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After HS? Yes. I didn't blossom, so to speak, until college. I was grossly misplaced in my HS as a fat brain among the chiselled jocks. Over the last summer before, I dropped the weight and adopted the most open minded attitude I could. I also chose a college that was very "me." It worked.
I am just finishing my 2nd of 3 semesters for my master's program. After that, I have no idea what will happen.
When I hit college, it was like entering a whole new world. I hated HS and the social structure. Got to college and loved it, and socially I've never had the problems I had in HS. Was glad to leave my home town and never came back and I don't go to HS reunions. I don't even have any interest in getting together with the old "gang". As I matured in HS, I started to see what jerks these people were, and I left them behind.
To clarify-it depends on how you mean "improved social life".
I knew many many people in school (both h.s. and college), compared with life after leaving school,
but those relationships failed to sustain once I was out of school.
So, my social life is very small now, but those few relationships are far more durable & long-lasting.
My "social life" in college (I went to ITT-Tech so I didn't quit have the same social interaction) was the same as high school, I would hang out with everyone, pal around with people in school and once I left the doors I wouldn't hear anything from anyone, except for something school related. And now that I'm in the work force it's pretty much the exact same thing, get invited to a few social events here and there and talk and joke around at work and that's is far as it gets.
I did not go to college right out of high school.
As soon as I got out, I went to work. I met more friends, people, etc. I would say that yes, my social life exploded, blossomed, etc. I was very popular, started getting a ton of dates where as before I was invisible and didn't have a lot of friends. I was very well liked. Things changed a LOT for me. It improved 100% for me.
Yes, my social life truly came into its own when I was 24. That's not to say I didn't have one before then. I had great friends in high school and college that I still have today, and we had good parties and adventures. But I never dated in college or high school. That aspect of my social life was absent until I was 23. Since then it's felt much more complete.
I had more friends in High school than in college but fewer girlfriends. I had more friends in law school than in high school and more girfriends (but fewer than in college). After law school I had fewer immediate friends (those i saw every day) and no girlfriends, but more girl friend opportunities that I could not pursue (engaged) than all three school periods put together. Over time, my group of friends I see regularly has dwindled to almost none. However I have a lot of friends from high school, college, law school and after that i see once in a while. Family really replaces freinds, at least for a time. Maybe that will change as the kids move out and I have more time to build personal relationships.
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