<p>Since most of you are parents and seems like a lot of you have already been through college, I decided to post this thread on this section.</p>
<p>I never really had a good social life, my childhood was not that great (too much moving around) and I have never really felt that inner joy of having a close circle of friends. Most of my friends I had in high school are far off from me, while I am at a tier 1 school a lot of them either avoided college or went to schools far off, we don’t keep in touch. Recently I heard two of my friends are in jail, some are in rehab, and some flunked out of college (I didn’t go to a good high school by any stretch of the imagination).</p>
<p>I transferred schools as well (just started at my new university during the spring semester) and I have to say it is been a bumpy ride (lonely dinners at dining halls, periods of depression due to social life, having to resort to going out to movies alone at times, etc.). </p>
<p>Thankfully my academics have been great (4.0 GPA). </p>
<p>Now I have a year left of college and I have to say, in some ways I am pretty scared from what I have heard about how it is tough to meet people, make friends, do things, and how harsh life is after college.</p>
<p>SO I am wondering if some of you in here can share your stories and give me some pointers. Not about life in college but life after it.</p>