How you find good friends when you start a college degree?

September 24, 2011 6:33am CST
Well college is 4 years and that's too long for me.And im in my final year now.There were some periods in ma student life where i felt that friends i have in my college are the worst guys i have met.In fact it is.Specially when it comes to group work there are people who depend on others.They get through any how but amount of pressure they give to others terrible huh....In fact i choose the best guys but they were lying about there performance i guess.But is this a good lesson for life?Although it has effected me in my degree for low grades.
11 responses
@galileo2008 (1141)
• Philippines
25 Sep 11
I felt the same way as you do. I may have a lot of friends in college, but they're just there when they need me. After I graduated from college, I gained a lot of friends..really closed friends. You should really choose your friends not by their social status but by how they have helped you when you have nothing. That's how you could really tell who your true friends are. You could gain friends by not being too conceited, by being honest but not to being tactless; by respecting other people's opinion and not to make them feel less of a person. Choose your words nicely, mean what you say and say what you mean in a positive way. Do not be too opinionated and always make sure that you look good but not being too showy. Be humble and do not make promises that you cannot keep. Good luck in meeting new friends!
@ellebj (784)
• Philippines
25 Sep 11
hi lasitck.. having good friends depends on you..i have found goods friends in college that i treasure.. even if they try to have good grades and others find teir easy way out, but friendship is more than that.. they are the ones that care for you a lot when bad thing happen to you.. they are the ones that even if they scold and tease you they care.. but it still up to you.. friendship is different from your academic life.. i think you have experienced a lot at with this, you can really choose who is the best and a real friend..
@venkit (2955)
• India
24 Sep 11
There is no need to find the friends. we will automatically get into friendship. new friends will be added as you go on. it just happen, no need to search for it thats what i feel.
• Philippines
25 Sep 11
Sometimes, your friends find you and you don't have to find them. When it comes to friends, I always think of it as a matter of luck and circumstance. Either you lucked out on finding a good friend due to an unforeseeable future or you and your friend grew on each otehr. Either way, it's good to have a friend in college since they will share your burdens, your laughs and make college life a more memorable and interesting part of your life and education. However, having friends also makes you susceptible to their bad sides. No person has a good side all over them and there is no perfect friend. There is always a bad side lurking around and it's better to accept them as being good or bad or at least try as a friend to work to diminish some of their badness and negativity. You friends can influence you but it is up to you to control the degree of their influence. Don't dump your friends just yet. There are your friends for a reason and you have chosen them among the others of people in your life. Try to see both the good and the bad and accept it. If you can make them change and you can set yourself as an example for them, then go for it. If you really want to have good grades, don't depend on friends or don't think of them - there are times when it's every man for himself. Your education is important as your relationship to them. If they can't understand that, I guess it is a sign of immaturity.
@Judy890 (1644)
• United States
25 Sep 11
I'm in college and all I'm worried about is my school and studies. I still connect with my friends high school but I feel like college is a time to focus on yourself and your career not so much on friends you can always make friends any where, from work, parties, bars/club, library you name it. Friends can be a big distraction you wont be able to focus because you'll have some friends who will ask you go to go out with them to parties, movies are the mall.
• India
25 Sep 11
Our elders say that we can find good friends from our childhood days or from our school days than from college.i agree with this. In your day to day life you can see some good persons,do friendship with them,keep good friends in contact always.all the best.
@mensab (4200)
• Philippines
24 Sep 11
everyday in college is an opportunity to make friends. that's why i love my college years. fortunately for me, i did not experience nor encounter what you are encountering in college. my college friends were great. although i lost contact with them after graduation, and keeping only those that remain around the vicinity of my area, we all remain friends. college years are limited, make the most of them.
@vycess (1588)
• Saudi Arabia
24 Sep 11
True friends are always around... Yes, I have found good friends when in college. For me it's not about an individual's performance or if he/she is a good student or what... It's about how they really appreciate and care about you. I don't wanna be friends with them because of some status quo... It is still your decision if you will be influenced/affected by them.
@best2011 (210)
24 Sep 11
no problem dude !! you are still in your college life .. you will find even more tougher guys than now .. so its good you are knowing people and in future you will know how to treat people well .... we cannot know the nature of any individual each and every individual has their own style of learning and foing work .. so ite better you learn from it .
• United States
24 Sep 11
I've been to three different colleges and I have two degree also being in certain scholls to seem to meet alot of people who do become your friends and some people you find become your real friends
• China
24 Sep 11
Just 4 years, my college life is 7 years...