My first year was in the dorm, but I transferred in as a junior due to two years in a community college. Most of the others in the dorm were freshman or sophomores. Our "hall" (which was actually about 1/8 of the entire third floor) had 25 rooms so about 50 guys, but we had a meeting right away to introduce the RA & everybody said who they were, where from, etc. From that point on we all hung out (some more than others), played broomball, volleyball, went rock climbing, etc. Sure there were some idiots but some great guys too. I can still remember about half of their names, and that was 15 years ago.
The following year I joined a frat and those guys I still see regularly, almost all of them. We did just about everything together & out of the 40 or so when I was there, I still keep in contact with about 30 of them plus a bunch of the alumni that were there before me.
My advice: go out & check out the college clubs, frats, and groups. They have a group or house for just about everybody with any interest. Now turn off the computer & find one you like!
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