<p>@contract. I don’t think it’s even possible to answer those first two questions. There are all different types of people at any University. One of the beautiful things about college, though, is that you can reinvent yourself however you want. You probably won’t know a single other person there on your first day, so it’s ok to be yourself, unbound from whatever label you had in high school. Someone in high school might be intimidated by other students in their class, but on the first day of college, every freshman is pretty much equal - there are no cliques or groups, no one is a member of any club or organization. You have the opportunity to meet tons of new people, some very different than you, and some who you will get along with very well.</p>
<p>There’s a kind of truism about college - you have your first semester/freshman year friends and you have the people who you actually are friends with when you graduate from college. More than likely, you’ll hang out with people your first year or so based on convenience because they live in your dorm or are taking the same classes as you. Then you’ll meet more people and figure out who you get along with. Again, just be your true self - don’t limit yourself based on who you think you were in high school. College is definitely not high school, and stepping outside your comfort zone is definitely ok and probably expected.</p>