<p>well, it has been a year and a half since I have been to this college, but i still seem to not make any good friends. since i was living off campus last year as a sophomore and still am living off-campus (i transfered from a cc), i never experienced that social scene, and it has been dreading for me socially. i'm in couple of clubs, but i haven't found anyone that i can "click" with. it seems like this will go on til i graduate. sometimes, i feel like i should transfer but am afraid that 1) will lose lots of credits at another college, 2) will be hard to make friends in a new college since the upper classmen have already formed their social group. any suggestions?</p>
<p>Why don't you try joining a fraternity? Which college are you going to by the way? Some colleges aren't really socially dynamic as what you see in Hollywood (but others are).</p>
<p>right now, i'm going to syracuse university</p>
<p>here everyone lives off campus after thier first year, and personally I don't feel living on campus that first year was very important because none of the people I met freshman year in the dorms are still my friends now. All my friends I met in my classes. Some people I'd see in multiple classes so I'd strike up a conversation about a hw assignment, the professor, or something else class related.. then around midterms we'd form study groups & then after the class was over we still hung out if we got along well.</p>
<p>Frats are usually insta-friends..besides that I dunno what to tell you.</p>
<p>Hi Bobber! You know i live and study in Ukraine, and i couldn't find friends too untill i decided to do what i like. In my example i started to going in for sports(bodybuilding). I was so surprised of how many nice girls are hanging there, i made a lot of friends. U see, it's important to have something in common with people, and when they see you're interested in the same activity they're starting to accept you in their community.
Sorry if i made some mistakes, my English isn't perfect.
Good luck!
Yaroslav. <a href="mailto:yarlugru@mail.ru">yarlugru@mail.ru</a></p>
<p>Don't worry about it. I commute too, and I find that I don't really socialize like the 'typical' college student because I frankly can't be bothered to do so. What I recommend is this -- get to know other people in your major. Out of all the people at the college, the ones I enjoy talking to the most are the ones in my major (Comp Sci). If anything, you'll probably be in most of the same classes, especially in the upper level ones, and you'll be able to try to sign up for electives together and generally be there for one another during those 400 level classes in your senior year.</p>
<p>Don't switch colleges or whatever just because you commuted for a couple of years, then not only would you have to worry about making friends, you'd have to worry about lost credits and having to learn the whole new college system (registration, building locations, etc.) all over again.</p>