Would You Rather Questions for College Students

Q: Can I print them for an orientation event?

Yes. When a round ends, Print these gives the cards as slips to cut apart, or press one topic first to print only its 12.

Press a side to vote on 72 college choices, from early lectures to the dining hall.

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How it works

These would you rather questions for college students are about the life itself: roommates, early lectures, finals week, the dining hall and what comes after. Nothing touches drinking, dating or money, so any floor meeting can use them.

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A floor meeting or the first week of class

Open with Dorms and roommates when a hall meets for the first time: Have a roommate who snores or a roommate who sets five alarms? Classes and lectures suits a professor's first ten minutes.

The cards that start real talk

After college holds the hardest choices, such as Take a dream job far from home or a good job close to home? Hard marks 17 cards where both sides cost something.

Tips

At an orientation, ask everyone who voted the same way to find each other: groups form in a minute.

Questions and answers

What are good would you rather questions for college students?

Room with your best friend or someone you have never met? Cram the night before an exam or study an hour a day for two weeks? Go home every weekend or stay on campus all term?

Are these appropriate for a resident assistant's floor meeting?

Yes. No card asks about drinking, dating, money, family or beliefs, and none names a college, a team or a brand, so a new hall can answer every one out loud.

Can I print them for an orientation event?

Yes. When a round ends, Print these gives the cards as slips to cut apart, or press one topic first to print only its 12.

All 72 questions

Dorms and roommates 12

Would you rather bring a mini fridge or bring a really comfortable chair?
Would you rather decorate your dorm with plants or decorate it with paper lanterns?
Would you rather do laundry every week or own enough socks to last the term?
Would you rather get a single room far from class or share a room beside your classes?
Would you rather have a roommate who snores or have a roommate who sets five alarms?
Would you rather have fire drills at 3 a.m. or have fire drills during every exam?
Would you rather hear every word through the walls or have a room with no window?
Would you rather keep your room spotless all year or never have to make your bed?
Would you rather live in the oldest dorm on campus or live in the newest one?
Would you rather live six floors up with only stairs or live next to the laundry room?
Would you rather room with your best friend or room with someone you have never met?
Would you rather share one bathroom with the hall or share a small room with two others?

Classes and lectures 12

Would you rather do a group project with strangers or do one with friends who do nothing?
Would you rather fit all your classes into two days or spread them over five days?
Would you rather give a presentation every week or never speak in class all term?
Would you rather have a professor who talks too fast or have one who talks too slowly?
Would you rather have every class at 8 a.m. or have every class at 7 p.m.?
Would you rather love a class with a tough grader or sit in a dull class with an easy one?
Would you rather pick your major on the first day or wait until the last possible term?
Would you rather sit in the front row of every lecture or sit in the very back row?
Would you rather take a class of 400 people or take a class of eight?
Would you rather take only morning classes or take only afternoon classes?
Would you rather walk 20 minutes between classes or have every class in one building?
Would you rather write one long paper or take four short tests?

Studying and finals 12

Would you rather cram the night before an exam or study an hour a day for two weeks?
Would you rather finish finals in three days or spread finals over two weeks?
Would you rather get it right with no work shown or show every step and get it wrong?
Would you rather have a final worth half your grade or have a quiz every week all term?
Would you rather keep snacks beside your books or save the snacks for a reward?
Would you rather learn it all with flash cards or learn it all by rewriting notes?
Would you rather see each grade the same day or see no grades until the term ends?
Would you rather study alone or study in a group?
Would you rather study in the library or study in your room?
Would you rather study in total silence or study with noise in the background?
Would you rather study on the lawn or study in an empty classroom?
Would you rather take notes by hand or take notes on a laptop?

Dining hall and food 12

Would you rather bring back leftovers after every break or get a care package every month?
Would you rather cook dinner for your whole hall weekly or never cook anything at all?
Would you rather eat breakfast at 7 a.m. or skip breakfast and eat brunch?
Would you rather eat every meal at the dining hall or cook every meal yourself?
Would you rather eat instant noodles for a week or eat the mystery casserole for a week?
Would you rather eat the same dinner every night or never know what dinner will be?
Would you rather get unlimited cereal at every meal or get unlimited soft-serve?
Would you rather grab a coffee before every class or give up coffee for four years?
Would you rather have a dining hall open all night or have great food served only at noon?
Would you rather keep a waffle maker in your room or keep a rice cooker in your room?
Would you rather live above a pizza place or live next door to a bakery?
Would you rather share every snack with your roommate or hide your snacks all year?

Campus life 12

Would you rather bike everywhere on campus or walk everywhere on campus?
Would you rather go home every weekend or stay on campus all term?
Would you rather go to a campus beside a lake or go to one in the middle of a city?
Would you rather go to every home game or skip every home game?
Would you rather have snow on campus all winter or have sunshine on campus all year?
Would you rather join ten clubs or lead just one club?
Would you rather know every shortcut on campus or know every event on campus?
Would you rather know everyone in your dorm or know every professor well?
Would you rather live on campus all four years or move off campus after year one?
Would you rather play on a college team or play in the college band?
Would you rather spend a term abroad or spend a summer doing research?
Would you rather work a campus job in the library or work a campus job in the dining hall?

After college 12

Would you rather do a job you love that is hard or do a job you like that is easy?
Would you rather give the speech at graduation or wave from the back row?
Would you rather go back for every reunion or never go back to campus?
Would you rather go straight to work or take a year off to travel?
Would you rather have your whole career planned or figure it out as you go?
Would you rather keep ten close friends from college or keep one college friend for life?
Would you rather know where you will be at 32 or let your thirties surprise you?
Would you rather move back home for a year or move in with friends?
Would you rather start your first job from home or start it in a busy office?
Would you rather study for another degree or start working right away?
Would you rather take a dream job far from home or take a good job close to home?
Would you rather work in a big city or work in a small town?

How this list was compiled

Own work: 72 two-option questions written for this page in September 2026, none taken from another site's list, and no card or option reused from the other would you rather decks on this site (checked by script on 2026-09-24). Every card is a choice about college life: dorms and roommates, classes, studying and finals, the dining hall, campus life and what comes after. Nothing here involves alcohol, dating, money or a phone, and no college, team or brand is named. Licence: own work