A New version of Chance me ---

wtztu
Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:40:32 +0000

my son is on the shy side as well. He gets along well with people, he’s just not one to make the first move. He went to a magnet program within a high school so it was a small group of students he associated with in high school and he was hardly in the “elite” group. I was worried about him going to FSU because of it’s size and it’s distance from where we live. However, I think it has worked well for him. He liked the idea of a fresh start, so to speak. You won’t be running into the same people everyday, you can avoid those you prefer not to associate with and you can find people with shared interests. He still plays online games with friends he’s made over the years who live all over the country and the world, but he doesn’t spend all his time doing that. He has friends he works out with at the gym, he’s planning to major in accounting and this year has joined the accounting associations and is meeting more people there. He does some intramural sports but not all of them There are all sorts of organizations you can join and like p2n said, I’m sure there will be other runners there…Even if you are on the shy side, as long as you’re willing to put yourself out there a little, you’ll meet people. And even if you don’t like football…go and cheer…it really is fun.
Maybe you should look at applying for one of the learning communities–certain dorms have them and you’d meet other people in the community because you take classes with them. otherwise, some of the dorms aren’t very social…and my son’s freshman roommate was not a good fit…but maybe you’ll luck out and get a good one. and they told us at orientation the school has 60% women to 40% men…good odds for men