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[quote=Anonymous]It's sad and I think a more frequent phenomenom. Smart phones and social media have ruined college. Nobody reinvents themselves, nobody makes 100% new friend groups. High school cliques rule every campus, from provincial state universities (obviously) to even top private universities, where rich prep school (and a handful of public ex. Stuy, TJ) alums rule campus because so many of them feed the college year after year.

Not saying you're destined to be friendless if you come from some random public school but you'll certainly feel like an outsider. It just depends on how Type A outgoing you are to overcome it or not let it bother you in the first place — and of course a little luck that you serendipitously bump into likeminded freshman.

Very few teens seek out and thrive in a place they don't know a soul, especially these days. I always had a lot of respect for out of state classmates at my alma mater 30 years ago. At age 18 they dove into a place they didn't know anyone ... and thrived![/quote]

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