts building. It's a real modern looking building with this big pride rock looking thing jutting out from the edge of the roof, a perfect place from which to haul a keg up three stories. Amazingly, they were able to haul the keg up to the roof in no time flat. Well the party gets going and there are like 20 people up on this roof revelling in the success of their keg haul. But the kid who's whole idea this was, decides this is not enough. So he walks out pride rock and hangs a rope from the point. He then ties into this rope with his harness and proceeds to jump off the building, falling in a graceful arching swing. But just as he does so, campus safety comes rolling around the corner. Imagine there surprise to see a student jumping off a three story building. Well the kid notices them, lowers himself to the ground and just takes off. Now the rest of the party is stranded on the roof, drunk, with a keg, and a lot of explaining to do. Or at least they would have been stranded had they not all been climbers. The ropes come out and the harnesses get donned as teams of two start rappelling off the roof of this building as it's being surrounded by the cops. The cops were seriously unprepared for this and as they scrambled to locate the rappel point more ropes were tossed down and more students rappelled and escaped into the night. Finally, the cops made it through the building and on to the roof to find one poor remaining sole, one fairly empty keg, and the rope still dangling from pride rock.
Tl;Dr A bunch of rock climbers at my school hauled a keg to the roof of a building and had a party. One kid set up a rope swing and jumped off the roof alerting campus safety and the cops, but luckily everyone was prepared and rappelled off the roof, away from the cops, and into the night.
Tl;Dr A bunch of rock climbers at my school hauled a keg to the roof of a building and had a party. One kid set up a rope swing and jumped off the roof alerting campus safety and the cops, but luckily everyone was prepared and rappelled off the roof, away from the cops, and into the night.
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#34
Roommate tried to cook ramen without water, set off the fire alarm, and we had to evacuate at 2 AM. Dorm smelled like burnt noodles for weeks.
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#35
My boyfriend has been so angry and aggressive lately, constantly snapping over the smallest things. I suspect it's because he obsesses over UFC. He acts like every argument is a fight night, getting all hyped and ready to throw down. I love him, but his energy is exhausting.
- University of Central Florida
- University of Central Florida
5points
#36
One wild night in Vegas: dared my best friend I could sneak into the high-roller poker room wearing nothing but a bathrobe and sunglasses. Ended up bluffing my way into a $5k pot with pocket twos, cashed out, then lost it all on slots in the same robe.
- UofT
- UofT
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#37
I’ve been stealing my roommate’s expensive groceries for months because she swears she’s broke. She’s always asking for extra time to pay her half of the electric bill, but somehow the fridge is full of $12 almond butter, $9 artisan bread, and those fancy glass-bottle sodas…Meanwhile I’m eating the cheapest generic stuff I can find. So I stopped feeling bad and started using her groceries instead, her olive oil, her Greek yogurts, all of it. She’s so scatterbrained she just assumes she ran out and buys more. The truth is, she’s not broke…she’s just bad with money. I’ve seen the endless “payment failed” notifications for streaming services and random subscriptions. She still owes me for gas from two months ago. So at this point? I consider it a tax for being late.
- BU
- BU
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#38
One of my ex boyfriends I was living with got a girl pregnant. I told him we needed to go no contact, he then told me I was the only girl he wanted to have his kids and proceeded to get a vasectomy the next day and showed me the incision spot for proof.
- Boise State
- Boise State
5points
#39
I got drunk and chased a beer pong/ping pong ball off a second story balcony. Broke both my feet. the next day everyone went to the football game and I had to take a bare foot cab ride to the ER since my feet were too swollen to put on socks/shoes.
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#40
Roommate and I woke up hung over in our dorm room to a Kid singing Hotel California in a thick Vietnamese accent while playing it on my guitar he had taken from under my bed. His brother was standing behind him just watching us.
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