I go to a public high school that’s decent but not very academically competitive. People here don’t care so much about academics, and life here is centered on football games, cute homecoming proposals, wearing makeup, having school spirit, etc. Not only do I have different goals academically, but I also have different values, priorities, and overall mindset than other people at my school, so I don’t have any close friends here. Most of my closer friends are people from other schools that I’ve met through ECs, or people from the wonderful middle school I went to.
As a result, my daily school life is nice and there’s nothing extremely bad about it, but I’m no longer extremely socially involved in a friend group the way I was in middle school. For example, I’m not involved in drama or having a “thing” with a guy, nor do I chat/fb message people from my hs a lot afterschool. I don’t really go to people’s house to hang out regularly or go on shopping sprees with school friends. I don’t want to this be my permanent social life status, and I always tell myself to wait until college where I will meet more like-minded people.
However, I’m starting to get scared that I’m forgetting what it’s like to have a normal, active social life with genuine close friends. I’m afraid that when I go to college I will somehow end up like this again, with no real close friends or active social life. Has anyone gone through this or are in a similar situation? Do you think being socially inactive for so long will make me socially inept for college?