Is it normal that i didn't enjoy college as much as i had hoped?

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Well, I am currently a college senior. That's right - SENIOR.

And it feels like I still haven't found what makes college so "special".

When I went through the college admissions shenanigans back in high school, there was one place I got into that stood head and shoulders above the others. The place sure sounded great on paper, and the tour guides made sure to entertain us with the legends that were supposed to make this place so unique and loved by everyone!

So I decided to go there.

Yet, now in my SENIOR year, I STILL haven't found what's made that experience so great.

I feel more lost than a typical freshman.

I don't enjoy drinking or partying. I do have some hobbies, but it feels hard to find others who do. Apparently, creative, benign hobbies don't get enough respect. Everyone just wants to get drunk, drunk, drunk...

Too many people around here just seem like phonies, going here for the wrong reasons. I thought it would be a place with intelligent people who got here because they made a difference or had special talents or something like that.

I can find nice people, and I certainly make small talk and have some friends. Too bad they are hidden behind the hordes of zombies.

What did I do wrong? Were my expectations too high?

Is it COMMON to feel this way? Do people simply pretend that college was the "best four years" of their life, even if it really wasn't?

Oh, and I'm not saying education is overrated. I'm just talking about the "college experience".

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  • MissValentinaBellamore
    11 years ago

    People don't go to college cus they just love learning, in our society you need a college education to get a decent job, so we basically have no other choice. Therefore, while we're stuck there, the only think that makes the experience enjoyable is sex, alcohol, and partying!
    ....that's probably why u didn't have any fun. Loosen up.

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  • MissValentinaBellamore
    11 years ago

    At least I can spell "dizzy"

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    • Dizzee
      11 years ago

      This is Dizzee as in Dizzee Rascal, but I assume you didn't look it up or think about that before you replied. OTZ

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  • Steve92
    11 years ago

    College life can be dull depending on the subject you chose; that is if you bother about doing more than average good!

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  • 5796
    11 years ago

    I can definitely relate. So many of the kids I met in college were just there to party and get drunk. All I did was drag my ass from lecture to lecture where a professor who clearly didnt want to be there would teach us watered down course material that was in no way stimulating while kids browsed facebook for 2 hrs.

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals
    11 years ago

    I prefer the khan academy. I can learn at my own pace, and not care about others.

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  • Dizzee
    11 years ago

    I mostly agree with MissValentinaBellamore, even if she can't spell because or you.

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  • bendan
    11 years ago

    College was a big nothing for me. I'm glad I went and I'm glad I got a degree, but the whole "college experience" is overrated. I was so glad when I finally got the last credits needed to get out of there.

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  • howaminotmyself
    11 years ago

    I can relate. My college experience wasn't the best time of my life. I almost transferred to a different school after my first year because the people sucked. But I stuck it out because I didn't want it to take more than four years to graduate. The education was good and I liked my professors, but I couldn't stand the other students. I had a few friends but many of them were more interested in getting drunk and having sex than getting an actual education. I graduated and moved on. The years since have been the best of my life, with a few bad years mixed in just to keep life interesting.

    I'm not sure what the "college experience" is supposed to mean. For me it was about getting an education and growing up. But some just saw it as freedom from parents.

    I wouldn't worry about it. The whole point is to prepare you for life so you can enjoy all of it, not just a few years. That's a sad goal.

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