<p>I am currently a college sophomore. I go to a good school, and I get good grades. I have a lot of opportunity there. The Professors are very welcoming and they know their stuff, and the education program (I hope to be an english teacher) is very rigorous (which is great). I am also a tutor in our writing center which is perfect because of the whole I want to be an english teacher thing. I am close to home yet still live in the dorms so I can go home while still being a part of the college campus. My school was my top choice and it gave me the most financial aid....but I hate it. I am a part of a few clubs and other activities (archery club, writing center, student ambassadors) but I still don't feel like I fit in. I have looked at the other clubs and have thought about joining Greek life- I even went through recruitment- but I felt like I wasn't really being me. Last year, I had a close group of friends, but that group has since dispersed due to many of my old friends joining different Greek groups and basically becoming absorbed in them. Right now, I have two close friends on campus and some other more general friends. Unfortunately, since I am double majoring and have a few jobs on and off campus I do not have a ton of time to socialize. I do not think of myself as a particularly difficult person to get along with; however, I have just not made any strong connections with people on this campus. It is a small school, and very cliquish, and whenever I walk into a new group I just freeze. I feel like people are judging me, and they usually look over me. I have tried to join new clubs but the people would just talk to their friends instead of welcoming new members. I am not a partier and therefore I feel very out of place in college. I like a lot of solitary activities- reading, watching movies, etc- and I know there are other people who like that on campus, but it seems they are very unwelcoming of new people to their little groups. I have thought bout transferring, but I have too many good things going at my school (writing center, my gap) and I know it will get me to where I want to go in life. I am thinking about commuting next year because I really do just hate living on campus. But that feels like failing, like I am a social loser. I guess I am exhausted, just mentally burnt out, and I don't have the energy to spend on trying to make even more new friends. I just don't feel like I fit in with people my age.</p>
<p>I just don’t know what to do- any suggestions?</p>
<p>if you get a crazy idea, then impulsively follow through, remember to ALWAYS act on impulses. That’s how i get best results and have the most fun. go ahead and move out and change schools or whatever, it will be exciting and new. Failure isn’t real.</p>