<p>Know those people in high school you never want to meet again? Those people you just have miserable memories about? Maybe they are those who are pretentious and show off, maybe they are not, depends on people’s personality I guess, nevertheless I am sure everyone has known atleast one of those people.</p>
<p>Now, two years ago a friend of mine got into a very prestigious university in the UK but she decided against going there and settled for a less reputed university where the academic quality was not as high as the pretigous one solely because some of those people from her high school were going to the more prestigious institute and were going to live in the same dorm as her. Would you consider this wise or foolish? </p>
<p>I was listing college I was going to apply to, and i was wondering if I should ensure those people that I don’t get along with are applying to the same colleges?</p>
<p>It should not be a limiting factor. Don’t not apply to places you otherwise like just because people you don’t get along with are applying to the same school! Even if both of you apply, it is not certain both will get in. Once you have your acceptances, this might be something worth considering- but even then, it shouldn’t be something that you give a lot of weight to.</p>
<p>As dumb as it gets, 'cause in college even close friends on the same campus often drift apart as they grow and change. If she didn’t like someone, she’d find the same process occurred ten-fold, and though it may be unspoken, it happens all the time.</p>
<p>Dude, every college has tons of different types of people.</p>
<p>When I visited Columbia (like three years ago) I was with two other kids from my area that I knew pretty well but didn’t really like too much. I stayed over with them since I knew them, and they were freshmen undergrads at the time. </p>
<p>In just one night I found all sorts of other people that they hung out with that I got along with great. Just because you don’t like someone in high school doesn’t mean being around them is that negative an experience. And sometimes people’s perceptions are off - people do tend to change in college, and a few interactions in an academic/classroom setting shouldn’t pave the way for judging people outside the classroom.</p>
<p>Hmm I didn’t mean a friend who drifed apart or anything. I meant people who just keep spreading all these random rumors about you… thats the thing, if you go to the same university with them, they will continue to do so in university…</p>
<p>Having a classmate of that sort would probably hurt your college social life before it even starts…its unfortunate that people like that act in that manner.</p>