Show College Forces New Friendships I Michael Woodbury Contributing Writer Some students in middle school are nervous about transferring into high school If they only knew how different different dif dif- different ferent the high school to college college college col col- col- col lege transition would be When you decide to go to college the chances of even seeing half of your old classmates classmates classmates class class- mates at the same are very slim Having the same class with them is even slimmer unless you both work together er to get one or more of the same classes When I first transferred to one of the first differences differences differences differ differ- I noticed was how huge the campus seemed But when I finally got used to the size I started noticing something else In college there is a lot less time for socializing The only places that I have found that are even halfway decent places to socialize include The TB building The Student Center either ither the main floor right where you walk in or The Lair and the Library as long as you are quiet As I thought about these differences I 1 realized just how different colleges and High schools are Everyone always says that once you graduate from high school things will be different different different differ differ- ent but I dont don't think I realized realized realized real real- just how different they would be until I actually started college It was the See College continued on page 12 College continued from page 9 first day of school all over again I didn't know any- any no one knew me Some might have thought of it as a new beginning like I did at first but I was more scared and nervous than I was excited I have been in college since the fall of 2002 and have only encountered a maximum of 10 people I knew from high school So I had to start making friends all over again At least in inthe inthe inthe the transition from middle school to high school a lot lotof lotof lotof of your friends still go to the same school as you In college its it's a whole different different different differ differ- ent story If you plan on making friends in college the easiest easiest easiest easi easi- est way to accomplish this is by joining a club Its It's still possible to do without joining a club just more difficult I had a friend tell me the other day that the easiest way to get a lot of friends in college is to make friends with someone who already has a lot of friends That could work but you also need enough spare time to hang out with the friends In college a lot of students have an incredible amount of homework piled on top of a job to pay for tuition These students dont don't have time to socialize at all because if they do they might fall behind in class of be late for work I know some students who have as much as eighteen credits and they work I thankfully have enough money to pay for college tuition without having to work Another complication of college that you dont don't encounter as much in high school is meeting women to ask out Once again no socializing means you cant can't meet women and find out if you would enjoy a date with them Now you just have to ask them out and hope they accept Its It's possible to meet women without asking them out but unless you are area a really outgoing guy its it's not very easy Its It's probably even harder for women All throughout their lives they have been taught that the guy is supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to ask the woman out and not the other way around Even though women are allowed to ask guys out many women dont don't even try I believe that this is either because they dont don't have enough courage of they dont don't feel it itis itis itis is right to change the traditional traditional traditional standards Any women reading this listen to me you dont don't necessarily necessarily necessarily have to ask a guy out but at least drop more obvious clues than body language I once had a woman introduce herself to tome tome tome me out of the blue in high school and it took me several several several sever sever- al months to realize that she had a reason for doing this I finally realized that she probably liked me and might accept a date She did Through reading this it should be readily apparent that there are many differences differences differences differ differ- between high school and college One of the things that I miss the most is the quantity of friends I had So do yourself a favor today Talk to someone new maybe it will make the day a little brighter or even form a new friendship And one thing that's hard to have is too many friends |