Life as a Transfer Student

al6200
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:32:32 +0000

freshman year is when most of the long lasting friendships/bonds are formed. people form them because everyone is going through the same experience together, and for many they are living together in the same dorm buildings or else they are starting off activities together as newbies like sports/clubs/etc. by soph year the cliques become ossified. but it’s not like circles of friends are static entities, people come and go, and as a transfer you will have your opportunities with so much going on in uc.



I think that this is correlation and not causation. The students with the strongest social skills form friendships in their freshman year, and continue to do so in later years. Likewise the students with weaker social skills don’t form friendships early on and may fail to do so throughout their education.

But this doesn’t imply that a student with strong social skills couldn’t meet someone as an upperclassman.