<p>In high school there are a lot of uneducated kids, but in college are people (in general) easy to get a long with? </p>
<p>Are kids more mature? </p>
<p>And are cliques around in college? and if so is it just like the high school kinds?</p>
<p>In most universities and colleges, you will find those people and they do exist, but they are thankfully a rare sight. In smaller classes, they can screw up the atmosphere of the class with their immaturity too (and I say this having observed it myself 
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<p>Remember though, most incoming students just got out of high school - there’s no kind of magic that happens in 3 months to totally change a person lol.</p>
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<p>In general, it’s much easier than in high school. There are no bullies and most of the rude and anti-social kids are gone too. Not to say that everyone ** gets along, ** but people know how to coexist peacefully and mind their own business.</p>
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<p>Depends on the school. At most schools, yes. At my school (a higher-ranked state school), everyone’s pretty competitive academically, everyone’s really smart and gets their **** done, and most people are very open-minded and non judgemental. I’ve never once met someone there that I’d classify as a ******bag.</p>
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<p>Cliques are still around yes, and most people in each clique are similar to one another. But there’s no visible dividing line between “popular kids,” “geeks,” “stoners,” etc like in high school. People aren’t resistant to talking to people outside their social circle either.</p>
<p>Cliques are a natural occurrence of human nature. We all end up grouping ourselves with others who are like ourselves.</p>
<p>College cliques are different from most high school cliques though. You end up with cliques based on majors, clubs, organizations, halls, etc. Even so, you can still pretty much talk to anyone and become friends with just about anyone. I made friends this year from the band, sororities (I’m not in one though), clubs, classes, my hall, and friends of friends.</p>
<p>People in college are people. Some are nice. Some are mean. Most are in between.</p>
<p>I sort of feel like most people do get much, much better. They just become more adult, and since there are so many people in college, if you dislike someone you can usually avoid them, whereas in high school you’re all stuck together all the time. However, there are definitely a few people who remain immature and obnoxious and possibly get worse, but the cool thing is that you can (usually) avoid them!</p>
<p>Cliques do form, but I think it’s less based on outward characteristics (like how you dress or how much money you have) and more on personalities and shared interests. There will be snobby, cliquish people at every school but they generally keep to themselves (and each other). </p>
<p>Sometimes there are maturity issues with roommates (think passive aggressive stuff) but overall yes, it is much better.</p>
<p>In my Math class the past Fall semester(Freshman year), my teacher wasn’t the greatest. During one of her lectures, some tool jumped up and screamed “YOU SUCK AS A TEACHER. YOU SHOULD GET FIRED.” And he threw in a couple of other cuss words. The teacher didn’t even do anything about it.</p>
<p>A lot of people are still immature, especially some freshman, but it gets better… </p>
<p>There’s still gonna be those tools throughout college though… and the rest of your life. Freakin’ toolbags man.</p>
<p>Dang that’s crazy. If I were a teacher I would have gave him an automatic fail. Lol</p>
<p>There’s certainly immaturity, but it’ll manifest itself differently. You’ll see it more in social environments than academic ones. And this can range from simple excessive drinking to certain behaviors in friendships and the broad spectrum of college “romantic” relationships.</p>
<p>Cliques are definitely around in college. Depending on the school, they may be more prominent and exclusive, but don’t limit yourself and meet as many people as you can. This country isn’t known for the most bond-inclined people, but you will find at least a few good friends (I hope).</p>
<p>In my community college there’s a lot of crazy people with short patience. Surprisingly, it’s normally the older folks.</p>
<p>I would say most definitely more mature, even though obviously in many cases it’s the same people just one year removed. College forces people out of their comfort zones at some point, and ultimately, unlike high school which so many people hate, everyone is there by choice…no one is better than anyone. I’ve even had athletes and kids from wealthy backgrounds approach me. Would’ve been unfathomable before. </p>
<p>Yeah, there will be cliques in certain situations, like my roommate is on a soccer IM team entirely from his high school, but it’s not like he can go everywhere with them. Schedules are too different. There’s also a large number who don’t know anyone when they arrive on campus. The real d-bags I knew from high school are going to a CC, joined the military, or living in a trailer park already.</p>
<p>I noticed a lot of old people as well in community college are very immature. One woman got dragged out of the library, kicking and screaming by the police for making a scene. The guy next to me turned to me and said “I’m glad I’m never getting married.” I also noticed they seem to have the most trouble academically and are often in the tutoring center. </p>
<p>Everyone I knew in high school ended up failing out of community college or transferring to universities I’ve never heard of. The friends I made that were serious students all went to prestigious or at least well-known universities in California (UCB, UCLA, Stanford). </p>
<p>I didn’t encounter anyone that was really mean to me besides my old high school friends that were struggling with Calculus I (gave up and dropped out of college cuz they wanted to be engineers). </p>
<p>I recently met one of them and told them about how I was transferring, what schools I’m potentially going to, and I asked them if they were on campus for school. He showed me his backpack and pulled out a pillow. Some people need more time to mature than others and some people just weren’t mean to go to college. </p>
<p>Generally, there are many nice people in college.</p>
<p>I don’t really understand the human nature bit about cliquing up, though I’m not a psychology major I find it interesting enough lol. I’ve never been in one!</p>