<p>Are any of you guys actually scared/nervous about college? Ever since I went to Orientation I feel unready for college which is really weird b/c I've waited for college for all my life practically and now im really scared about moving awaay which is so unlike me....im also scared about meeting people and making friends that i will "click" with......am I the only person who feels this way?</p>
<p>No...I feel the exact same way. I have never lived away from home,and I've never had to share a room. Now I will be away from my family...and I'll have to share everything...I'm also afraid that I won't make many friends...I love people and I am very friendly,but I can be a bit shy when I first meet people. I don't want to spend my time at college with nobody to hang out with</p>
<p>i'm sure you'll get used to it ^_^
I mean people don't feel scared forever right? Just try to be nice to people and try your best to adapt to your surroundings. Call home or friends if you have any problems
's all</p>
<p>I was scared and nervous when I first went off last year, but you just have to stick in there and pull through it. It can be really easy to fall into a depression if you haven't made any real friends in the first month or two, but you just have to stick it out and wait for the opportune moment. I finally met some of my best friends in the middle of second semester after not really having much of anyone until then. </p>
<p>Sharing everything is not that hard. I'm an only child who only had one relative my age growing up (a cousin). I still managed to learn how to get along in a room with someone. She had more of a problem with the space than I did, and she wasn't even an only child. We eventually split up and got separate rooms for a completely different reason (she was a CRAZY LOUD snorer and couldn't do anything about it, and it was slowly driving me crazy at night). </p>
<p>Trust me, guys, the freedom of college is so much better than high school and life right now that, in a few months, you'll wonder how you lasted so long in the crazy locked-up parent-controlled high school life you were in before.</p>
<p>Just relax, take it in stride, and don't take things personally... lower your expectations of things (nobody will treat you like your parents did... know that), recognize that it will take a little bit of time, and enjoy every moment you have... also, try to lose the High School clique attitudes, because they don't get you very far in college... especially if you have classes with Juniors or Seniors in your first few semesters... from personal experience, I find it very childlike and immature when I hear/see freshmen still making/acting out stereotyped, ignorance based comments/clique circles... so just keep that in mind too. </p>
<p>All in all, you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Ok i lived away from my parents with my friend for 2 years (same room same bathroom etc) but I'm still kinda getting nervous.. it's absolutely normal I guess.. But i am nervous.. especially because i didn't get to go to any of the orientations and i didn't get to sign up for classes when 90 percent of the freshman did. ***</p>