<p>does anyone have any experience at a school without a real campus? some of the schools im looking at in boston and ny are really just buildings, dorms and classrooms, without a centralized campus. the only reason i mind that is because i feel like it would be harder to meet people, and there would be less of a community sense and harder to get to know people as a freshman.
thoughts?</p>
<p>the majority of people you will meet will be in buildings, dorms & classrooms. You will meet a LOT of people in dorms and in your classes because you already have something in common to talk about. Once you befriend a few people, they will introduce you to other people they've befriended and so on.
my school has a central campus and I can't think of anyone I'm friends with now that I didn't meet in classes or through other friends.</p>
<p>yea... I think all my friends I have met through:</p>
<p>Dorm
classes (but not too many here)
ECs
other friends</p>
<p>My school has no real "campus", we're in Chicago, but I haven't had any problems meeting people. Most of my friends I've made either in my dorm or in my classes. There's lots of "on-campus" stuff to do with clubs and things like that, and my school has a lot of school-sponsered holiday parties and stuff, so I wouldn't worry about the lack of a typical campus.</p>
<p>my friends who go to colleges without an actual "campus" all seem to have ahd no problems.</p>
<p>I would think that as long as you still have common areas (caf, student lounges, dorm lobbies, etc) you would still have plenty of chances to meet people, even outside of class. Not much interaction goes on outside on lawns and such, anyway.</p>
<p>As long as you have some clubs/activities on campus you will meet people.</p>
<p>The cafeteria is highly over-rated for meeting people. You're better off in classes, clubs, etc. I've met a lot of people just by striking up a conversation after class. And if you're into working out, the gym isn't too shabby either...I've met some folks there during workouts.</p>
<p>I disagree about the caf. I've met so many people there. If you have friends sitting with other people, and you sit with them, then you meet those people. I've become really good friends with at least 10-20 people that way.</p>
<p>I go to Boston University and I didn't have any problem meeting people once I got here. Two of the dorms that most of the freshmen get put in are huuuge, which definitely helps. I think my dorm has 1600-1800 people in it, but my floor only has like 40 and by the end of the first week I knew everyone on the whole floor.</p>