<p>I was wondering what it's like to attend college with people you already know but are not friends with or well acquainted with? I know two people who are going to be attending the same college as me in the fall, but I do not know either of them on a deep level. One of them I almost want to avoid but will most likely just not pay much attention to if we cross paths because we have not seen each other for a number of years and I would honestly feel awkward getting to know her now. The other person is a guy who may or may not end up living in the same dorm as me and I would almost want to interact with him as minimally as possible as well because I really want to do my own thing and not feel confined by my pre-college life once I'm in college. Any stories, suggestions, or advice?</p>
<p>its not a big deal. i was in the same situation, only i didn’t really care if i saw them or not. one kid i knew ended up living down the hall from me. i didn’t really see him that much. i have no idea where the second kid lived, but i also didn’t see him very much. </p>
<p>the kid that lived down the hall from ended up getting a bad rep on campus. i never really saw him again after freshmen year.</p>
<p>Depending on the size of the school, chances are that you won’t even have to see them. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about it too much. I didn’t want to see a girl I went to high school with, and simply went about my business. She searched me out a few times, but other than that, we didn’t see each other.</p>
<p>You just have to get over it. I have a somewhat-related weird story: I lived in Wisconsin as a child but moved to Florida at age 12. I moved back to Wisconsin for college and promptly ran into my childhood best friend, who I no longer spoke to (we actually had been in a fight when I left so we had some issues). The first time I saw her, I saw her but she didn’t see me, so I decided I didn’t want to avoid her all year and I suggested over Facebook that we meet for coffee. We did and actually wound up dating for a very short amount of time (before I realized I did NOT want to be in a committed relationship my first month of college) and then we eventually lost contact after that didn’t work out. I don’t see her much anymore but it’s certainly a strange thing.</p>
<p>my school was a small lac of about 2300 undergrads.</p>
<p>Its a chance to get to know them. In the Spring i’m gonna be transferring to a school in my hometown so naturally i’ll see a lot of people form my graduating class there. Some I know really well and have their phone number and hang with them when I can, some I don’t know that well and only have on facebook and maybe took a class with them in high school and then some I don’t know at all. I just know that we graduated from the same school in the same year. Either way for the people I don’t know that well its a chance to get to know them a little better and I know that i’ll still meet new people either way.</p>