<p>Sorry in advance about the length...</p>
<p>Tomorrow I return to campus (6 hours from home) for my sophomore year. I'll be living in an apartment with a friend from last year, and although we get along well, I don't foresee us getting super close (we have fairly different schedules and interests). The best friend I made last year transferred across the country this year. I have another pretty good friend, and I get along well with a couple of her good friends, so I do hope to hang out with them a lot this year. However, she also lives a couple miles away from me. I only joined one club last year, late in the year, and I'm looking forward to going back and seeing those people again, and hopefully getting closer to them. I also have a few random friend-acquaintances in different places. I'm no crazy partier, but I do enjoy going out, exploring, and some drinking. The people on my floor last year were nice, but we had pretty different interests and they would spend their Friday/Saturday nights with movie marathons and game nights, which isn't really what I'm into. </p>
<p>So, long story short: I really like the campus and the city, and I'm excited for my classes. That being said, I'm nervous about my social connections (or lack thereof), especially because here at home I'm so used to being around my 3 best friends and hanging out all the time and being super comfortable together. At school, I'm worried about spending too much time alone or not finding people I truly click with, especially since I won't have the opportunity of meeting people in a dorm this year.</p>
<p>I mean, I know the textbook answers: join clubs, reach out to last year's acquaintances... that being said, I could still use some reassurance, words of advice, whatever you have to offer.</p>