Everyone is lonely and scared. You'll be ok, just give it a few days. And remember that you'll keep making friends throughout the years too. It'll be fine...just don't hide in your dorm room ok?
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My First night in college and i am so scared Help
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All people, college freshman or trained astronauts, are afraid the first time since they don't know what to expect. Once a few days pass you will know the ropes and know what to expect.
Enjoy the moments.
Enjoy the moments.
My first day I went down to the pub - connected to the halls (dorms) - and got royally plastered with a bunch of other people who were as alone as me... Made about 2 lifetime friends from that encounter.
That is so true. I came into college being a reluctant conservative, basically believing in no particular religion, brainwashed into thinking I had to study business so I could come back a few years later and take over then thriving family business. Another thing that was in my so-called plan was to get married to my girlfriend after graduation from college.
What happened in my long and mostly part time journey to my bachelor's was that I became a liberal, found a religion, got off the hook in being forced to run the family business since they retired due to increasingly high store rent. And sadly, or not, I didn't marry my girlfriend as she found someone else, but overall a great guy so I was happy for them.
I am sure many here have reinvention stories of who they were before college, and who they were after college as they entered the long run that is the working world and paying bills, loans, and unexpected expenses.
Hang in there! It gets better.
If you're not connecting with the folks on your floor, don't panic. Your classes will begin soon and you might have more in common with people in your program. Go to lunch with people from your classes and hang out in your building's common areas. This is the most awkward time, for sure. A couple of weeks from now, you'll be into a routine and things will feel a lot more natural.
Good luck!
If you're not connecting with the folks on your floor, don't panic. Your classes will begin soon and you might have more in common with people in your program. Go to lunch with people from your classes and hang out in your building's common areas. This is the most awkward time, for sure. A couple of weeks from now, you'll be into a routine and things will feel a lot more natural.
Good luck!
Booo! MIT!
Caltech all the way! (My brother goes there so I have to represent) I'm also moving into college for the first time this saturday. I'm into the whole "independent" living thing. (Even though it's not REALLY independent.) So I think I should be fine. Although I am not looking forward to the 4-day orientation. Ah well, I suppose I'll at least meet a bunch of people/friends.
My first day, my roommate (who I met for the first time) and I went from door to door introducing ourselves and then ended up having a computer chair race down the hall with like 20 other people. If you don't know anyone, consider rushing a fraternity. I joined my fraternity about a week after my first day, and now these guys are like my second family.
I texted a good friend of mine who left for college on Tuesday and I think Wednesday was when he moved in... apparently he's already getting drunk at a party.
Oh boy, that's what you get for going to Chico I guess. Haha.
Me? I still have one more year of high school (that's what I get for being a junior with all senior friends last year) so you'll probably see me bringing this thread back up next year
Oh boy, that's what you get for going to Chico I guess. Haha.
Me? I still have one more year of high school (that's what I get for being a junior with all senior friends last year) so you'll probably see me bringing this thread back up next year
As a senior in college now you just have to go out and meet people. Don't be that weird guy that sits in your room 24/7 and only comes out to eat and go to class. You will be living the rest of your life looking back on college as a wasted opportunity. Remember, it's not about the classes or the grades it's about the experience. I've learned far more about how important networking is as opposed to grades in my life. Don't be that guy that is the most qualified for the job after college, but is so petrified that he can't show that he is. The first week of freshman year is when you can change everything and show yourself that you are ready for the life away from home.
Huh? Are you really talking about the Massachussetts Institute of Technology? If you are, I didn't know that fact about MIT...
Enjoy college...its an experience like no other. You'll make a lot of friends before your first semester is up.
Go out and have fun.....easy with the drinking though
Bless
Go out and have fun.....easy with the drinking though
Bless
This is the best advice you're going to get. I'm a third year CS student, so believe me, I understand the danger of sitting in front of your computer all day. (Come to class with me and check out the 40+ furry, smelly guys who play WOW in class. And the ~1 girl, who is also furry and smelly.)Put down the computer and go and meet some real live human people
Fortunately I was placed in a Forestry learning community my first year in the dorm. Met a bunch of GREAT people, and it helped me get involved in a lot of outdoor activities.
The *MOST IMPORTANT THING* is to immerse yourself in everything. When you head to dinner tonight, walk down the hall and ask a bunch of kids if they want to go down with you. Believe me, they will. Start a dinner posse.
Put down the computer and go and meet some real live human people
Exactly! Go have fun!
Door open, music on, invite people to come chill and watch a movie if you have a TV or have some beers if you've got them in the fridge. Order a pizza. Get peoples' phone numbers and give yours out.
If you're hungry wander down the hall, find a room full of people and ask them if they want to go down to the dining hall, or just wander down the hall, introduce yourself and chill on someone's futon for a while.
Most importantly get the hell off the computer, as noted above.
If you're hungry wander down the hall, find a room full of people and ask them if they want to go down to the dining hall, or just wander down the hall, introduce yourself and chill on someone's futon for a while.
Most importantly get the hell off the computer, as noted above.
I strongly disagree with that statement. Grades and classes are extremely important. It doesn't matter if you're good at networking or not. If you can't perform well in class, you lose great internship opportunities.
Besides joining a fraternity, I also went to alot of parties freshmen year. I met alot of people and then friend requested them through Facebook. So yeah, go out and party, and make a Facebook if you haven't yet.
I agree with you, grades are important. I was trying to make the point that if you have a 4.0 and are looking for a job and can't talk or come off as someone who doesn't have a clue you probably will be passed over. Take the first year to work on your people skills, because they are important.
To the OP. Hope you went out last night with some new people. Take this opportunity and make the most of it. If I could start all over in the dorms I would.
Since the OP hasn't replied to this thread I think he has probably gone out and had a good time! Anyway, lots of good advice so I just popped in to say good luck. I remember starting University 5 years ago and it was just the same for me. The new students will be starting soon here, I am looking forward to some good nights out in freshers week (I graduated 2 years ago)
(I graduated 2 years ago)
I too have few memories of the first nights of college......go kill those brain cells before you have to use em in class.
Huh? Are you really talking about the Massachussetts Institute of Technology? If you are, I didn't know that fact about MIT...
Nah they started setting Male/Female percentage quotas for their acceptance a few years back so it's not as bad as it used to be. (I believe.)