Does your student say they feel a little left out because certain kids seem to now everyone already? that kids from the same schools are just sticking together and not mixing with others?
MLC 2010 graduate Becky Amann remembers what that was like. She wrote this a few years ago, but it’s still true.
College is not just like high school. Yes, the first few weeks it seems cliquey, but that’s just because people are nervous and they stick with the people they know. I went to Luther Prep, and by my sophomore year I had more non-Prep friends than Prep friends. Part of it is simply growing up. You’re in college now. You want to act more like an adult. You want to be open to other people and enjoy other people’s company. I will always cherish the close bonds I have with my high school friends, but I really appreciate my new friends too.
BTW, Becky is now a dorm supervisor at Michigan Lutheran Seminary, supervising a dorm full of young women.
