<p>I'm an off-campus freshman living alone and I've never felt more depressed in my life. It's a student apartment, but everybody here is upperclassmen and look down at the little fishy. I've been trying to make friends, I stay on campus as much as I can(my parking permit only allows me to drive on campus after 5 but I take the shuttle before that) and no dice. Even in my classes everybody seems to be hitting it off but me, I try to talk to people but no avail. It's been a week and all I can think about is going home. My parents are at home, a lot of my friends went to a nearby college, and there's so much to do back there since it's a larger town compared to my college town. I mean what the hell am I supposed to do? I'm miserable and alone, I mean in high school I was the loud funny guy that everybody looked to when they needed to cheer up, and now I'm the one who needs to be cheered up. I mean its not the work, it's less than I got in high school. I mean even the people I meet, when I ask to hang out, I get no response or a I'll tell whats happening later, and then they never tell me anything and I check facebook to see they were all hanging out. I've never felt so out of place in my life. All my closest friends are atleast 200 miles away and I'm considering just going home every weekend because I just don't fit in. AT ALL. I mean can anyone relate to me? Had a similar experience and found a way out? Maybe had a child go through it? I mean maybe I'm just bitter about this university since it was my back-up (I didn't get the major I wanted at my first choice and rather than attempt to transfer I was practical and went with the school that gave me what I wanted). I mean I want to learn in college but I'm so miserable being alone. Everybody seems to be having this great college experience and all I end up doing is watching Friends after realizing nobody cares about me.</p>
<p>It’s only been a very little while, cheer up! If you look through this forum you’ll see you most certainly aren’t alone. Be patient friendships don’t blossom over night and they require effort from everyone involved.
Get involved in clubs. Don’t be afraid to sit near some one you don’t know at lunch and strike up conversations. Nobody knows anyone so you have the perfect opportunity to hang out with people you don’t really know. Introduce yourself to the kids you have classes with, ask if they want to study with you for a test.
Talk to the other people in your apartment building. They aren’t all going to look down on you for being a freshman and they really shouldn’t be able to tell just by looking at you anyway.
Get out of your apartment and talk to people
Also, you’re going here now so find the silver lining. I don’t know what it might be but I swear there is one</p>