Throughout the beginning of the semester, we go through many different social groups. It's hard to figure out who will stay with you throughout the rest of the year. But, eventually, you find them and can enjoy the good and bad times of the rollercoaster that is college.

1. The old friends

These are the friends you hang out with right after you move in. They may be from your old high school or just some girls in your hall. Regardless, you know you won't see them again once classes start.

2. The welcome week friends

These are the friends you made from your orientation group, or just when walking around campus alone for the first time. You think they may be your "college" friend group, and you force yourself to hang out with them because the idea of new friends seems so appealing.

3. The FDOC friends

Classes just started, and you need to make new friends to have study sessions with, so you give your name and number to the people sitting around you and think you'll be hitting them up all the time. Little do you know, that's not how college classes work.

4. The new club friends

Everyone keeps reminding you to get involved in college, so you go to all the club fairs and extracurricular events the college hosts. You try to make new friends there based off of your interests, which works occasionally.

5. Your real friends

Finally! These are what you would call your "official" friend group. These are the people who you hang out with all the time, whether it be studying together or just hanging out in each other's dorms. These friends are the ones you know you will have for a lifetime.