I didn’t have high expectations of making friends when I started college. I had very few friends in high school and I wasn’t everyone’s favorite person. I didn’t fit in and look like everyone else it made me different from everyone which didn’t make it easy to make friends. Nobody wanted to be friends with different.

My first few semesters in college I kept to myself; not talking to many people and only talking to those I knew or got to know by being lab partners. These last few and this last one have been amazing. It took me awhile to realize that if I don’t make the first move, then they won’t either. After finally getting over the nervousness and anxiety of talking to someone first, that’s when a breakthrough happened.

I met people who understood my goofy personality. People who I had common interests with. People who actually wanted to hang out outside of school and go shopping or get coffee. People even invited me to parties. I went from being the lame girl in high school to someone who was finally understood and appreciated. That’s the great thing about meeting people in college, you never know who you’re going to meet, and you might just end up making a friend or two.