• Attending college can be one of the most memorable experiences in a person's lifetime, but those four years are over before you know it. Making a college scrapbook allows you to preserve memories to share with friends and give your family a glimpse of your campus experience. In the midst of weekend parties, evening study breaks and mind-boggling final examinations, take time to document the ups-and-downs of college life.
  
  

Scrapbook Journal

• Create a comprehensive look at college memories by organizing a scrapbook that chronicles each academic year. Start with your acceptance letter and finish the album with favorite graduation pictures. Fill the pages in between with your most unforgettable moments, such as your first article published in the university newspaper, the game-winning touchdown or meeting the love of your life. Accompany each photo with a detailed description of your reactions. Write down how you felt when attending your first college class, joining clubs and teams, and how you met your best friends. Involve your friends by leaving space on the page so they can comment on your shared experiences.
  
  

Campus Events Scrapbook

• Colleges and universities maintain a yearly calendar packed with campus events ranging from arts entertainment to talks with prominent authors, politicians, economists and entertainers. Students who like to make the rounds can create their own personal yearbook, complete with pictures of the year's best theater, music and literary events or snapshots of students shaking hands with well-known public figures.
  
  

Semester Abroad Scrapbook

• Studying abroad exposes college students to foreign languages, cultures and international companions, but it also means leaving your alma mater and college buddies behind. Keep friends and family up to date on your trip with pictures of visits to famous monuments, the foreign university and the home-stay family. Accessorize the scrapbook with decorative paper and cut-outs that complement the study abroad location, such as the Eiffel Tower, a steamy latte and baguettes for Paris. Go the extra mile and try captioning one page in the foreign language you spoke while abroad.
  
  

City Excursions Scrapbook

• Students in busy cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles have access to a variety of entertainment opportunities. Document memorable activities that highlight your individual experience as a student and make an entertaining story, such as camping out in front of a major studio to wait for standby tickets, exploring out-of-the way repertory theaters, or participating in an organized pillow fight in the middle of the city. Organize your excursions album into personal categories like sightseeing, concerts and random acts of spontaneity for an amusing touch.
  
  

Finishing Touches

• College scrapbook kits are available with school-themed paper, backgrounds and cut-outs related to graduation, academic subjects, sororities and fraternities, and scholarly quotes. Using image editing software, experiment with color, cartoon, and distortion effects to add variety to photos. For a customized look, can cut school logos from old college apparel, folders, notebooks or university publications.