<p>My 1st semester of college is pretty much over and overall I hated it. When I first got here I made some friends and everything seemed okay, but from there everything went downhill.</p>
<p>My roommate ending up being manipulative and wouldn't work anything out. She also talked bad about me to other girls. So I moved into another room with a new roommate who takes my stuff sometimes without asking. Though, I sometimes do the same but only under certain circumstances, that and I always tell her after I use it. After that incident I didn't want to meet other girls as much anymore. My new hall has nothing but gossip sometimes, and maybe some quiet times. But I either stay in my dorm all day studying or go hang out with a friend and she makes everything a bit more fun. I hang out with her all the time. When I'm not with her, i'm in my room all day. </p>
<p>The college is small and I don't think it's for me. A lot of the people here are the same too.. I've already made up my mind to transfer to another school in the city closer to home next fall. I get really jealous when people say they say their first semester was awesome when mine sucked. I have already made sure my credits transfer and I have the grades for it. I was asking how can I make next semester a bit more enjoyable?</p>
<p>I’m in the a really similar situation, crazy roommate (I haven’t switched at all, just going to tough it out with this chick for the rest of the year) and I just feel really out of place. I met some people when I first got here, but now they’re all friends with my roommate and yeah, it’s weird and I hate it. </p>
<p>Anyway. Personally, I’m taking really different classes from the ones I took first semester. I realized that I was taking classes that seemed impressive/would make my parents think I was really going places rather than what I had always been good at. So I dropped everything I already had for the second semester and completely overhauled. That made me feel a little better. </p>
<p>Since I want to transfer so badly, I feel weird about trying to make friends now. I haven’t even told anyone at my school that I’m planning on transferring. </p>
<p>Sorry, that wasn’t really great advice, but I tried!</p>
<p>I’ve only told a few people. But only because someone brought it up. But, I don’t plan on telling a lot of people either. I’m trying to give it another semester but if it is going to end up like this semester, I just don’t know. To me college is not suppose to make you want to go home. =/ What’s ironic about this is I’m a theater major lol (-__-)</p>
<p>From my personal experience with a good first semester, it was all about getting involved with clubs, events, and activities - of course, make sure it’s things you actually like doing. I entered college with interests in journalism, film, lgbt activism, charities, etc. When I arrived on campus, I got involved immediately. It wasn’t easy, though. A lot of the clubs I thought I would like ended up being my most hated, vice versa. I ended up sticking with journalism and film as my extracurricular activities. At first, the people didn’t really seem approachable, but after a couple of months we got along really well. I mean, there are those really douchy people, but you’re bound to run into them everywhere. It just takes a while to find that group that you seem to get along with. Hope I helped a little.</p>