When you go to college, there are dozens of people designed to be your mentors. You are given orientation leaders, RAs, and advisors. Each and every one is set out to make sure you have the “best college experience ever.” They tell you the hours of the dining hall, which classes you need to take, and that finding balance is the key to happiness.

As helpful as this information is, this isn’t the only advice co-eds want to hear. Every college has secrets, and we are not talking about teachers having affairs with students or underground blackjack games; we are talking about...