<p>A lot of my friends want to go to the same university and I kinda wanted to meet new people in college...</p>
<p>I'm afraid my friends will want to hang out 24/7 and I won't have the opportunity to meet as many people as I would if I didn't know anyone...</p>
<p>anyone else been through this situation?</p>
<p>start a ruckus with them and break up</p>
<p>No, because my friends are not as applied as me in school, so they won't get into the same schools as I. In fact, I don't know anyone who is interested in Emory or Dartmouth at my school. Anyways, if I don't get in there, I might go to the same school as them.</p>
<p>I understand where you are coming from though. Most likely, you and your friends will separate during college, not just you from them.</p>
<p>I know from personal experience that meeting new people is a much better experience. This year I went to summer camp without my friends and it was a much better experience. You also tend to make more friends that way.</p>
<p>Are you going to be assigned a roommate? That person is an automatic friend, practically, and even if you're not too close, you'll meet people through him. Also, you'll inevitably meet people through your classes.</p>
<p>My close friend went to UMD at College Park a few years ago along with a lot of friends from her graduating class (many people from my school end up going there, lol.) I know that she's still friends with most of them AND with a lot of new people. She's grown apart a little from some of her friends with whom she was less close in high school, but she still hangs out a lot with her really good HS friends. This year will be her senior year, and she's going to live in an off-campus apartment with a bunch of people, most of whom she met in her dorm freshman year and has remained friends with. I think that a few of them are people she knew from HS, too, and even if not, I know that she still parties with HS friends. (:</p>
<p>My best friend from high school is with me and he's my roommate. I mean personally, I think it's comforting to have him with me from time to time because he's like a comfort because he knows me and stuff and I can rely on him. Of course, I still meet new people and stuff along with him but you tend to kinda go on and off with old friends. Sometimes, he'll get away from me and I'll get away from him but when we're together, it's like we're kinda at peace. If you feel that your friends are going to hang on to you a lot of the time and you just want the personal space to explore and meet other people, then kindly tell them that. I'm sure they'll understand that they can't hang around you all the time throughout college.</p>
<p>omg what if i get randomly chosen a roommate and it turns out to be one of them lol...</p>
<p>thats like what? a 1-5% chance?</p>
<p>HAHAHA. That would kinda suck.</p>
<p>But from what I've heard, colleges try not to put people from the same school (or even the same county) together.</p>
<p>^ really?...that's cool.. my friends aren't as applied as I am in school either, so no worries for me when it comes to the same colleges. Plus my friends really aren't the type of people that I would hang out with or even be friends with if I were in a different HS. They are just the the best that my school has to offer.</p>
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<p>^ It sounds mean but I don't mean for it to sound like that. They are good people, they are the best type of friends a person would want to have in a school like mine. They know what they want out of life, but honestly they just don't make choices that will benefit them in the long run.</p>
<p>You're not going to have ALL the same classes, or ALL the same clubs, etc. Trust me, once you get there, you'll all meet new people and you will only have a few of them as good friends when you graduate. </p>
<p>Don't worry about it :).</p>
<p>lol, in college, i would like to befriend people who actually have 3/4 of a brain
unlike people in highschool...</p>
<p>I think the only time people run into that problem is when they don't WANT to expand their social circle, and then they end up realizing end of second semester that they've made no new friends. If you make an effort to stay away from them (especially in a large college), you'll find a whole new group before you know it.</p>