<p>I just finished my freshman year at a huge state school about a half hour from my home. I lived on campus. I seriously only met like 4 people at college, and I haven't made an effort to stay in touch with them so I basically don't have any friends at school minus about 3 people that i'm friends with from high school.</p>
<p>Every weekend I pretty much left school because weekends there were so boring and I hated the nightlife atmosphere consisting of greek life and whatnot. Sometimes i'd go home all weekend or visit friends at other schools, or i'd also visit my friend who already graduated college. </p>
<p>Looking back, I guess it would be nice if I had friends to hang out with at school, but I feel like I hate the "college experience" and I didn't make friends because I purposely didn't want to. I have many older friends who have graduated from college and their lives seem much more or something.</p>
<p>I really don't like the school I go to, and I'm unsure whether it's just college in general that I don't like, or if it's solely my school. I don't think i'd be able to transfer anywhere though.</p>
<p>I guess what i'm asking is if it's bad that I am not enjoying my time in college, and i'm only there to get my degree and move on with my life.</p>
<p>It’s not so much that i’m lacking a social life, it’s more of me wondering if it’s a problem that basically all my friends/social life is outside of my school.</p>
<p>I think it’s a very romantic idea that students have to love their college, feel like they belong there, etc. But as long as you’re generally happy and have a social life, I think it’s fine to only go to college for the education…</p>
<p>It’s going to be harder to make friends if you leave campus every weekend. I go to a large state school with a huge Greek life and I can say that weekend activities are no where near limited to partying. Especially at a large school, it’s fairly easy to find people doing just about anything you can think of on the weekends, which means it’s likely that you’ll find people whose interests match yours.</p>
<p>There’s no rule that you have to enjoy college, but as someone who just graduated, I advise you not to take this time for granted. My years in college have been the best of my life and I know I will NEVER have another period in my life like that. Never another time where my best friends are just a hallway or walk across the street away, where my biggest worry is whether I finish a paper on time or pass next week’s test.</p>
<p>If you’re truly happy with your college experience so far, then more power to you. But if you were completely content, something tells me you wouldn’t have made this post in the first place…</p>