I 2nd what these good folks are all saying...wish I'd asked 4 their advice my freshman yr! I am def an introvert, and my first yr was a strange, alienating experience of: living on a hall with a bunch of other people I didn't kno, who saw the main objective of college as: be cooler, have more friends, & take more drugs....and I started to feel like I was the freak who didn't see that as the main objective...and my aloofness was "too cold" for some, and taken as a personal insult, like I was " too good" to hang with them. I'm pretty sensitive & DO care when I'm misinterpreted like that, so I was left feeling out of place, thinking, "am I really a cold *****?" Then...I had the roundabout luck of working with and making friends with the 2nd year quad and their friends at the end of the hall. Strangely, when I had given up on making any genuine friends, I found some...but it took me the whole year when they were just at the end of the hall; as focused, introverted ( for the most part), and invested in the education part of college as me. Like I said, I am an introvert, and much of my life was spent as a loner, and A LOT of people out there are NOT worth connecting with for us "social misfits" (own it!), but one or two REAL FRIENDS or a TRUE LOVE is totally worth it. It's what life's all about, so just hold out for the good ones, & if u already have them...ur gold! Good luck