<p>I went to college in my home state and most of my high school friends went to college in my home state, too. The majority of us did not keep in touch with one another; mostly, we kept in touch with one or two of our closest high school friends.</p>
<p>Facebook has helped a lot -- that's how I find out what my high school friends and acquaintances are doing nowadays. I'm in graduate school and I graduated from high school almost 5 years ago -- I keep in constant contact with only one of my friends from high school (my fiance!) and I keep casual contact with one other friend (who was my best friend since middle school). The rest, I don't hear from aside from the occasional wall post on Facebook.</p>
<p>As you grow older you often grow out of your old friendships and grow into new ones. Although I had a lot in common with my high school friends at 15 and 16, we've gone on to do such drastically different things that high school hasn't kept us together anymore. I had new friends in college and now I have new friends in graduate school! The ones that I did keep in contact with were ones that I either had a really deep connection with AND/OR I went to college with (my high school sweetheart who is now my fiance; a couple of high school friends I went to college with) or people that I already had a lot in common with, besides just going to the same high school and being in the same classes.</p>
<p>Oh, BTW -- a lot of people are saying that they are freshmen in college and still in contact with their old high school friends. That makes sense, because you're barely six months out of high school. Wait until you're a sophomore or a junior, and report back. And certainly after you've graduated from college... I'm not saying that you absolutely won't have contact with any of your high school friends, but the group that you hung with in high school just won't have the same importance.</p>
<p>I'm keeping in touch with about 5-10 friends. And yeah, its really true cause you do find out who your "true" friends are. You end up seeing them over breaks, and vacation so its not that bad. Especially if you're at home over break and you and your family hasn't planned on going anywhere for vacation what else is there to do but call up the friends that are near you (aka high school friends) and hang out? =)</p>
<p>Um, I'm still a lot closer with my close high school friends than anyone in college</p>
<p>I know someone who doesn't have a lot of friends in college, mostly hangs out in her room on weekends, but mainly just keeps in touch with her high school friends</p>
<p>I go to the state school near my high school so a few friends from hs came here too. I talk to them a lot because none of my friends here are that close.</p>
<p>When I went home for break, the old gang from high school did hang out and that was nice.</p>
<p>You do figure out who your true friends are after high school. Months of separation at college will ensure that when you have precious time at home, the only people you will want to hang out with are the ones whom you really like. It will be evident quickly that most of your HS friendships were superficial and little else besides proximity bonded you. The HS friendships you do keep will mature and become better. I'm a sophomore now and I've cut actual contact with everyone from HS except 3 or 4 close friends (though I use Facebook to keep in touch with many others but that doesn't count).</p>
<p>This is my third year in college and I hung out with all my high school friends over break. I hung out with 3 to 6 of them every night. I went to like four parties where it was almost all people from my highschool and I could talk to them fine. It seems even the people I was not friends in high school with I am friends with now. My college friends spend most of their time doing work and dont hang out very much.</p>
<p>I only keep in touch with 2 from HS but I'm a junior now and it still amazes how much people change after graduation! It's like whoa like a 360 degrees not everyone goes straight to college and get a degree. Many people go on different paths and you just have to accept that. But the good friends that I've made are from college and I can honestly say that my best friend 2 of them actually are studying abroad for a year one in China and one in England! I can say that I am happy to know them and we swap stories too about our adventures!</p>