<p>HS was ok i didn't care too much for it, don't get me wrong I'm very social but i had my friends outside of school and I never found people at school interesting, too dumb and close-minded for me! the friends I did have at school were more like acquaintances and i only hung out with them outside of school a few times! I never understood how getting **** drunk in a basement and getting high was fun! A big school full of snobby and stuck up kids. </p>
<p>As soon as I graduated I moved in with two friends but not because my parents kicked me out; it was my own decision to move out. I wasn't really interested in going to school at the the time ( I did apply to a few schools but i didn't get into GT like a wanted) and i just wanted to experience life on my own when one of my buddies told me that they needed a roommate so that's how it all started! I had a great job and made some decent money and i partied almost every weekend. My two friends were 21 and 22 and I was 18 at the time so they managed to get me a fake id and thats how I was able to hit Atlanta every weekend. We all got along great and never had any problems. Their friends (a lot older) soon became my friends and I found myself hanging out with people a lot older than me. I became very good friends with all of them and up to this day I still keep in touch with them but since i just got back to GA we've only hung out a few times.</p>
<p>2007 came to and end and I came with this random idea of studying abroad on my own, meaning that i wasn't going to do it through a school here in the U.S like most people do it. I told my parents and they were very supportive and agreed to pay for everything, the plan was only to go for a semester or two then move back to GA. I did my research for about two weeks, narrowed it down to 3 countries and finally made the final decision. The next step was finding a school; found one and contacted them. They arranged everything for me and after endless paperwork i was able to obtain a student visa.</p>
<p>There I was on my first day, an international undergraduate student majoring in civil engineering and asking myself why after two weeks i still wasn't showing signs of culture shock (i never did) and why the heck i chose engineering as my major which surprisingly turned out to be amazing and now I'm sticking to it. I made friends very quick and they became my family, we just had so much fun. Everything was perfect except the fact that it was only gonna last six months. I can't even believe how much I grew as person, i learned tons about myself and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to do it because it was the best experience I've ever had. Sadly, it all ended in mid December when I had to travel back to the U.S. I am now suffering from an acute "re-entry shock" even after a month and half of being back in the states.</p>
<p>I'm now 20 years old and I don't know how I feel about having to live/go to school with just-out-of-high school kids who think they are the ***** because they are in college; i mean, the drinking, the partying etc... I've already been thru that, I've been through so many things at my young age that I consider myself an extremely focused individual but at the same time I feel like I need that "college experience", It's like I owe it to myself, I wanna live on the dorms and get to hang around people my age or younger, join a frat and experience college to its fullest, i don't wanna miss out on anything. I'm afraid because I'm used to hanging out with older people and into a different party scene. I wanna have an active social life because otherwise i won't do good in school but i just don't know how I'm gonna do it!</p>
<p>any advice?</p>
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