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Created by Kyle Abraham : City Expert

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Everyone worries about how they look, what people think of them, and who's thinking that about them. Well, that's the mindset that most people have coming out of high school and entering into college. You think, "I'm the new kid, no one's going to like me, I'll never make any friends, how will I ever do this?" Well a big issue about this that tends to be overlooked is that even though you're thinking this, so is everyone else. And not only that, most people are probably thinking it even worse than you.

Most people think that others will not accept them for who they are, so they put on a facade, a mask even, and make it as "people-friendly" as possible. This is a strategy that may have worked throughout middle school and high school, but will not work once you get into college and continue on into real life. People don't want you to fake it, they want you to be you. they want you to be as real and normal as possible, just like them.

Many people do not realize that college is like nothing that they have ever done in their life. College is not like middle school, where even if you and another student disliked each other, or had nothing in common, you were still forced to see them for 8 hours everyday and associate with them. This is a perfect reason to why most people learn at a young age how to just fake being friends with others, because they have to. In college, if you don't like someone, you don't EVER have to see them. No matter how big or small you're college is, there is no one that forces you to do anything. If you don't want to see "person A", then all you have to do is mind your own business.

So when it comes to friends in college, you most likely will make a completely new group of friends. So the first thing you should do when coming to college is take that mask of and be yourself. The first group of people you associate with will most likely be your main group of friend for the next four year. So make sure you pick the right group for you. Seriously, you'll thank me later.

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