Having an awful time at Pittstart

wgmcp101
Fri, 23 May 2014 04:00:32 +0000

College is definitely different than high school, at least eventually. What did you expect? You’re at an orientation with a bunch of kids that are essentially still in high school. You think 18 year-olds instantly change as soon as they cross their graduation stage or set foot on a college campus? That doesn’t happen anywhere. It’s the experiences that they go through that changes them.

One of the goals of these orientations is to help students to start to meet people. You won’t find people that share your interests in your hotel room, but I promise you they are out there. But the good news for you is that in four years from now most people won’t remember much from their orientation. It’s a minor blip on the scale of your college years.

But at some point. you’re going to have to venture outside of your comfort zone and try to meet people that share your values and interests, whether joining a club or academic groups, whatever.