Making Friends as a Sophomre Transfer?

chillin5
Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:00:32 +0000

Hi,

My son has been accepted into Marshall as a sophomore from a smaller, (approx 4,500 students) highly respected East Coast school where the Greek system dominates the social scene. He is not averse to joining a fraternity, and actually may decide to do so, but doesn’t want to feel he has to. He has gotten housing in Cardinal Gardens but the other three guys in his apt. do not seem like they will be a good social fit with him–they like board games and quiet and he likes to play basketball and rugby and go to parties and the beach. ( he is also a serious student). When he went to Orientation he said many of the other transfers were already juniors and many did not even speak English.He is considering actually not transferring (he has not withdrawn from his East Coast school yet), even though he dreamed of going to USC, because he is worried it will be difficult to meet people he likes since he wasn’t there for freshman year when everyone bonded. He doesn’t know anyone at USC who can introduce him around and his living situation will not be ideal. Can anyone give any advice about how hard it is to meet people as a new sophomore?