I’m an out of state honors student at the University of Colorado at Boulder. With my scholarships, I’m only paying around 5,000 more than an in state student. Boulder’s an amazing town and I really want to be happy here, but I feel like I don’t fit in that well at the school. I’m in the honors dorm, which provides a very conducive environment for studying, but is like living in a morgue. I’ve tried making friends-I sit in our common area and do my homework, talk to the people who sit next to me in class, and go to our freshmen interest group but I’ve only made like 4 friends so far. To make it worse my roommate is very antisocial, she is very sweet but only leaves the room to go to her classes and rarely leaves to eat. She is a sophomore and I don’t know if she has any friends- when she’s not studying all she does is sit on her computer. Is it early to think about transferring? Are these normal freshmen emotions. CU Boulder was NOT my first choice school at all- I was pressured in to going here by my mom because my brothers goes here and I didn’t get off the waitlist at Berkeley. There’s a very large party scene here that I don’t fit in with (I don’t smoke and I’ve never been drunk) and then there’s people who never leave their rooms. I’m looking for the middle ground but I’ve been here two months and haven’t found it
I think it’s worth noting that I fit in well with the town- I’m vegetarian and outdoorsy, I just haven’t meshed very well with the school yet. *BTW I’m majoring in history with minors in Spanish and educational policy and I am a preprofessional ballet dancer. My goal is to go to a top tier law school.
Is ballet taking a lot of your free time? I’m sure Boulder has a lot of outdoor club type activities, you should look into those. How about a part time job in a restaurant or coffee shop where you would meet co-workers? I think your people are there, but you need to get out to sustained activities with other people to meet them.