Overrated/Underrated things about college

DCHurricane
Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:20:18 +0000

Yes. Even though my social life is still pretty awful, I feel much more at home in college. It’s incredibly diverse, not just racially mind you. There are people from all walks of life here, whereas at my high school the majority were WASPy, “summer-at-the-Cape” type folks. Nothing wrong with that, but it made for a bit of a disconnect since although my family is somewhat well-off, we immigrated to the US and simply were not part of that culture.

I feel like I’m actually doing something with my life as well. High school partly sucked because there was very little flexibility in what I could take. Whereas in college, the sky’s practically the limit. I’m working toward something much more tangible and important than a high school diploma (which any idiot can get), and it’s something I WANT to study.

I also just feel more like an adult in college. Legally I am, of course, but I think it’s because of what I said above (about how I’m working toward something I want). I may be commuting but it feels much more… grown-up than in high school.

So while some aspects (namely the loneliness) are depressing, for the most part it’s still a LOT better than high school.