I dunno what to do, guys! I'm so nervous! *eats a bunch of cheese* ._.

sexual experimentation comes to mind. Maybe find a cute psych major?

Ooh... *blushes*

Heh. Don't worry. So long as you actually GO to class, and do your work, you should be fine. Also, avoid absurd amount of cheese consumption. It hinders your Excretory system's functions.

This.

But yeah, go to class, do the work, make new friends...and try to branch out from the norms. All things considered, this is a chance to reinvent yourself (mattering on your college's distance from home). Try some things outside your comfort zone...not drastically outside, and don't be a moron about it, but push yourself, both educationally and personally.

Ok... *huggles*

._.

Depending on the area, whether you have a job or not, what you're interested in, and what your major is, you'll either find a lot of people to meet and things to do, or almost nothing to do outside of your classes. The latter is what I experienced, but that also has to do with me being an introvert, among other things.

Thank God I only have a few more classes until I get my BA. I'm sick of this crap. Outside of an anime club, there's nothing that I enjoy at my college. >.<

Why would you do that?!

<<puu.sh/jMwU0/5e82adf4b5.png|That kills people!>>

I find myself in the same boat as Alex here... For me, college has basically been just going to class, I don't really participate in anything else. On one hand, I can't wait to be done, but on the other, finishing college means I'll need to find a job ._.

ok, I can't stress this enough: push your boundaries.

If you can'd find something you like, find something similar. Try everything (that isn't an obviously moronic idea).

As an introvert, you can "psyche yourself up" for smaller periods of interaction. Even small periods can not only find you people with similar interests, but also START YOU NETWORKING BECAUSE NETWORKING IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ANYONE TRYING TO DO ANYTHING POST-EDUCATION.

This. It doesn't even have to be all that much of a push. Join a club or attend a regular activity. Even if you just sit in the back, you're at least out with people, and you might find a friend or two there. Failing that, find someone in one of your classes (probably a smaller one) that you'd be willing to chat about classwork and/or other stuff.

Most of my circles these days are made of people I found in anime club* and Japanese class, and I graduated a while ago.

*-also the local anime convention which I learned about though said club

I gotta agree with Myrmidon here.
I was not the most social or popular guy in Secondary School. Making friends was hard for me.

Then I got to college, branched out into some clubs and made a whole mess of friends!
Find a common interest and just test the waters from there. It'll take a little guessing and work, but in the end you'll come out ok. :3

This. For the love of god, this.

Again, even an Introvert can muster up some energy for a short burst of socialization, and North American culture rewards extroverted tendancies while shunning Introverted ones.

Play the game, go home, curl into a ball and rock back and forth for a while, then go about your day. You'll gradually train yourself to adapt, and your quality of life will thank you for it.

I'm also looking at you, DrgnmastrAlex & Yuu-chan.

I have the most fucked up sort of ambivert possible from doing this, and it's a hassle soemtimes, but it's served me well.

I'm not sure if you want tips coming from me, because I have no desire to be a 'good contributing member of society', any drive to be competitive in a work/school environment, and probably just work in a medium/low paying job until I off myself once I get too old to walk.

This is only for my university, not sure how it is elsewhere:

Depending on what you're trying to do after you graduate, grades don't matter. Sometimes all you need is the piece of paper. Getting a C- will get you the exact same paper as a B+.

For the first year, I'd suggest you go to class to get a sense of what it's like. After that, go to the classes that actually help.

They're professors. They never learned how to teach. They're mostly doing it to earn money for their research. Some of them will actually make the class interesting, others will be reading directly off their power point (which is posted online anyways), and others will have accents so horrible you wouldn't know what language they're speaking. Sometimes it is simply better to stay home and look at their lecture notes in your own time instead of spending the time to commute to class.

Use the first quiz/exam or two to learn what kinds of questions professors like to put on their exams. Some of them have a hard on for dates and statistics, some really like definitions (even looking for exact words in definitions or you'll lose marks), and some just want you to explain the concept. It'll make studying easier if you know what they're more likely to put into the test.

Textbooks are a rip-off. They can be helpful, but often times the price is simply too high. If you really need one to do assigned questions or something, there are copies you can reserve in the library. The lecture notes should be covering the major points anyways.

There's also the internet if you search hard enough. For example, for an O-chem class with a particularly bad prof I only used their lecture notes and <<www.youtube.com/user/freelanceteach/playlists|these videos>> to learn everything, and I never went to class except for exams. Got a B, which is good enough for me (heck, as long as I get above a C- it's good enough for me).