<p>It may be too early for this kind of thing already, but I'm super miserable in College and I've only been here for a week. I don't think the fact that I'm living alone off campus does me any good either since I missed the housing deadline. I mean I have been hanging out with old high school friends who came to the same university as me (Texas A&M) but I feel like as the year goes on, they'll make newer friends and I'll be left in the dust. I mean maybe I'm miserable because all my best friends that went to different universities are having a great time and I feel like I'm missing out on the college experience. My parents have already come to visit me this weekend and I'm planning on going home next weekend. I mean, I've been walking around campus trying to make new friends, whether it just be in random places or in dining halls, and that hasn't worked much at all. I have no idea what to do, A&M has a great engineering department which was the one of the reasons I came here (the other being I didn't get the right engineering major at my first choice school UT) but socially I'm miserable and I have never felt so alone before. I've thought about transferring but I think I'll this semester a go and see what happens? Anybody whose in a/has been in a similar situation have any advice? I'm trying to not go insane here :(</p>
<p>I have been on CC for several years, and can tell you that what you are feeling is very typical. I agree that living alone off-campus can be more difficult as a freshman than living in a dorm. Here’s what I see:</p>
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<li> Your old high school friends might be happy to know someone who lives off campus. Maybe you can have them over sometimes. Their dorm rooms are going to start feeling very small at some point.</li>
<li> Your old high school friends will make new friends, and so will you. That doesn’t mean you’ll be left in the dust. You might find that you outgrow your old friends, and they’ll be wondering why you left them in the dust.</li>
<li> Many people advise freshmen not to go home for weekends early in the semester, because that’s when other people are most open to meeting others.</li>
<li> Clubs and intramurals give you a place to meet people who share your interests. It is great that you’re walking around campus trying to meet people; however, it might be that the ones you’ve met so far just don’t share your interests.</li>
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<p>Well I’m going home on a regular basis because both my parents aren’t in the greatest health and as the only child it would be nice for them to have me around (probably every other week, maybe more often depending on how their health goes). I mean its scary since I’ve nearly had to make friends since like 3rd grade (where I basically met every good friend I know). I mean I still have good friends at other colleges whom I plan to visit and I feel like I’ll get the “college experience” when we visit each other, but I mean I’ve tried going to club meetings and I’ve never felt so alone among a big crowd, I mean other freshman have been getting along so well, I’m so scared. Even one of my friends who is commuting to school close to our hometown (he’s commuting to SMU). Idk, I just don’t fit into the sterotypical A&M kid (not white, not conservative, not into the whole country scene which is what people here live for).</p>