<p>Since my high school friends and I are going our separate ways , I'm pretty much entering college with no friends (which I'm sure isn't out of the ordinary). I keep hearing that college friends are mostly acquaintances or study-buddies at best. What's your take on it? Is it likely to build long-lasting friendships in college? Of course, studying comes as #1 in attending college, but isn't a social life also part of college? o:</p>
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<p>Lolwut? </p>
<p>You’ll probably make friends. Good friends. And if you don’t, we’ll all be here to listen to your complaining and to comfort (make fun of) you.</p>
<p>depends on what you make of it. i came to the US for college and knew no one, but in a few months started knowing the other chinese students and got some friends. just go to clubs or something. you’ll get at least a few people to just play with.</p>
<p>Go to clubs or something is the best tip you’ll ever get if you worry about having no friends.</p>
<p>You’ll make some of your best friends in college. You may be nervous about going in without friends but everyone’s in the same boat, so don’t worry. Social life’s a huge part of college - people say that you learn more in college from socializing with others than from what you read in books. Also keep in mind that going out and getting drunk on a Friday or Saturday night isn’t the only form of social life.</p>
<p>When I went to school, I literally knew nobody. Get involved and be outgoing. During the first few weeks of school, everyone is going to try to make new friends and meet new people. If you aren’t outgoing, “fake it till you make it.” You really should have no problem making friends as long as you are friendly to people.</p>
<p>mainly, go to school with an open mind and make the most out of the first 2 weeks of school. thats when its easiest to make friends</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess studying is #1, but that can change depending on the classes. I haven’t had many hard classes, and even the harder ones didn’t keep me in all weekend. People probably say this all the time, but if you manage your time well everything works out and you’ll have a lot of time to go out. A lot of people I know, including myself, have agreed that are lifelong friends are the people we met at college. A big reason my friends took summer classes was so they could be around their college friends. And people will start visiting their college friends over breaks instead of going home, and people tend to grow apart from their hs friends. I only hang out with 2 or 3 people that I hung out with in hs, the majority of the people I chill with at home I started growing close to after hs. First semester was rough for me, but I met some cool people but wasn’t outgoing enough. I guess what I would say is if you want to hang out, just ask someone to chill. Even if you don’t know them that well, just say stuff like “hey, I was going to get some food, want to come?” or “want to watch x show or x movie?” or the best “want to party?” most people will be in your position and want to meet people too, so the key is to just ask people to hang out the first few days, invite people in your room, try and get to know as many as people as possible. then there are clubs, sports, IMs, and greek life. but first try and just meet people outside of clubs. Also, if your school has a designated smoking area, a lot of people congegate there before classes and just hang out. great way to meet people. as is going to the cliche frat parties. grab people’s numbers too.</p>
<p>Go to a school where everyone is exactly like you, and don’t let anyone tell you any different.</p>
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I’m not sure where you heard this … as a 50 year old I’d say almost the opposite is true … at college you are likely to make some of the best friends you ever had … I think of it like this … the students are set of folks who all choose to attend the same school with many people using some element of fit in their selection and of somewhat similar intellectual levels … you likely will never be in another large setting with so much self-selection of like minded folks. (I think this is another reason whay dating in college is terrific … the pool is self selected to have lots of common interests with you)</p>
<p>My opinion is that imaginary friends are best. They are especially useful for cheating off of during exams.</p>
<p>Imaginary friends are too cumbersome. I’d rather deal with sock puppets, that way I can control what they say and put them on my feet after a workout for punishment.</p>
<p>My only friend is the 9 milli resting next my hip 
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<p>College friends by nature of the amount of time you spend with them, will naturally become a lot closer than a lot of the friends you meet in high school. I was friends with a lot of people in high school and thought I had a lot of like “best friends”. However after coming back after my first year at college, it occured to me there were only 3 people who were two of my best friends. One ended up going to the same school as me, another one was my neighbor and the other one was truly just my best friend even though I’m close with all 3. However I have a feeling a lot of the people I’m meeting in college will be life long friends. I hang out with them almost every day, party with them, go out to eat with them, crash at their place, and basically everything you do with like a family. I go to USC but came down from Portland, Oregon so I wasn’t sure how adjusting would be, but to each their own and it usually works out</p>
<p>Dittoing what everyone else is saying. Everyone is nervous and eager to make friends, and a lot of people come into college not knowing anyone. You’ll be closer to your college friends than you ever were to your highschool friends. You live with them, you eat all of your meals with them. You rely on your peers so much more there than you did at home.</p>
<p>I just finished my first year of college, and I have so many more friends and feel so much closer to my college friends than I ever did to my highschool friends. But I wasn’t really that attached to my friends in highschool, so it’s more extreme for me than most people.</p>