Seeing kids from your highschool at Uconn...for me, around 50 kids...

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<p>So I posted a thread about this a while back, but really didn't ask the current students attending Uconn about their experiences...</p>

<p>At my school, as of today, 148 people are applying to Uconn.
On average, around 90-100 students are admitted, and 30-40 attend each year.
The other highschool in my town has more kids, so I could say that 35-45 kids go to Uconn from there.
We also have a private school in my town, and 3-10 kids go to Uconn from there.
In total, I would know around 50 kids...</p>

<p>Just from these stats, I have always been worried about the social life at Uconn. Excluding the academics, the price, and all of the other benefits, this is the main reason why I always feel a little skeptical towards spending 4 years in Storrs.
In my personal taste, I would rather not know anyone at college and start over (even though I have done nothing bad in highschool to ruin my reputation/respect). This seems like a distant possibility if I go to Uconn, with 50+ kids from my town attending. The problem is that we are all going to be freshman, where most of us are going to live in the freshman dorms, go to the same introductory classes, or otherwise experience another year of highschool, at least until we split up into our majors.</p>

<p>From my friends that I talk to in highschool, they say that it is too big to see anyone that you know on a daily basis. However, I can only assume that we will see each other at parties, classes, and so forth. Obviously, we will split up depending on our major and interests, but I could argue that you will still see these people for the next 4 years, adding up to 12 of knowing the same people.</p>

<p>My question is to the current students who attend, or people who are pretty confident about the social life at Uconn. Its not like we are in a city, with multiple places to go. We are all on the same "isolated" campus, with a couple of parties taking place nearby. There is really no where else to go.
So, do you see anyone from your highschool on a daily basis? I don't care about walking by someone you know, but I do care about attending parties and classes with the same people I have know for 7 years, and then live with them for the next 4 years...</p>

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<p>I cannot apply this to UConn in particular, but from a large number of friends who go to state schools, you have 2 pretty obvious options,

  1. find new friends
  2. only hang out with high school friends
    Either way, you will definitely see people from your hs around, possibly on a daily basis if there are ~50 attending. But that doesn’t mean they in any way define your social life. Considering how large UConn’s freshman class is, I wouldn’t worry too much.</p>
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<p>this a weird post what is wrong with ocasionally seeing people that have been your acquaintances for the last 7 years. people actually enter into friendships that last a lifetime. you must be running from your current reputation or social life.</p>

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<p>I disagree with sarakate I’m from nj and everyone from my school applies to rutgers and basically the whole class gets in and about 70 people per year decide to go out of the 400 kids and I would hate to go their because it is like high school all over again I want to meet new people and see how I handle living on my own not knowing anyone.</p>

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<p>same with uconn, so I want to know if people who actually go to uconn experience this problem.</p>

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<p>I’ve been wondering this too…</p>

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<p>Sorry this post is kind of late but I currently go to Uconn and a lot of kids from my school go there as well. You’ll see people around, but you don’t necessarily have to talk to them or do anything besides exchange pleasantries. I could have gone weeks without seeing anyone I know if I really wanted to. There are some people you’ll know and never run into your whole time there. It’s weird to think about unless you go there and you’re right you will see people in your intro classes and parties but the intro classes have like 200 students in them and there are so many parties going on at once that there’s less of a chance you’ll see them. The good thing about having people you know there is that once they start making friends and you start making friends, you have so many possibilites to branch out, like meeting their friends and making others. It’s nothing to get too hung up about. You can still reinvent yourself if you truly wanted to. I don’t recommend however rooming with someone you knew for 8 years.</p>