<p>In order to avoid sounding like a total ******bag, I am somewhat certain
that I can gain admissions into FSU, GPA 3.9 and SAT 2140.
My real concern is that my entire family lives in South Florida, I will have virtually no friends up in Tallahassee and I am an admitted nerd. I am shy around girls, an avid marathon runner tipping the scales at 135 pounds and I spend most of my time reading books on Mathematics and studying for school.
My main concern is adjusting to school while away from home. Does anyone have any suggestions to make my transition into college a smooth one ?
Thanks
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<p>Sure. Sounds like your academics are decent. Most students will be a LOT like you. </p>
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<li><p>Join the FSU running club.</p></li>
<li><p>Go to all the FSU sports events and have fun. </p></li>
<li><p>Take a dance class and then a bowling class, then whatever you want.</p></li>
<li><p>Make some friends who happen to be female.</p></li>
<li><p>Get off the computer and out of your room, play some pick-up games of whatever is around.</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t go home too often.</p></li>
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<p>my veterinarian attended FSU and strongly recommended joining the Ball Room Dance club. They give lessons and he said it was fun --swears it is a great way to meet girls (he was an officer and may have met his wife there). As he said it, “girls like to dance.” He’s a bit of a nerd type. Even if that is not for you (it wasn’t for my son) there are a lot of clubs you can get involved with.</p>
<p>my son is on the shy side as well. He gets along well with people, he’s just not one to make the first move. He went to a magnet program within a high school so it was a small group of students he associated with in high school and he was hardly in the “elite” group. I was worried about him going to FSU because of it’s size and it’s distance from where we live. However, I think it has worked well for him. He liked the idea of a fresh start, so to speak. You won’t be running into the same people everyday, you can avoid those you prefer not to associate with and you can find people with shared interests. He still plays online games with friends he’s made over the years who live all over the country and the world, but he doesn’t spend all his time doing that. He has friends he works out with at the gym, he’s planning to major in accounting and this year has joined the accounting associations and is meeting more people there. He does some intramural sports but not all of them There are all sorts of organizations you can join and like p2n said, I’m sure there will be other runners there…Even if you are on the shy side, as long as you’re willing to put yourself out there a little, you’ll meet people. And even if you don’t like football…go and cheer…it really is fun.
Maybe you should look at applying for one of the learning communities–certain dorms have them and you’d meet other people in the community because you take classes with them. otherwise, some of the dorms aren’t very social…and my son’s freshman roommate was not a good fit…but maybe you’ll luck out and get a good one. and they told us at orientation the school has 60% women to 40% men…good odds for men</p>