absolutely hate college

partyndbs

not in a real depressed way just i wish i was back in secondary school with the guys. college is just so boring i find...with the state of the economy college life isnt that fun i dont think and as well im only in coll with 1 guy from my school the rest went different places. i think it would have been savage if all of us had got same course but obviously that wasnt gonna happen.

Sod'o swords

College is what you make it! It's impossible to say one college is boring and another is full of sunshine, hookers and cocaine, in that order.

I'm doing a computer course, i was dabbling so much in the social scene that i failed first year. The course doesn't matter, neither does who you know going into the course. I went in and made totally new friends and i'm not really that type of chat to anyone smiley smiley person. Don't be afraid to talk to people, i know it's a bit late into the year but everyone if not most were in the same boat as you, going into a course not knowing anyone.

If you find there's groups already formed, try clubs and/or societies. I've found they're always welcoming to new people, plus they'd share the same interests as you.

You're allowed to make new friends. One of the biggest mistakes people make socially in college is trying to stick with people you already know. Don't. Talk to new people. Make new friends. If you already have made new friends then make an effort with them. If they're all mind numbingly boring or something, join a society or two.

You'll finish college before too long. Then you'll most likely go through multiple jobs, multiple departments etc etc. Loads of different situations. Are you really going to pine over your secondary school friends all through that? Each time you find yourself in a new situation like that you're going to have to connect with the people around you. Give it a go.

Ticktactoe

You have to break away from your school friends at some point. College is time when you get to know yourself better. Enjoy the process.

I found the adjustment to college in 1st year very weird, however after four years and looking back on it now, it was the best thing ive ever done.
If you have moved away from home this can also be a big adjustment. Go easy on yourself, youve had a lot of change in the last couple of months.

You will soon find your feet, dont worry. If you find you have more 'me' time at the mo because of the change, embrace it. Its not going to last like this forever.

Seriously, give it time and try to adjust. In ten years time you could be looking back in envy!

Penn

I hated college in first year too. I hung around with some of my old school friends at breaks and lunch even though they were in separate courses, but gradually I realised that I was hanging out with them and their new friends, while I had barely talked to anyone in my course. And since you spend most of the day with them, that makes college a hard process.

Second year, I started making more of an effort with people in my class. I spent 5 years altogether in college, and the last 3.5 years where I had become great friends with guys in the class were great fun. Everyone says school is the best days of your life. I'd take those last 3 years of college over 6 years of secondary school any time.

It doesn't have to be one or the other. You can be friends with people in your class and still make time for your old friends. But friends can really make the college life seem bearable. Even in my final year when it was constant study and projects, having your friends there with you, being able to talk about it with them, that's what keeps you going. My school friends couldn't have helped me with that.

Try making friends with some people in your class. Sit beside them in the canteen occasionally. Talk to them at breaks. It'll probably be worth it in the end