<p>I got accepted to a host of schools and I decided to go to RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). I went to the Accepted Students Day and I was almost certain that I wanted to go to that school. I told my mom that I am sure I wanted to go to the school and she paid the $500 non-refundable deposit. I sit down today and feel like I made a big mistake. You may feel that it is dumb but I was on Facebook and there are schools that have "Class of 2015" pages. I look at RPI's page and I see only 154 students like it and no students posting anything. I look at other schools and I see students posting every hour and socializing with each other. I do not want to go into school thinking about transferring, but I feel down because it looks like my school is dead!</p>
<p>I don’t know too much about RPI, but I wouldn’t judge the liveliness of a college on the activity of its facebook group.</p>
<p>RPI is a great school. Facebook means nothing. I am sure students there are lively. Maybe they simply don’t waste as much time on Facebook. They actually study.</p>
<p>Go with your gut feel. Where else can you go?</p>
<p>I can’t really go anywhere else because my mom would be mad if I wasted $500 but I agree with the other comments. I knew it sounded dumb to judge based on Facebook but I felt like venting my honest thoughts about it. I am hoping there are students like me who are excited to be going to this school. It would be bad to be surrounded by boring people. I am crossing my fingers that it won’t be the case.</p>
<p>facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_116048358463501</p>
<p>^ Is this the group you’re referring to? There are tons of students posting!</p>
<p>Well… would you rather have an online social scene or a real social scene? If everyone is glued to their computer, then that’s not the greatest of signs.</p>
<p>I wasn’t referring to that one. I didn’t even know of its existence until a few minutes ago. I was happy when I found out about it because I was feeling doomed before. I agree the fact that it is better to have a real social scene rather than only an online one.</p>
<p>Yeah, look for the right FB group xD. RPI’s a great school; good job and getting in and have fun! :)</p>
<p>Hahaha. Thank you Rny2! I’ll definitely lighten up about everything and have fun. :D</p>
<p>I was wondering what you decided :)</p>
<p>You are going to do just fine <em>hugs</em></p>
<p>Thanks susgeek! <em>hugs back</em> I am thankful for your support throughout this process.</p>
<p>It’s human nature to have “buyer’s remorse” about a big decision. Some people have a harder time with questioning their decisions than others. Just accept that it’s natural to have cold feet about college, and don’t assume it means you made the wrong choice!</p>
<p>Also, don’t give up if you have a bad first semester. It happens to tons of freshman and often works out in the end when the student finds and settles in with a group of friends. Sometimes, you just have bad luck with the roommate draw or living situation, but it can usually be resolved. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a super smooth transition into college life.</p>
<p>glad to find that you found an active FB page.</p>
<p>However, for others…some FB pages for future frosh may not be that active yet because kids are still deciding.</p>