<p>So I just finished my first semester of college, and holy sh<em>t it was crazy, and not in a good way. Anyone else just experience a lot of drama in their first semester? Cause that's what happened with me. Without going into too much detail, cause every college is different, I basically dated a couple guys and it ended terribly with both of them. I have no idea what went wrong, there was just a lot of drama and I found out in the end that both of them only wanted me for sex, so that's great. I also had a lot of drama with friends. Like with the friends who I met within the first week of school, I thought we were gonna get along and be BFFs and all that sh</em>t, but I actually had a lot of problems with them. They were just a catty group, and made me feel left out of a lot of things, and I can't believe I wasted a whole semester with them.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is, I feel like I'm the only one whose life hasn't completely fallen into place at college yet. On Facebook I always see a bunch of people having the times of their lives at college in their first semester, but that just hasn't happened for me yet. I mean yeah, I've definitely had some good times at school, don't get me wrong, but my life is definitely not perfect. And I guess I just feel bad cause my "college experience" is definitely not living up to that of the people I see on social media.
I really just wanna start fresh next semester and make new friends, but is that hard to do in the spring semester? I feel like it would be since everyone already has their own friends. Any tips?</p>
<p>Woah! First off take a breath and relax!</p>
<p>A few things; </p>
<p>Remember, no one puts crappy memories on facebook and NO ONE has it together their first semester of college. </p>
<p>My first semester of college was rough (soph now) I drank for the first time, got sh**faced on my birthday, I was at school with my best friend who was someone completely different than I thought, my roommate was a psycho who thought she was my mom (we got along 75 ish percent of the time) dated no one, but I made out with a few people (which is VERY unlike me; I went to school a virgin) and so much more.</p>
<p>College is the most freedom everyone around you has probably had and you’re going to mess up. </p>
<p>Make a list of what you want out of next semester and make it happen. There is so much more I want to write but I would love it if it were more of a conversation, so please PM me. It’s going to be ok!!!</p>
<p>I had minor friendship drama back in like October but if there’s anything high school taught me, it’s taught me to cut toxic people out of my life the moment they start to get me down - so that’s what I did. But it wasn’t emotionally taxing or anything, and I found other friends pretty quickly. I’m pretty sure they’re still bitter and think I’m awful - but hey, I don’t think of them at all. Lol.</p>
<p>Hopefully your spring semester will turn out better. Maybe take a break from social media - Facebook and Instagram are not true depictions of reality. People aren’t gonna let on how homesick they are or how stressed they are or how anxious they feel - they’re just gonna cherry pick the highlights. Good luck.</p>
<p>There are plenty of people who have a rough time their first semester. As already stated, people aren’t going to post their rough times on Facebook. They’re more likely to post the “out with friends at an awesome party!!” kind of memories. All of these people have likely had their own share of drama and high emotions too. College is a big transition, and it takes a while to settle into it. Things will get better in time. </p>