<p>While catching up with my high school friends, I have heard all about their college shenanigans and hi-jinks. Yes, some of their stories involve partying, but many are just about funny things that happen with pranks, nerf gun wars, food fights, things that you would expect with the typical college experience. I on the other hand, have absolutely zero stories. I have managed to make about 2-3 "good friends" and 5 semi-close friends, but they are all very studious, well-behaved, or busy with work. The most exciting thing we've done is probably a once a month movie night. It doesn't help that I go to what I wish I would have known is a suitcase/commuter school, and about half of my friends don't even live on campus. The campus is isolated 15 miles out of town as well. :/</p>
<p>My dorm building is also very different from those of my high school friends who I have visited. We don't have a front desk, game area, or really anything in the building other than the rooms and a laundry room. Also, people never really leave their doors open or interact with each other on my floor. I guess it's my own fault for only touring this school and choosing it because I had nothing to compare it to. The academics at my school are alright, but nothing phenomenal enough to grasp my attention. Since I don't want to major in what I originally thought I did, I'm planning on transferring out for fall 2013, but I still have to endure another semester here. Does anyone else feel like their college experience is much more boring than they expected?</p>
<p>I don’t live in the dorm, but I do go to a predominately male, mostly engineering school. Obviously, the social life is going to be a little dull. Fortunately, the social life that does exist is pretty nerdy, so I fit in pretty well. </p>
<p>Sorry your school isn’t everything you thought it would be- hopefully next year will be better:)</p>
<p>I went to a commuter school, but it was very lively.</p>
<p>My advice is to transfer to a school with highly involved students. I’m partial to Greek letter organizations since the great majority of student leaders at my previous school were Greeks and I was, too. I had to de-pledge, but it was an amazing networking and bonding experience. </p>
<p>Many of the women I grew close to are pre-med, but that just meant we went out of our way to blow off steam. Knocking on dorm doors to hang out with acquaintances, late night drives to the movies and going out for sushi religiously. There was also a Country-Western club we frequented. Someone always had silly string somewhere. It was so much fun to surprise a sister or even a close fraternity friend with a silly string fight the instant they walked out of a grueling test. </p>
<p>Most of us were commuter students, but our student union was open 24-hours. We may not have had fresh-brewed Starbucks all night, but it was definitely a whole mess of fun.</p>
<p>People in the Greek system hang out with each other a lot because they’re involved in everything from Student Government to clubs. It’s not because they feel superior to un-affiliated folks. It’s also a common misconception that they’re all stupid. Every organization has a minimum GPA that a member is expected to surpass- greatly</p>
<p>Plus, there are so many perks. It’s usually easier to get a job on campus because being part of a sorority or fraternity shows that you’re committed to the school. The networking opportunities are endless if you join a national organization. You’ll always have someone to push you academically. You won’t be close friends with every member (some chapters have upwards of 200 actives), but you will find your niche in a group of 15 or so. And you’ll always have the council of the other 185 members because it’s not like they don’t know you. I was acquainted with all 60 members of my sorority and knew about 70 in the other 6 PC sororities. </p>
<p>People say there are rivalries-and they do exist, but I know women in other sororities who’ve hooked me up with life-long mentors simply because we met once and they admired my passion. That’s saying a lot because they met the over 500 women who went through recruitment when I did.</p>
<p>Greek life does sound like a lot of fun, a few of my friends in other colleges do it but unfortunately my current school doesn’t have any. It’s definitely a factor in my considering where to transfer next year.</p>