<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that this has been posted numerous times, but to be completely honest, I'm not too sure what else to do at this point. So I'm a sophomore in college, and after living one year on campus, I decided to commute this year. Last year, the first month went pretty well. I was making friends, was really close with some people, etc. I was becoming close with a girl as well. After that, the first midterm happened and it all went downhill from there. The dorm I was staying in wasn't really known for being the best freshman dorm, but it wasn't that bad at first. After the first month or so, people stopped socializing as much. First semester ended, and I had managed ok academically. Second semester started off alrightish. I was getting really close to one girl (someone else), and it seemed like life would improve. For those of you in the Northeast, you'd know that last winter was really severe, and ended up causing hell for numerous people. I felt miserable on campus. My workload last semester became insane, I wasn't exactly enjoying my social life (in fact, there really was no social life), and I basically stopped living on campus. Looking back, my course selection for last semester was probably a bad idea, but again, I managed to do alright last semester (academically)</p>
<p>I took on a more manageable course load for this semester, and was really hoping that my life in college would improve this semester. I decided to commute, for many reasons, but mainly because I simply could not live on campus. However, this past month hasn't been much of an improvement in anything. It's mostly just me going to class, doing work, and going home. It's not that I don't talk to people at all, but I just feel that there should be so much more to college life. I feel disengaged with college life. It's like I'm on autopilot, doing a rinse and repeat motion every day. I don't do anything much on the weekends either, other than work. I am a part of a couple of clubs, I'm thinking of starting a new one, but I just simply do not know what else to do. I feel lost. I don't really know what more to do. I don't know if this is what people call depression, but certainly I have no love for my current situation. What more can I do? Is there something I am missing? Or is this all there is?</p>