Life after High School

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<p>Hellooo. I'm a HS senior and to be honest I HATE high school. I'm friends with people from every group but i'm just tired of everything The drama, the cliques and the obsession over looks and money gets really annoying.</p>

<p>When you guys left to college, did you guys keep in contact with anyone? Do you miss high school? Are you still close with your old best friends? Did any of you make drastic changes after high school (personality and physically wise)?</p>

<p>Sorry a lot of questions. I'm just really curious if life gets better during college.</p>

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<p>I joined the military 2 weeks after HS graduation, but I guess the military is tantamount to college… No, I did not keep in contact with any friends… execept this one guy who I talked to on one phone once when I was overseas. I have kept in contact with my army friends. (not close, they are just in my fb).</p>

<p>In HS, I had long hair… and now, I shave my head. (I don’t keep it shaved, I just shave it once a month)</p>

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<p>I only keep in regular contact with 2 or 3 people from my graduating class, and a few underclassmen.</p>

<p>Mind you, my graduating high school class was only 40 people. (in an all girls school)</p>

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<p>From my own experiences as well as those I’ve heard, most people don’t stay that close with their high school friends beyond a few very close friends. Obviously this depends on where you go to school and how many people from your high school go to your school. No one from my high school goes or has ever gone to my college, and I haven’t been back to Florida, which is where my high school was, since August. However, my friends at home on break keep saying their friends don’t feel as close as they did. People do definitely change during college, and that can affect friendships as well.</p>

<p>I do NOT miss high school. Even though my high school experience was probably the best one I could have had, college is six thousand times better. It’s better in every single way. I don’t miss high school at all, except for the fact that it was a lot easier.</p>

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<p>I keep in touch and am still very close to eight very good friends from high school. Six of them are in-state (five at the same university, one at a nearby tech school), another is in TN, while another is attending university in MO. I’m in IL.</p>

<p>Don’t quite know how we made it work, but we did. It’s been fantastic. :)</p>

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<p>Dude, the social aspects of High School AND College are EXTREMELY overrated. </p>

<p>Here are some common statements people make about High School and College (yes, exagerated):</p>

<p>“Man, if you don’t have 6,000 friends by the time you leave College, you must’ve done something wrong.”</p>

<p>“Make sure you socialize every chance possible. Even when you’re sleeping, try to socialize.”</p>

<p>“You’re a loser if you don’t make friends in High School or College!.”</p>

<p>All of the above exaggerated statements are bullshi*. Remember, when you leave High School your 17 (or 18 depending on your BDay), so you have the rest of your freaking life to make friends. Even when you leave College (you’ll be 21 or 22 depending on your BDay), you have so many chances to make friends. There’s work, clubs, activities, going to the gym, graduate school, friends through family, meeting friends through online sites, and so much more. </p>

<p>Point is, don’t sweat making friends in either HS or college. I remember reading a post by a father here and he said that he didn’t find his best friend in either HS or College (I think he said he met his best friend at a party or something like that). High School AND College are truly overrated. People make it out to be that after High School and College, life is over which isn’t the case. You have the rest of your life to make friends. Making friends isn’t limited to just High School or College.</p>

<p>Luckily I have a great small group of true and genuine friends that I got through High School. Right now, it looks like I won’t have the same luck in making a great group of friends, but at least I have my HSesssssss <3. </p>

<p>Anyways, Good Luck amigo!</p>

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<p>I didn’t really mind high school when I was in it, but in retrospect high school sucked compared to college for me. I had one best friend in hs and a few other good friends but I’ve only really kept in touch with 3 people from high school including my best friend (a couple of my friends fell of the face of the earth and I haven’t heard from them in a long time). I don’t miss high school at all…the only thing nice about high school is that I had more money & and a car then (now I’m a lot poorer and have no car at school, but am a lot better off for it). </p>

<p>Life definitely got better for me in college. I went to college 3,000 miles away because I wanted to get away from the boredom/standard routines of high school. My personality didn’t change, persay, but I was able to be a lot more social in college & make friends that had more in common with me. In high school, a lot of the friends I made were out of convenience - they were nice, so I was friends with them (not because we had a lot in common or anything interesting to talk about). In college, I can talk to my friends about every topic under the sun & as a result I have a lot higher quality friendships here.</p>

<p>Everyone’s experiences are different, but I would definitely say approximately two-thirds of students tend to like college more than high school for the social aspect. Plus, Div. I sports & parties, and living with hundreds of your peers just makes things more fun! At least in my opinion.</p>

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<p>I stay in regular contact with about 5 of my high school friends.</p>

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<p>In the Philippines, people are much more dependant. 90% of college freshmen are 16 and they major in what their friends major in… (or what their parents make them major in)… plus they work it so all their friends are in all their classes. They consider it weird if you are ever walking alone… they are mostly joined at the hip. that’s mostly girls though.</p>

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<p>I go to the state flagship which is about 30 minutes away from where I live, so there are a ton of people from my high school there. It’s allowed me to stay friends with a couple of people I was really close with in high school, but for the most part, I don’t talk to the 40 some other people from my hometown. In contrast, I’ve really lost touch with people who went to other schools, namely a girl I was best friends with. It’s not that we still don’t like each other, but she’s four hours away and has a ton of new friends at her school, which is great. I’m a little sad about it sometimes, but that’s what happens when you go off to college.</p>

<p>I miss high school sometimes, but that’s only because I’m not loving where I’m at now. It’s not that I miss the immaturity and monotony, it’s just I had a really great group of friends and we had a lot of fun together. I don’t think I’ve really made an personality changes, and that’s probably due to the state uni thing. It’s easier to reinvent yourself when you’re far away from everyone you know. Not so easy when 15 people from your high school live in your dorm.</p>

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<p>I still maintain friendships with my closer friends from high school, and have actually become better friends with other people with whom I was just acquaintances in high school. Others who were friends out of convenience have faded into the background of my life, but I can’t say I’m not a little grateful for that.</p>

<p>I go to school in Portland, OR (3,000 miles away from my hometown of Tampa, FL) and don’t have the luxury of seeing close friends at a state flagship. The dynamics of your relations with people will definitely change. For example, I recently started dating someone I was good friends with in high school. You can never predict how those relationships with friends will unfold, but I wouldn’t say you necessarily lose your high school friends. I make it a point to skype with many of my friends daily.</p>

<p>Also, even being so far away, I don’t understand this idea of “reinventing yourself” for college. I haven’t had any major changes in my own personality, but being away from home has helped me grow for the better.</p>

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<p>I generally liked the last two years of high school, but I know what you mean. I do kep in contact with my closest friends from high school, maybe 4-5 people, when I’m at school; when I’m home I’ll probably hang out with 10-15 people that I know from high school. But I go to school in MN, although I live in CT, so it’s really different and I came in without knowing anyone. In my experience, at least, it’s very different from high school - at least, the social aspect is. There are no “nerds” here because everyone has to be a nerd - although I haven’t yet had to do it, I really like that it’s completely acceptable to spend a Saturday night studying or writing a paper if you need to, or going out if you want. There isn’t much judgment in terms of drinking either, which is a nice change, because that was a big divider in my high school.</p>

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<p>I’m kind of like you…I had friends from every “group” and my school was pretty cliquely, now that I think about it. I think that once you leave high school and go to college, you realize who your really good friends are back home. For me, I have some really close friends who I’ve known since elementary and am still close with. There’s also people who I just met in junior/senior year of high school, but I keep in touch with, not neccessarily hanging out with, but just talking on the phone/Facebooking. </p>

<p>In college, wierd things happen too: people who go to the same high school and college as you, but you get to know them better in college than high school. And there’s people who you just want to stay away from altogether…hahaha.</p>

<p>To answer your questions, I stay in close touch with my best friends from high school. I miss high school (in terms of having the same 6 periods everyday, lunchtime, same classmate for a year, how you know mostly everyone in your class) but not personally my own high school (my high school was not your average, haha) And yes, I think I’ve changed in college, for the better!</p>

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