<p>go into college knowing no one at all...or going to a college where you already know people and you also have friends that will be attending that same college in the fall??</p>
<p>I would like to just know one person, that way you never feel alone yet you dont feel as if you have to hangout with them exculsively, going to a college where you know a group of friends usually turns out to be a bad thing because they usually feel as if you are a sellout if you dont hangout with them.</p>
<p>i would like to go to a college where i don't know anyone. i'm looking for that fresh start. my life sucked in high school and i don't want to go to Rutgers where i'd see the some same old faces.</p>
<p>I went to college knowing maybe a dozen people there in advance, and most of those I had met at events beforehand for admitted students in my region. It worked out really well for me.</p>
<p>I agree with joyfulrebellion (except for the Rutgers part). The only other person from my high school who got into Dartmouth isn't going, so it's all worked out quite nicely.</p>
<p>yeah the fresh start is really inviting but i think i would feel a lot more comfortable with the fact that i know someone that is going to the same college as me. i would know about three good friends there and one of them wants to room with me. maybe i should tell her that we shouldnt room together so that we get the chance to meet other people...?</p>
<p>yeah, i think the rooming with a good friend isn't the best idea-- you may find that they aren't a good friend anymore. I think it'd be better to have a roomate who's respectful and a nice person, though I think hanging out with the same person all the time without a break would be somewhat annoying...</p>
<p>I'd rather just know one or two so you can go to them when you need help and what not. A fresh start will be adventurous, but hard depending on your social skills.</p>
<p>Depends on what you're like socially.</p>
<p>I went to my state university, so I came in with like 7 or 8 friends (though I knew almost 30 people total from my high school). I'm a person that doesn't make friends easily or quickly, so it was definitely a good thing for me. I'm glad I had a base of friends to start with.</p>
<p>yeah im not really really outgoing, but im so up for having a fresh start...
goldshadow, did you end up making a lot of new friends? did you find yourself having to share your time between different groups? did it work out okay?</p>
<p>I don't want to see anyone I know when I go to college. I need it to be a complete new start.</p>
<p>I want a fresh start and I'm getting one. My school went 1/3.</p>
<p>I like having a few different friends from different cliques. That or a completely fresh start. However, I am gonig to the same school with some people whom I really hate.</p>
<p>I want a new start. However I got put in the dorm where basically the 7th and 8th floor are filled with people from my HS. </p>
<p>I can think of at least 15 people in those rooms, and those are the ones that I know.</p>
<p>sigh...</p>
<p>I went to a school where I didn't know anyone before getting there. I had talked to three people online, all of whom didn't know anyone else, either. It was fine though, because during orientation, I met around 200 people. And one of the three that I had talked to before is now one of my best friends.</p>
<p>Definitely want to go to a college where I don't know many people. I went to a high school where I barely knew anyone and made great friends. The best friends I had before high school I'm still very close with though. However from watching them (the majority went to the same high school) they still mostly just hang out with one another. Not that it's a bad thing, but I mean, supposedly "college is about new experiences, new people" and I know I won't have those if I'm always going to meet up with old friends, which you gotta admit, usually happens.</p>
<p>Oh, god. I've lived in the same town all my life. I've been in advanced educational programs my whole life, where we were kind of separate from the rest of the school for the majority of our classes...I know all too well what it's like to be stuck with the same group of kids year after year after year. 4th-8th grade I was with the same group of kids, then when I went to high school I was with a new group, but (in the program) we stay together all four years.</p>
<p>I...CANNOT...WAIT...to go to my University in a state where I know NO ONE. I'm a very social person and meeting an entire town full of people I've never seen before in my life is going to be the biggest thrill. It's definitely what I'm most excited about when it comes to starting college.</p>
<p>I guess that answers the question!</p>