What College in the 1970s Looked Like if You Weren’t Cool
College is a key experience for a lot of people, and studying for exams has nothing to do with it. You might meet the love of your life, have the best parties ever, or find your one true calling after life-changing experiences. But if you weren't cool in college, all of that was way harder.
In the seventies, there wasn't a hard line dividing cool kids from the rest, or that's what uncool kids want you to believe. Computer nerds were on the rise with the first computer labs in history, and science class always had something new to show, trapping nerds in its web.
Spring break and graduation parties would get everyone together, even the uncool students, but after that, everyone would go back to their dorms like Cinderella at midnight to return to their true selves and dive into text books.
So, in case you were wondering, here's what college in the 1970s looked like if you weren't cool.
Spring Break!
Spring break was probably the only time and place where uncool kids could look look for once.
Science Lab
If you weren't cool, the science lab was your home away from home.
70s Protest
Cool kids didn't protest.
Perm time
If you weren't cool, you had to ask your mom to do your perm.
70s fashion
Wearing a suit and glasses? You were never beating the allegations.
Graduation Party
Cool people knew how to dress sharp, and the rest would wear something that looked like their tablecloth.
Mail Room
If you weren't cool in college, getting letters from home kept you together.
Bookworms
Going around carrying heavy books was a choice. Not a cool kid choice.
Graduation photo
There is a time and place for wearing a moustache, and this was not it.
Sorority
If you spent most of your time in your dorm alongside your friends, you were not cool.
Girl's Dorm
This was your safe space.
Class
Going to all your classes wasn't cool.
Rowan Atkinson in college
You can always count on Rowan Atkinson to show you exactly what a nerd looks like.
Phone Home
College students would wait forever to call home and talk with their parents.
College events
If you weren't cool, you would see this from a distance, and that rage you felt would fuel your studies even more.
Dorm room
If you actually studied, you weren't cool.
Friend Group
Having friends didn't make you cool, but you could be uncool together.
Computer Center
If you were excited about the possibilities the computer center offered, you were not cool.
Autograph time
Asking for an autograph because you know you'll never be that cool.
Studying alone
No study group? No problem. No coolness.
