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I didn't read all the posts - but I just wanted to share my experiences. My freshman year - I was miserable. I had a few friends - one of my roommates and I got along really well and I got along well with the people on my hall. Actually, the girl across the hall from me became my best friend - but I didn't know her all that well freshman year. I was so homesick - I missed my family, my friends, my boyfriend. It was really hard for me. I also had an eating disorder - so people didn't really enjoy my company that much. I can understand why - it's really annoying to be around someone who can only talk about how fat they feel! But after my freshman year, things really started to improve. I started to feel more comfortable in my own skin and I started making more friends. By the time I graduated - I was having a ball!
I think lots of people hate their freshman year. It's a hard adjustment to make sometimes. Just hang in there!
I'm entering my second year in college and I have not made a single good friend. Maybe one solid one and that's it. I am not an unpleasant person in real life, at least I don't think I am. I've explained this plenty of times on here actually.
Did anyone else have similar trouble? These... charlatans in high school all promised me that college would be, socially, a hundred times better than high school. No greater lie has ever been told if you ask me. I enjoy the courses I take and I enjoy the sense of freedom but otherwise it's been pretty similar to high school in terms of social life for me. Maybe it's because I commuted last year (I am moving on campus next semester) but there are plenty of commuter students who don't have ****-all for a social life.
Would just be nice to know I'm not the only one and how, if you didn't make many or any friends, how you coped with it.
I had tons of friends in high school but did a 180 in college and focused on my studies. I really didn't have much interest or time. Thinking back, I might not have a been a fit, socially, at the colleges in my area.
I hated college. Horrible experiences. I regret every semester.
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I'm entering my second year in college and I have not made a single good friend. Maybe one solid one and that's it. I am not an unpleasant person in real life, at least I don't think I am. I've explained this plenty of times on here actually.
Did anyone else have similar trouble? These... charlatans in high school all promised me that college would be, socially, a hundred times better than high school. No greater lie has ever been told if you ask me. I enjoy the courses I take and I enjoy the sense of freedom but otherwise it's been pretty similar to high school in terms of social life for me. Maybe it's because I commuted last year (I am moving on campus next semester) but there are plenty of commuter students who don't have ****-all for a social life.
Would just be nice to know I'm not the only one and how, if you didn't make many or any friends, how you coped with it.
I hated high school. I was a bookworm, worked 2 jobs on the weekends, and maintained an A average. I had a few close friends, and that was it. At the time, my only goals were to get into college, and save money.
I promised myself that when I entered college, that I can start with a clean slate. My first year, I lived on campus. I met a few people during orientation, and went to parties. It was great socializing.
From my second year to graduation, I transferred to a commuter college close to home. I got involved with a couple of student activities, and made friends there, as well as people I would see in my business classes.
So for me, socially, college was a LOT better than high school.
I had no trouble at all except with certain overly ignorant people.
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