As the high school seniors begin transitioning into college freshmen, the responsibilities also rise with them. College freshmen have to begin doing things on their own like cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, and leaving time to study, all while trying to enjoy the college experience, so here are some life hacks that will help any student to survive their years in college.

Cooking Hacks:

In college, it’s no surprise that many students don’t know how to actually cook due to the fact that they were always dependent on their parents. Here are a few cooking hacks for college:

• Coffee Maker
  • Whenever you don’t have access to a hot plate, and you want a fresh cooked meal, you can always go with a coffee maker. You can get steamed veggies, cooked pasta, soup, and even a grilled cheese with just the use of a coffee pot. Here are some amazing coffee maker recipes
  • http://www.instructables.com/id/36-Things-to-Cook-in-a-Coffee-Maker/

• Microwave mug recipes
• • If you are allowed a microwave in your dorm, then you can pretty much make anything. All you need is a mug. Here are some amazing microwave recipes.
  • https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/gemmas-mug-meals/

Cleaning Hacks:

When it comes to living on your own, it is important to stay clean and tidy to keep all those germs and clutters away. Here are a few cleaning hacks:

• Purchase windex, cleaning wipes at the dollar tree

• • When it comes to purchasing cleaning supplies, it can get a little pricey. You can save money by purchasing your cleaning supplies at your local dollar store, where you can get effective supplies, for a cheaper price.

• Plastic Wrap

• • Washing dishes can be a bit of a hassle so a quick easy way to save clean dishes is to cover your dishes in plastic wrap, and simply remove it when you are done eating.

• Using pods instead of carrying around bottles of detergent

• • Carrying around detergent can not only be heavy, and can take up space, but it also is prone to lots of spilling, which can be messy. An easier thing to do, is to wash your laundry with pods, instead of carrying around bottles of detergent.

Studying:

• Post it notes with main ideas from different subjects around your room

• • When it comes to having to study, it is much easier to get that done ahead of time, so you can really store the information in your head. A great way to do that, is by placing post it notes around your room, and place down key ideas from different classes you are taking.