<p>Hi,
I used this site a while back when I was decideing which college to go to. Well, Im a second year now, and I sometimes regret coming to the school I chose (UC Berkeley). I mean Ive definitely have had good times so far, but still, my social life is pretty bad, and I wouldn’t blame it on berkeley, I mean I just dont think its a good fit for me. I really dont wanna go through all the work of transferring and startting over at another school (UC santa cruz would be my pick)</p>
<p>So my question is what should I do, or what advice/suggestions do you have for me to make the most of what I have left here. I have joined several clubs, and sometimes jsut end up doing things on my own, like going to concerts and stuff by myself because, ussually the few friends I have arern’t always down to do stuff, and I dont dont just want to sit in my room bored off my ass. I guess, one problem I think about is that my sense of humor is quite different from others, and also Im pretty introverted. Im totally capable of making friends, its just when I first meet someone its always kind of awkward before ppl really get to know me. well, any advice is appreciated.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind, what do you find wrong with Cal? :)</p>
<p>I know where you are coming from. I didn’t think I fit in at college first, but it just takes a while to find your niche.</p>
<p>Well, nothings really wrong with cal, its just a matter of it not being the best fit. For example, today is calday. CAL is really big into sports, and all over they have the marching band playing, everyones is in cal gear, with overwhelming school spirit. Thats just not me, I dont care about that stuff. Plus, its just hard for me to find a good group friends, and that may not be necessarilly the schools fault, but I just feel like I could meet ppl that have more in common with me in another school. O fcourse, this is pure speculation. Cal has thousands of students, its jsut a matter of finding the ppl I like… which jas been hard…</p>
<p>What year are you? Freshman year is pretty tough for introverts, but it gets better. A lot of my best friends have not been “forced” (meetings during clubs, social events, parties, etc) but have been met through friends of friends or casual encounters.</p>
<p>I never thought attending a major UC there would be much of a typical college social life anyway. I would think it’s just the university, sorta what I would expect from UC’s… if not just a little more than what I expected.</p>
<p>You might like a smaller liberal arts type of school better. My son transferred from a RaRa large university to a small state school and it seems to fit him much better. The funny thing is that he likes sports- he just couldn’t get into paint yourself the school colors and go crazy at football games thing.</p>