Making friends with freshmen

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<p>I'll be starting my sophomore year of college in about a month. I'm planning to live in the same dorm as I did last year, but only 2 of the people I'm friends with will be in the same dorm. Two of my other friends, plus my boyfriend, will be staying elsewhere (RA-ing in another dorm, apartments, etc.). At my school, less than 1/4 of sophomores live in the dorms. Many of the ones who do, act like they're "too cool" for the dorms. My own roommate last year was a sophomore and she barely ever was in the room, she rarely talked to the freshmen on our floor, and she even slept elsewhere most of the time. She was polite, but her behavior gave me kind of a bad impression of older students who stay in dorms. </p>

<p>I know that, with the type of person I am (shy, not too social by nature) I might find myself getting alienated from all the new freshmen living on my dorm floor and only spending time with my boyfriend or my sophomore friends all the time. I want to keep my existing friends, but I want to meet some new people too (because last year I only hung out with the same small group of people all the time.)</p>

<p>But I'm wondering... Will freshmen think it's weird that I'm a sophomore but still trying to hang out with them? I don't want them to assume I'm only trying to befriend them because I'm lonely or something. I know I'm overthinking this, lol, but I just wanted an opinion. If you were a freshman living in a dorm, would you make any kind of judgement about a sophomore who actually goes to the dorm activities and tries to get to know you? </p>

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<p>In college, or at least with the friends I’ve made, no one cares what year you are. What matters is how you are as a person and whether when we hang out, I have a good time or not. What does not matter is your class standing. </p>

<p>I’ll be a sophomore living on campus next year. I’m sure I’ll befriend freshmen if I find them a chill person who I want to hang out with. I already have some freshmen who I’ve made plans with. </p>

<p>The freshmen will just look to you as an upperclassman. They will look to you for advice. Make sure you help them out. If your nice and inviting, they’ll think of you as a nice and inviting person. There’s not much to look into. </p>

<p>Relax. :)</p>

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<p>No. Did you think it was weird to hang out with sophomores when you were a freshman? If so, then probably the only person it would be weird to is you. In college I had friends of ages anywhere from 19 to 28. We’re all basically peers, none of us are married or have kids, we’re all in college, doesn’t matter what age we are or how many classes we’ve taken.</p>

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<p>@Vladenschlutte: </p>

<p>No, I didn’t think it was weird, but I’m a really weird person myself, so I don’t want to generalize my reactions to other people. </p>

<p>Is there any way I could delete this question? It makes me sound like an idiot lol. </p>

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<p>I don’t think there’s any way to delete it but we’ll refrain from judging, there’s tons of weird questions on here. Probably no one on here knows you anyway. </p>