The Freshman Fifteen: a novel about college

Amy Callaway is the graduating editor-in-chief of her high school newspaper. Tradition mandates that she write an advice column for next year's graduating class. So when she starts her freshman year at the UCLA, she deliberately seeks out as many aspects of The College Experience as she can. She lives with total strangers (a Bel Air princess and a neat-freak nerd), attends football games and graces frat parties- all while trying to discover her calling in life. "The Freshman Fifteen" is Amy's running list of advice to future freshmen, which grows more accurate and amusing by the day. Nothing unfolds the way she expects, including her ability to fit into her skinny jeans. In her quest to become a staff writer for The Daily Bruin, Amy becomes embroiled in solving a violent, university-wide mystery. Meanwhile, her hysterical stream of adventures includes petty but profound struggles with her bank account, boyfriends, roommates, and ultimately, sense of self.