Kelsey Mulvey

It’s no secret that collegiettes love shopping for bras and underwear. Let’s be honest: both Victoria’s Secret semiannual sales are marked in your calendar. It’s okay, we’re not judging. But this popular pastime has a slew of drawbacks. While picking up a pair of comfortable lace panties is no problem, finding a bra that actually fits can be a challenge.  After a number of bra fittings and less-than-fabulous results, you may be under the impression that you’ll never find a bra that’s the perfect fit. Collegiettes, you’re not alone. According to bra manufacturer Wacoal, eight out of ten women wear the wrong bra size. Thanks to Jockey, all that may change.

The famous brand is releasing the Volumetric Bra System, which includes 55 new sizes that cater to a woman’s breast size and shape. Um, what?

“Our bras don’t necessarily get bigger, bigger, bigger, but in different proportions—they get larger, but in different shapes,” Dustin Cohn, Jockey’s chief marketing offer told The New York Times.

Now that you’ve danced the night away at prom and graduated high school, the college countdown is officially a go. Though you may be itching to pack up your bags and start a new life at your new school, there’s another thing you’ve been looking forward to – the summer. While hitting the beach and finding a summer romance might still be a top priority, this summer will be different. Once this summer is over, you’ll be a collegiette. Crazy, huh? Between getting ready to head off to your future alma mater and having a summer you’ll never forget, expect to be pretty busy! Lucky for you, we’re giving you a go-to guide for your final pre-collegiette tasks.

1. Clean out your closet
Believe it or not, your high school wardrobe should be different from your collegiette clothing. Besides the need for polished, internship-approved clothes and fun, going-out apparel, you’re itching to get rid of the terrycloth mini that was so freshman year. When’s a better time than before you head to college? Grab some of your girlfriends and reenact the closet raid scene from Sex and the City: The Movie (sans the bubbly, of course)! You and your super stylish panel can decide which clothes you should keep, store, and toss. 

So you picked out the clothes you want to get rid of, now what? Host a clothing sale so you can say goodbye to your high school threads and make money to fuel your new closet.

Even the classiest collegiettes find themselves in an argument or two. Whether it’s with your mom over your spending habits (she’s usually right about this one) or with your boyfriend over plans that he definitely forgot about (you specifically said Friday night, not Saturday), some situations just make your blood boil! However, the idea of fighting takes a dramatic turn when it’s between you and your best friend. It may sound childish, but you really don’t know how to spend a few days without telling your best friend everything. Without your partner in crime, who would you talk to about your mom’s financial lectures or your boyfriend’s forgetfulness?

Though you and your BFF are bound to have small disagreements—she might not love Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” as much as you do—a more serious argument equals panic mode. How do you effectively solve the issue without reenacting a scene from The Hills? And how do you truly move on without fostering a pinch of resentment towards your BFF? While every fight and dynamic duo differs, we’re here to offer advice for getting through a debacle with your bestie.

The First Signs of Anger

If you claim that you’ve never had a bad roommate, you’re either incredibly lucky or lying. Nowadays, it seems as if this unfortunate situation is a rite of passage in college. Check out our list of TV characters we wouldn’t want to live with. Though everyone is bound to think their roommate experience was (or is) the worst, you may appreciate your less-than-perfect living situation after reading about potential alternatives!

1. Samantha Jones from Sex and the City

Though Samantha would be fun to paint the town red with, she’d bring tons of guys home. Translation? You'd be sexiled...a lot. Let’s face it: that would get very old.

2. Jenna Maroney from 30 Rock