High School life sucks...Is college better?

<p>I'm not happy with my social life at school. Probably because the environment isn't really great. Very few people share my interest in science and math...the intellectual/chill character.
All the cute girls are taken...few have good hearts....cute/nerdy girls don't exist...</p>

<p>No one calls me to hang out, I end up starting conversations with anyone I meet, and its usually brief or boring.</p>

<p>I had a great time at COSMOS though. I'm not sure if I'm the problem...anyways, two questions popped up:</p>

<p>1) Does the environment affect social life of an individual.
2) Does social life get better at college?</p>

<p>I've applied to Princeton, Caltech, MIT, Stanford, Cal, UCLA, and Cornell.</p>

<p>it’s college.</p>

<p>duuhhh your social life’s gonna get better. ;)</p>

<p>and have you toured Cornell yet? I heard it’s like Siberia there. . .meaning: it is goddamnnnn cold. . .</p>

<p>what is COSMOS?</p>

<p>don’t worry, everyone starts a clean slate in college.</p>

<p>COSMOS is liek a summer program hosted by UCs for super smart/talented kids. its a pretty selective program.</p>

<p>Yes, college will likely be better. But (as Ask Annie as this sounds) a lot of your situation is what you make of it. A lot of the schools you’ve applied to are big, so you need to know how to find your own niche, but the obvious upside is that there are going to be so many more niches for you to explore than there are at your high school.</p>

<p>And just so you know, cute nerdy girls do, in fact, exist! We’re just quieter than the slutty girls, so you have to find us. It’s not too late to make a few lasting high school memories.</p>

<p>Lol quantumarbiter clearly has no modesty.</p>

<p>^heh heh maybe. </p>

<p>quantum, the colleges you apply to: those institutions want a diverse student body, and therefore, will work hard to diversify their student bodies. . .</p>

<p>so, i virtually guarantee you: you WILL find a niche in the college. </p>

<p>THE HAIRY LEMON</p>

<p>don’t worry, quantum. You’re bound to find a cute/nerdy girl at one of those schools and there’s a likely chance that she might be hot too.</p>

<p>Sorry to be off-topic, but: you did apply to a safety, right?</p>

<p>There’s this:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/828271-anyone-else-disillusioned-their-first-taste-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/828271-anyone-else-disillusioned-their-first-taste-college.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>hopefully he did. . .</p>

<p>otherwise, he is F_____. :o</p>

<p>oh nos!</p>

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<p>you know that the learning environment, policies and the such vary WILDLY per college, no?</p>

<p>I have never heard of Santa Clara college (and probably neither did any one else in CC). so, obviously, not many academically-inclined ppl would go there. . .</p>

<p>in this case, the OP was talkin about the name colleges, and the like. they will vary wildly college by college, so nobody really knows how the experience will play.</p>

<p>it’s what you make of your life.</p>

<p>on a sour note, i did hear MIT’s life was a bit academically grueling. . .</p>

<p>there was an Asian American girl who attended MIT and she committed suicide because she wasn’t doing well in her classes. But that was around 2001. (got that information on CC)</p>

<p>Um, my safety is UC Irvine. I got in through ELC.</p>

<p>Soo…college life will be better? I really hope so…I’m having this Grapes of Wrath thing going on in my head…A lot of people have told me high school life is supposed to be “the best time of your life.”
Clearly it wasnt for me.</p>

<p>I feel so lonely…no one to talk to, no one calls me over…is it just me? Or is it my high school?
I feel really depressed…sometimes I even cry alone…during a middle school reunion, i envy my friends (who all went to different schools around the area)…they went to the good schools like “Gunn” “Monta Vista” and “Bellarmine”…they all turned out so well.</p>

<p>I’m stuck in this backwater ghetto high school with my social skills rotting…I just can’t find ANYONE appealing in my school. The valedictorian of my high school still plays with pokemon plushies and he’s the type who will find fault with ANYTHING you say…unbelievably annoying.
The Salutatorian of my school is a sarcastic annoying girl who is just…plain weird…no comment at all.</p>

<p>I used to be so popular and outgoing in middle school…I used to be around meaningful/fun people…I just hate my life now…</p>

<p>…just stay away from the college life forum
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<p>Stop complaining. Expand beyond your high school. Get a job; that helps you get acquainted with some more people. Explore the neighborhood. Help an old woman get across the street and get to know her. </p>

<p>If you think high school is bad, college can be even worse, because no one will force you to do anything. You can wallow in self-pity in your dorm room and no one will even hear you cry. Proactivity is key here. </p>

<p>And about girls… don’t bother in high school. High schoolers are not emotionally mature enough for relationships yet. In any case, don’t even bother in college (unless you like drunken hookups, of course). Concentrate what is important; eventually you will reach paradise. </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

<p>College better be better or ■■■! haha… ya, don’t care for high school much.</p>

<p>Regarding the statement that very few of the cute girls at your school have good hearts, I wouldn’t assume that. It’s really easy to make a presumption like that but usually if you go out of your way to reach and meet/get to know the girl you’ll find it’s not true. I would be the first to say “that girl is just a **<strong><em>/a slut” and avoid her and not even know her. Eventually I changed though because I would be forced into being around them and I’d find out that my prejudices would be completely untrue and that said person would actually be really nice/sweet/cool . after that happens like 4 or 5 times you’re like “</em></strong>*, I have to stop”</p>

<p>girls can be insecure and put up fronts. theyll act in a way that makes them appear cool and bossy just so her friends don’t put her on the spot, but she might not actually be that type of person</p>

<p>Quantum, I feel the same way. But as XX55XX said, be proactive. At least you have plenty opportunity to expand beyond your HS.</p>