<p>Im currently a senior in high school searching for schools to attend next fall. I have been pumped about college all of junior year, all of summer, and all of senior year. Me and my friends have been constantly talking about how great college is going to be but this week i started reading some depressing stories about college and realized that the college i attend might not bring me the amazing experience everyone talks about. I keep getting this feeling that i won't make any friends at college. Im not the most outgoing person but I'm definitely not a complete introvert. 50% of my high school career was spent around the popular kids and going to parties so i was always pretty confident in myself, but at the start of my junior year my best friend moved and my other best friend became an egotistical ass hole and i distanced myself away from him. So essentially i rapidly lost my popularity and lost quite the number of friends so that caused me to get pretty depressed. I still talk to people in my classes but I don't really hang out with anyone outside of school, but anyways how can i assure to make friends in college and go to parties and have a amazing experience?</p>
<p>Making friends in college is very easy if you have basic social skills - since other freshman are desperate to find friends as well, it really is as simple as just introducing yourself and asking to go to lunch together. </p>
<p>People who are having an amazing time at school don’t come here to vent and ask for help. The bad side of things tends to be louder because those are the ones who are talking. Roommate stories are the same way, people who get along aren’t posting it all over the internet.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it too much. If you put in the effort to make friends (keep your door open, be friendly, maybe join some clubs) you’ll be fine.</p>