Nervous about college... don't make fun of me lol

[z Revis]

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Damn, never would've guessed I was older than you. Always had you pegged for the stereotypical 25+ year old Colt fan d-bag.

[VDusen04]

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If you happen to be in need of a vote of confidence, one of my best friends happened to be one of the biggest homebodies I'd ever seen. During her first few weeks at MSU, she'd call home crying every single day and she'd find any excuse possible to come home for the weekends.

However, by mid-October, the most extreme version of a person afraid to go away for school was actually comfortable in her environment, and she went on to have a great college career whilst living in what was once nothing more than a wholly unfamiliar environment. If this person you've never met can do it, then so can you.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Take everything that I did and do the complete opposite.

[Scottdau]

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I'm so nervous going to college next year. I still haven't even made my mind up but I pretty much don't know anyone in the college I'm going to, and I haven't ever been too far from home so sleeping with another person (no homo) in the room will be awkward. Anyone got any tips or advice for anyone first going to college next year? I haven't even finished my senior year yet and look how nervous I am already lol.

And it's not that I don't like to have a good time. I love to party and all that but I just don't know about this whole college thing... every time I think about it I worry a lot. Haha... just something to post here since I haven't posted in a while either.

Hey now that doesn't sound like mommy's little camper! You will be fine tiger! Just kidding it is scary. My best advice is just be yourself. I will say one thing your college friends are most likely be the friends you have for life. High Schools friend come and go, but for some reason college friends stay around. Do your school work and keep that a big priority. The parties are cool too, but if you go into it with school first mind set, by the time you are my age you will be loving your job. So figure out what you want to do for a career.

[auburntigersfan]

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Reading all this is getting me excited for college, unfortunately I'm only a junior and have the whole damn college application process to look forward to.

[Scottdau]

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I can't really tell you exactly(I'm attending a Community College and I live at home, so it's a little different than your average College experience), but I'd imagine it's about the same experience that I had as a freshman in High School. I moved to a different city(about 30 minutes away from where I had lived before) after 8th grade because my dad started a new business. Didn't know anyone. Hardly knew the area/city. And I was beginning my High School career. We also moved like 2 weeks before school started so I didn't have time to develop relationships with people in the area or anything. I was nervous, but it wasn't all that bad. I was late to my first class which wasn't much fun(I walked in and everyone was staring at me lol). The worst part of it was lunch. I didn't know where to sit and I didn't want to sit by myself so I just randomly went up to a table and sat down with some kids that I didn't know. lol. It was awkward, but I ate pretty fast and was out of there in a few minutes. Rest of the day I just went about my business and casually talked to a few people in class or people near my locker. After about 2 weeks it was fine and I had made a few friends.

So, have fun, casually talk to people to try and make friends, and be sure to take a tour of the school or something before your 1st day so you know exactly where your classes are and you aren't late.

This is so true, it really is the cycle repeating. You have gone through this process before. When you were a Freshman in HS. You have to go through the ranks again. Plus now you can date those hot HS girls that would not give you a second look when you were in HS.

[bgeno]

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All I'll say is this...

Put yourself out there to make new friends.

Go to at least one meeting for ANY club you might be interested in, try to strike up a conversation with anyone who lives near you, do things on weekends with a bunch of different people, and basically just find ways to meet new people.


I'm about to graduate from college, but I screwed up when I was a freshman. Here's a list of my mistakes...

1. I lived with a kid I knew from high school. It seemed like a great idea at the time because I was afraid of living with new people, but I wish I had lived with a random kid. I would have still had my friends from high school, but I could have potentially gotten to know his as well.

2. I didn't join any clubs. I was preoccupied with something else (which I'll get to at the end of my list), so I didn't want to spend time with a club or make any commitments. Halfways though my sophomore year I got involved with the student radio station. A year later I joined the Hockey Management Association and the student humor magazine. I didn't end up staying with the humor magazine, but I made some good friends through the Hockey Management Association and the radio station. Unfortunately, because I joined them all rather late, I don't feel like they're "great" friends because they kind of already had their cliques by time I got involved. I wish I would have gotten involved immediately.

3. I went home a lot on the weekends. This is another one that has to do with my preoccupation, but it was still slightly different. During the Fall semester, I went home every other weekend pretty much (depending on the football schedule) and then every three weeks in the Spring. I missed out on some great social opportunities during those weekends, I'm sure.

... and, here was the big one for me...

4. I tried to maintain my "first love" in a long-distance relationship while at college. I spent my first year and a half trying to please my girlfriend, who was three hours away and still attending high school. I'm not saying you can't maintain the L-D relationship, but do not let it control you like I did. I spent a lot of nights in my dorm room because my girlfriend didn't like when I drank. I couldn't make commitments for weekends because I went home to see her so often. I never met other girls because I was so concerned with my girlfriend finding out that I had even made a friend with a vagina because she'd get so jealous. I feel like I missed out on a lot of opportunities for social progression and maturation because I planned my life around the immature girl stuck three hours away. In fact, my sophomore year, when my roommates and I would party with the girls next door and the girls down the walkway from us, is when we broke up. I realize how immature and unappreciative the girl was. Sure, I had some problems with the break up for about another year or so, but looking back, it was the right decision for me because now I can do things the way I want to do them. My weekends are free, and I can make new friends (and now I can hook up with other girls! haha).

[Cebby]

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Reading all this is getting me excited for college, unfortunately I'm only a junior and have the whole damn college application process to look forward to.

College applications are easy as hell. You take the SATs and send transcripts.

The only time I had any troubles was with grad school applications because you need professional references who are on a completely different time table than you are.

[z Revis]

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This is so true, it really is the cycle repeating. You have gone through this process before. When you were a Freshman in HS. You have to go through the ranks again. Plus now you can date those hot HS girls that would not give you a second look when you were in HS.

Lol, yeah. Only difference is in high school you usually already have friends and you know most of the people that are in your grade, unless of course you're like me and moved to a different city right before you started high school.

[The C]

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Honestly, go gay. It has been the best decision of my life. You get to have sex all the time, dress well, workout and some gay guy will buy you a drink.

[Scottdau]

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Lol, yeah. Only difference is in high school you usually already have friends and you know most of the people that are in your grade, unless of course you're like me and moved to a different city right before you started high school.

True.

[Scottdau]

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Honestly, go gay. It has been the best decision of my life. You get to have sex all the time, dress well, workout and some gay guy will buy you a drink.

Too much info. I am happy for you though. But too much info.

[mattlanta]

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Honestly, go gay. It has been the best decision of my life. You get to have sex all the time, dress well, workout and some gay guy will buy you a drink.

Indeed... a bit too much info. Especially the sex part... just... no... no. ...no.

[darlon]

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It's OK for countless heteros in this thread to talk about getting laid, but when one gay says "sex", all of a sudden it's too much information? Oh, the double standards of what is and isn't taboo. Reminds me of the episode of South Park when that one stank girl queefs right in Butters' face.

[mattlanta]

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It's OK for countless heteros in this thread to talk about getting laid, but when one gay says "sex", all of a sudden it's too much information? Oh, the double standards of what is and isn't taboo. Reminds me of the episode of South Park when that one stank girl queefs right in Butters' face.

It's against the rules of the universe! I don't have anything against homosexuals, it's just weird. But not to get off-topic here...