Dorming as a Sophomore

Smiley0809
Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:35:25 +0000

I’m a current second semester freshman and I cannot decide where to live next year.

Part of me wants to move off campus because I really don’t want to borrow any more student loans but I also kind of feel like I’m not ready too.

I definitively didn’t choose the right type of community to live in freshman year.
I chose a dorm that was social because I wanted to meet lots of new people because I came in knowing 0 people at a state school where most people already know each other.
However, most of them were preps,jocks and just the typical college kids you read about or see in movies. Most of them came in knowing each other from high school,some even elementary school. By the second day when I moved in everyone already had cliques.
Basically no one (well a few people) introduced themselves to me. Most people I met were friends of my roommates who fit into the above stereotype.

I’ve made some friends but not close friends just those friends who I occasionally eat out with, do club activities with and friends who I socialize with in class. There’s also the friends I have who I mainly just go out to party with if I need a buddy to look out for me.

I plan on rushing next year (maybe a sorority or service frat) so hopefully things will change, I also have a few friends from high school transferring in but I still feel the need to make my own connections if that makes sense

I was thinking of maybe dorming again in a different dorm to try to get a different experience and maybe close friends.

I’ve met some sophomores who are doing that now, I’m not sure how it’s working out for them though

Any experiences dorming as a sophomore or trying to make close friends as a sophomore?