<p>If you do not party and study a lot, will you be made fun of like in high school? I would expect college students to be more mature.</p>
<p>Most people are (usually) too wrapped up in themselves to care about what somebody does or doesn’t do. </p>
<p>I can’t say that I’ve seen anyone get made fun of–or the people who are talked about are usually because the other party dislikes that person for some specific reason, not just random teasing.</p>
<p>No. Nobody cares what you do or don’t do in college, as long as it doesn’t affect others. Some people might think you are “weird” or “boring” but it will pretty much be left at that.</p>
<p>Nope. People find their niche in college and focus primarily on that aspect.</p>
<p>usually stuff like that only happens in small schools. in a large high school there isnt as much gossip or teasing. id suspect if you go to a very small college thered be teasing and gossip.</p>
<p>In my experience, you’re more likely to be made of for being too aggressively social than for being nerdy. I have nerdy friends at several different schools, and at worse they seem to counter indifference. In some places, it’s actually a really handy niche to fit right into.</p>
<p>Not at all. I’m a closet nerd, so I do like to go out and have fun (party) often but also like to study and do well academically, and everyone really seems to respect that. Being in college is a choice, and so a lot of people want to be there and understand a commitment to academics. Also, people are generally more mature than they are in high school, especially after freshman year.</p>
<p>No. People in college usually don’t care what you will do, and you will form friendships with other people with similar interests.</p>
<p>If you stay in your room all the time and nobody knows who the kid is in room 206 then people may be like who the heck lives there and why doesn’t he ever come out, but thats about it…</p>
<p>Realize that college isn’t like high school–students don’t all have the same schedule, same classes, etc. People are wrapped up in their own lives and schedule and way too busy too pay attention to you and yours. If you are working when someone else isn’t, the general assumption is that you have reading/a paper/a test/ a project, not that you are a nerd. And you shouldn’t assume that someone who has some time on her hands on a Wednesday night is a slacker–she may have had a killer week the week before, or may have one coming up next week.</p>
<p>You might encounter issues if your roommate is a big partier. He’ll talk to his friends about how you never leave the room or library and spend all your time studying. You’ll probalby complain to your friends about how your roommate is hammered all the time and doesn’t care that he’s spending 50k a year to drink.</p>
<p>Don’t enter college with the mentality of studying a lot and not partying. I’m not telling you to drink every night. Instead, don’t sit in your room studying on a Saturday night. Try to hang out with kids you might not have been friends with in high school and use college as a time to grow and learn. You really should attend some parties during orientation. You might not think that parties are for you, but it’s something to try. You only have 4 years of college parties. No reason to throw it away.</p>
<p>The nice thing about college is that there will be others like you whether you like to party, work out, be involved in sports or do nerdy things. The trick is in finding them. You could also try out some of the other groups too.</p>
<p>In my experience the above comments are all true for medium and large schools, not for small colleges. Small liberal arts colleges are often very homogeneous and often feel like an extension of high school.</p>
<p>Nerds will someday rule the world … of course the outgoing kind.</p>
<p>I guess what I’m trying to say is there should be some sort of balance.</p>
<p>In college, most don’t care if you study all the time because usually no one wants to spend the time and effort. Those who do care shouldn’t really bother you because they’re wasting their time.</p>
<p>don’t be silly, it’s not like you can be a nerd and have friends at the same time, that would be ridiculous</p>
<p>Nerds rule college 
The definition of nerd is constantly changing though.</p>
<p>It honestly depends what college you attend.</p>
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<p>I have not experienced this at all. To be fair, my LAC is larger than most (almost 3,000 students), but still. In general, people really don’t care what you do.</p>
<p>Nerds don’t really get made fun of a whole lot, in my opinion.</p>
<p>The people that get made fun of are the toolbag ******bags, suckups, and the socially ■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>Now that I think about it, I can’t say that I’ve ever seen anyone get made fun of at either college I’ve attended. Maybe I’m just not very observant–but I don’t recall ever seeing people picking on anybody.</p>
<p>There’s the occasional, “I hate her/him because s/he stole/cheated on/is with/ my boyfriend/girlfriend/elderly grandmother.”</p>
<p>But that’s the closest I’ve seen.</p>
<p>Nope, people will mind their own business and there will most likely be a group of nerds you can share interests with. Everyone will be too busy with their own lives to bother you.</p>