<p>For those of you who attended a jr. college/community college for 2 years before transferring in, how did you adjust to campus life?</p>
<p>I'm only in my 2nd day of CC, and it's looking grim, socially. I wanted to transfer after 1 year, but there are more scholarship opportunities if I transfer after 2. </p>
<p>For those who live on campus as a transfer, did/do you feel that you have/are getting the 'college experience'.</p>
<p>I'm just really concerned because I feel as if my friends who went away to college have moved on, whereas I'm still here in the same neighborhood, practically friendless.</p>
<p>^The last line of your post, I know exactly how that feels!</p>
<p>Some basic info... Social life at a CC is terrible. People don't really hangout with each other and you really won't make new friends. Sorry, but generally speaking, it's a fact of life at a CC. Most people I knew who went to a CC with me, just stayed in their old High School groups for another two years.</p>
<p>When I finished at the CC I went to a major university (UCLA) and lived on campus. I made a ton of friends, and had no problem with finding a good social life. I ended up even getting myself a girlfriend (who two years later is now living in an apartment in Texas with me) from the people I meet who lived right around me. My susgestion to you is to work hard at the CC, and do everything you can to get into a good 4-year, and then once you're there, know that life really does get better.</p>
<p>I would tend to agree with allena. Life at CC is pretty awful, just remember that you are there for a purpose - transferring to a much better school! Always keep that in your mind and stay focused. Use the time you have at the CC to explore things academically and get a better sense of what you want out of your college degree, get good grades, and than get the hell out of there!</p>
<p>My experience (ongoing) at CC is pretty bad. But there is light at the end of the tunnel.</p>
<p>Don't be a smartass, save that bull for someone else sweetie.</p>
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<li><p>Yeah, I'm aware. And this is also pertaining to college life.</p></li>
<li><p>The fact is that students...kids make most of their friends through school. yeah, I have friends from my job... but now that school is here, I work twice a week? School is the #1 place to make social connections.</p></li>
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<p>ALLENA, thanks for your post. It's really enlightening to hear some good experiences at a uni post CC.</p>
<p>and eddy, I can't wait til' the end of this tunnel! Hope it works out for us!</p>
<p>I didn't have a social life at CC. I did meet my girlfriend though, who still goes to CC. I smile and say hi when I see people from my CC who transferred to my new school, but I didn't make any good friends there. My CC experience consisted of going to class, studying in the library, then leaving the campus, that's it.</p>
<p>i didn't have many friends in high school, most people were immature anyways, and my social life only got worse at a cc, yeah there really is no social life, most people just go and leave, and most students are older and are parents. I was envious that some people from my class got to go to universities and experience college life and have fun. My first semester at a cc was probably one of the worst experiences ever, i never felt more alone in a new place and not knowing anybody. I'm hopefully in my last semester at a cc which would make it a total of 2.5 years. And i assume that freshman year dorming is the best year. Other people who i knew from high school that all go to csun or other cal states still keep in touch with each other and also their friends who go to universities by visiting them and hanging out on holidays when their all home</p>