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75 Fun Things To Do in College Besides Party

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This list has 75 different ideas of things you can do as a UofSC student in Columbia, SC specially, as well as fun ideas for college students to do on the weekends in general. This list has several budget friendly options as well as road trips, and restaurant suggestions.

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This is the kind of post that I wish someone had written for me. I searched Pinterest for hours looking for suggestions to do on the weekends (on a budget) besides partying. That’s when my good friend Laken and I decided to make a list of things to do and cut it up and place it in a jar to draw from.

  1. Bike ride
  2. Get a tarot card reading or palm reading
  3. Go stargazing
  4. Magic Mountain (if nearby)
  5. Goat yoga
  6. Breakfast for dinner
  7. Thrift store jeans makeover
  8. Make a blanket fort
  9. Picnic on the horseshoe
  10. Trampoline park
  11. Game night
  12. Movie marathon
  13. Spa night
  14. Go to model home open houses
  15. Pottery place
  16. Host a bake off
  17. Laser tag
  18. Watch sunset from a rooftop
  19. Aerial yoga
  20. Thrift shop for outfits and go out in them that night
  21. Duck Donuts
  22. Edventure Kids Museum
  23. Try sweet cream company
  24. Go to Blue Flour Bakery
  25. Catch a Columbia Fireflies Game
  26. Watch a film at the nickelodeon theater
  27. Drive in movie
  28. Go to the mall
  29. Operation city quest scavenger hunt
  30. Go to Cayce Historical Museum
  31. Eat burgers from Pawley’s Front Porch
  32. Hike in Harbison Forest
  33. Hike the Palmetto trail
  34. Drink a massive milkshake at Grill Marks
  35. Go on a mural hunt throughout the city
  36. Try the Spotted Salamander
  37. Try the Happy Cafe
  38. Eat brunch at Publico
  39. Try Cupcake Down South
  40. Learn the Carolina Shag
  41. Go swing dancing
  42. Do a crafting project
  43. Home cook a meal
  44. Go volunteer (animal shelter, habitat for humanity, etc.)
  45. Drive around and find your favorite houses
  46. Pull an all nighter
  47. Soda City
  48. Do a photoshoot
  49. Go to Charleston
  50. Have a beach day
  51. Go on a hike
  52. Paint canvases
  53. Create a mood board/collage
  54. Watch a University sporting event
  55. Try a new workout class
  56. Karaoke
  57. Bowling
  58. Zoo
  59. Axe Throwing
  60. Go to Greenville
  61. Top Golf
  62. Get nails done
  63. Drive to Asheville
  64. Drive to Savannah
  65. Hike Congaree National Park
  66. River Walk
  67. Do the SC barbecue trail
  68. Go see a movie
  69. Foothills Trail hike
  70. Ghost tour in Charleston
  71. South Carolina state museum
  72. Splurge on a nice dinner (anything but fast food counts as nice haha)
  73. Go to lake Murray
  74. Go to the Museum of Art in Columbia.
  75. Tie dye something!

These ideas will keep me busy without a doubt! I hope that you enjoy them too 🙂

Sincerely,

Meghan Ann