What’s hot on campus this fall? Well, let’s just say, if you follow trends, you have a lot on your plate right now. Luckily, we tracked most of it down, asking high school and college students what’s cool right now. So much coffee and T-Swift. Anyhoo, here’s what they said:
TV
- Binge-watching . . . anything
- Orange is the New Black
- Game of Thrones
- The Office
- 90's sitcoms
- Grey's Anatomy
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians
- Breaking Bad
- Teen Wolf
Apps and games
- Yik Yak
- Instagram (especially fooooood)
- Snapchat
- Destiny “Although we all agree it's not that great as we expected it to be.”
- Super Smash Bros
- Pokemon
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Vine quotes
- Spotify
- Clash of Clans
- League of Legends
- Dota
- Tumblr
Food
- Discounted coffee opportunities “The $1 Dunkin Donuts cup was huge.” (Editor’s note: WHEN WAS THIS?!?!)
- Bubble tea
- “Healthy eating is trending as a lot of students go to places such as Nekter, Zoe's Kitchen, and Chop Shop.”
- Chipotle
- Bubble tea
- Starbucks’ S’mores Frappuccinos
- Going to Dunkin' Donuts before school
- Iced coffee. All coffee.
Fashion
- Lilly Pulitzer
- “On Wednesdays we wear orange.”
- Wearing capes (Editor’s note: You do you.)
- Urban Outfitters
- Tory Burch sandals
- “I go to an art school in Manhattan, so you can say we have our fair share of hipster runoff trends.”
- Sperry's
- Rompers, kimonos, strapped sandals, jumpsuits, and essentially anything Bohemian
- “Hipster” white Converse
- Undercuts
- Vineyard Vines
- “Everyone at my school is just very accepting—and maybe that is the trend.”
- Baseball caps
- Dying your hair funky colors
- “Tiny backpacks that won't really hold anything you need.”
- Crop tops
- Athletic wear
- Chacos sandals
- Adidas
- Thrift shopping
- “There aren't many real trends at my school because individuality is so important to everyone there.”
- Grunge
- Alex and Ani bracelets
Books and movies
- John Green novels
- Dystopian trilogies like the Hunger Games and Divergent
- Harry Potter and Disney movie marathons
- The Avengers
- Wes Anderson films
Music
- Beyoncé Beyoncé Beyoncé
- Seeing local bands
- Taylor Swift
- EDC music
- Fetty Wap
- Rihanna
- Going to music festivals
- Nicki Minaj
- Taylor Swift
- Kanye West
- Music from the Vietnam era
- Lana Del Ray
- Did we mention Taylor Swift?
Athletics
- Watching college football!
- Soccer
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Fitbit
Causes
- Advocating for sexual assault awareness
- Supporting the "Black Lives Matter" movement
- Social justice dialogue
- Feminism
- Marijuana legalization and its relation to campus life
- The importance of the liberal arts
- The 2016 presidential election
Other
- Being part of any particular fandom
- The Charlie Charlie Challenge
- Buzzfeed
- Memes
- #dressgate, a.k.a. whether that dress was blue/black or white/gold
- Polaroids
- Leonardo DiCaprio (Me too. Me too.)
- Hanging out at the beach
- “At my school, stressing about college and standardized testing is the favorite pastime.”
- Selfies and selfie sticks
- Whip and Nae Nae
- Lip-sync competitions
- Late-night cramming
- Wiccan magic
- Jeeps
- Auditioning for plays
- The phrases "Is you flexin at me?" and "Retweet"
