<p>The school i’m transferring to this year has a lot of people from my high school. But it is a large school, and I was never top friends with any of them. </p>
<p>But now that i think of it I have 2 close cousins who go there…</p>
<p>so yea nevermind. Im not going solo lol</p>
<p>The only person from my high school going to the college I went to was the only person in my year I’d never talked to before. So yeah… i did</p>
<p>I did, but I knew a bunch of people at nearby colleges, and two of my closest friends went to school an hour away, so it’s not like I was totally alone.</p>
<p>There are 2 people total I know who’re going to the university I’m transferring to this Fall (one is an incoming Freshmen, barely know him, and the other has been at UCSC for a while, but I barely know her either). Combined with the fact that I’m getting a single room and not a double, I’ll definitely be going solo this first year.</p>
<p>yep, i did and i lived.</p>
<p>Not at all. There are probably 50+ people from my high school class going to the university I’m going to. It is a huge university though (around 30,000 undergrads) so chances are, I won’t be seeing them very much.</p>
<p>There are around 5 people from my high school going to my college, but freshman class size is around 2250 and they are mostly in a different college of my university. One of them I know is living in the same building as I am though, and I am rooming with a very good friend from my town. Did I potentially miss having the opportunity to make a best friend for life? Maybe, but there are 2248 other freshman to meet. But am I sure that I’m not going to get a coked out social recluse like my dad did his freshman year? Yes.</p>
<p>I am the only person from my high school going to my college. In fact, I’m the only person I know going to study all the way in the East Coast - most of my friends are staying on the West Coast. Total, complete new start and I am totally cool with that.</p>
<p>These are great responses, guys!</p>
<p>@blorgit,</p>
<p>I totally know what you mean! I am from Seattle, WA (fellow west coastie here) and I’ll be going to Penn State…i don’t know anyone who will be going to PSU from Washington state! One of my friends is going to Penn, as well!</p>
<p>I did and loved it. You can be whoever you want and completely start over. Amazing</p>
<p>Flying solo. Met everyone I know there at my orientation. Fresh start 
Keeping in touch with old friends via skype.</p>
<p>When I went to college, I went across the country and was going solo. It’s a little intimidating and I don’t think I got out as often as I should have. Had many acquaintances but very few close friends. If you’re going solo, make an extra effort to get out there and meet people.</p>
<p>Same thing will happen when you join a new workplace, you gotta get used to it. I’m sure there are several people in your situation, just go on and make new friends, more friends the better your life will be :)</p>
<p>I didn’t know anyone when I started at my college. Neither did my son. Both of us had a great four years.</p>
<p>I’m solo… I’m ridin’ SOLOOO</p>
<p>No one from my h.s. class attended the same college as I did and it worked out fine. This also tends to depend on the size of college, how far away it is and/or if it happens to be a more specialized college then others. Obviously, if you attend a college near where you live and many others often go there, then it doesn’t matter that much. Personally, I think it would be a mistake if the main reason you choose a college was because others from your h.s. class also plan to go there. What happens if you go separate ways once you get there (find new friends, participate in different EC’s, sports or pursue different majors)? You may also simply find you grow apart and find new friends once at college and if those former friends were your main reason to go there…now what?</p>
<p>13 are going to the same school as I am. I don’t mind most of them, but there are a couple who get on my nerves</p>
<p>I essentially went solo as well, there were a few people from my HS, but i hardly knew them. I think it is a good thing because you can broaden out your circle of friends. Sometimes if you go to a college with some of your good friends, that will impair you from making new ones. That also applies to roommates, don’t roommate with someone you know from highschool.</p>
<p>I went out of state to U.Va. - my roommate knew about 100 people coming and and I knew only a few people who I had not seen or contacted in 10 years since when I moved out of VA. I loved the freedom; the equivalent in PA (Penn State… equivalent in social sense) made me wonder why these people went to college with all of the high school, and everyone else the same. But I guess it would be comforting to know a bunch of people, even if it restricts the amazing growth period that college is.</p>
<p>Yes, and I’m glad. I didn’t like any of my high school classmates, and hopefully college won’t be as cliquey as people won’t go out of their way to annoy you.</p>