College is definitely not high school 2.0 unless you went to a small school, certain HBCUs or if your whole HS goes to the same place. Yes, there are cliques but there are also many more groups of people that don't fit into any particular clique. Part of the problem people have in college is that they are searching for people just like them instead of branching out and finding out how contrasts can be dope. They are searching for a "clique" and don't realize it. So I can't agree with you or @Sachs, Fifth Avenue. Now, one can get lost in the shuffle but there are such an abundance of extracurricular activities and organizations to join that there really is no reason to find people you have something in common with. I have literally never heard anyone in my entire life say that finding your scene in college and high school is the same thing. If you truly believe that then you missed the point of the college social experience. There are very limited "scenes" in high school and certainly in college you'll have athletes getting to know each other, etc., but let's not get crazy. Getting along with people in class and thinking they're cool and then never engaging them to chill after class is on you. People get to college and find out that they're not as social as they thought they were or open-minded. They only were within the confines of a comfort zone of relative familiarity. That's who gets left out. The ones grasping for who they were in high school, while preventing themselves from becoming who they are about\could be.
Hmmm
You are right.
though. No complaintsI did not have an automatic transition to college. I was nowhere near any friends or family and knew no one. My incoming class was 8% black. I was at a PWI and I had no trouble making friends. One of my roommates was some preppy kid from some rich suburbs, the other was from Asia--the latter and I are tight to this day. We were all into various things and I just went to different things with different people. I still partied and everything else, but I knew who I was. Though, "knowing who I was" actually hurt my experience early because I wouldn't experiment. You're being painted as anti-social because your post reads as such. But I'm saying it in the context of what I saw in college. People who were not socially awkward but were used to things being a certain way and being around a certain type of person....would not venture out of that comfort zone. They claimed it was because they didn't relate to any body, but they never even gave themselves a chance to find out what could become of it all. That's what I mean about the downside of "knowing who you are." As for your age being an excuse, I don't buy that at all. I had many friends who entered college older and were easily able to find things to excite them and people to enjoy it with. They didn't have to look too hard either. As for there being no one at Pitt into the things you're talking about, that's not true...I've met many people who went to Pitt that have those interests, but they're well-rounded and probably don't come in the package you expected to see it in.
Like I said....I was able to blend in because I've always looked young for my age. People thought I was 21, 22ish and when I told them I was older, they were 
But even though I blended in fine, in my mind, I felt Like now, I rather go to Barnes & Noble and read a book then go out and party 
The first few years, it was cool. The last two years I started feeling
You'd be surprised how many non-traditional students there are here. People fukk around in school and take 6 years to graduate, some take time off and come back, some spend time at community college first then transfer, etc. One of my roommates this year is 22 and a sophomore. One girl from my writing class I thought was regular age, ended up being 26. A dude Im mad cool with is a year younger than me and had to drop out a couple semesters back to save money. My roommate from last year was 23 and a junior. You'd be surprised.
I just hanged with everyone and was mad cool.
