Uni vs. High School (1 Viewer)

[RenegadeMx]

you need to add the inner west as well

does the same apply to elite private schools as well (scots college, sydney grammar, etc). legit if the selective school nerds are still continuing this i doubt they would be able to communicate with others in the workforce (if they ever plan to get full time employment)

it seems the 'leftovers/miscellaneous' arent together

i honestly thought making friends at uni is easy bc once u join uni, you're in the same position as everyone (in some sense) as in the fact that you dont know most ppl and they dont know u either and then through lectures/tutorials/labs/student societies/sports teams you meet others and make friends with them

it seems that making friends in hs is much easier than uni

depends on many factors but I found making uni friends much easier and despite what people say about international students I find they are really chill to get along with

the selective circlejerk has been covered which i agree mostly but still in my field atleast (maths/ed) most are quite chill

Probably more prevalent in law/bus/eng which is why ironically dont have many friends from those fields

 

[KingOfActing]

Join a Revue and you'll meet heaps of people who'll become your best friends/cult buddies

 

[RenegadeMx]

Join a Revue and you'll meet heaps of people who'll become your best friends/cult buddies

lol or aiesec

 

[Queenroot]

you need to add the inner west as well

does the same apply to elite private schools as well (scots college, sydney grammar, etc). legit if the selective school nerds are still continuing this i doubt they would be able to communicate with others in the workforce (if they ever plan to get full time employment)

it seems the 'leftovers/miscellaneous' arent together

i honestly thought making friends at uni is easy bc once u join uni, you're in the same position as everyone (in some sense) as in the fact that you dont know most ppl and they dont know u either and then through lectures/tutorials/labs/student societies/sports teams you meet others and make friends with them

it seems that making friends in hs is much easier than uni

Yes generally white people hang out with white people but no they are a bit less uptight

Not good at sports unfortunately

well my problem is I transferred and did different subjects to everyone so it was like being with different people everyday, but for others, it shouldn't be a problem

Join a Revue and you'll meet heaps of people who'll become your best friends/cult buddies

yeah but then I haave to act and/or advertise and waste trees by printing useless ads

Ofc, I've made a lot of friends at USYD this year (and have done a lot of networking too hehe)

>Baulko

 

[KingOfActing]

yeah but then I haave to act and/or advertise and waste trees by printing useless ads

You can do tech/well-being/producing/film/script writing + a bunch of other things that don't involve acting

 

[Queenroot]

not good at those either lol

 

[Mathew587]

so if you're from a low ranking school, you're fucked in uni

 

[stopcrying]

so if you're from a low ranking school, you're fucked in uni

Honestly, i'm still to do my HSC and thus haven't gone to uni but i think you would be better off not assuming that. Life is what you make of it and that includes socializing and making friends. No one said it was going to be easy. Maybe you truly will face adversity when trying to 'crack into' these selective cliques. But, if you're confident, charismatic, and determined, it won't take long for people to start liking you in any social situation. Just gotta take initiative.

If i met a person, regardless of if they're from a selective/private school, and they were a cool person; id be cool with them (add them on facebook, etc etc)
But yeah... that's just my two cents, from a selective school student (lol).

 

[Green Yoda]

I really don't think school matters while making friends tbh unless you are one of those people who think going to a selective school makes them superior over others because in the end its all about who you vibe with and are most comfortable chilling with. From what I have heard from my mates, nobody really cares what school you go to in uni as its a whole new playing field. I am personally more excited to go to uni as I think it will be much easier for me to be social and find the right people to be friends with. I miss high school, it was a great time but I am ready and really excited to move on and experience uni.

 

[Queenroot]

so if you're from a low ranking school, you're fucked in uni

Ur not fucked but it is harder esp in first year cos everybody keeps asking what school ur from and then when you tell them they have this condescending "what? Where is that?"

 

[Mathew587]

Indeed, the elitism is real if you attend unis like USYD or UNSW which are saturated with Private/Selective students as you may find yourself a bit isolated, but if you bring along most your friends you can form your own clique XD

That's actually depressing.

A nice way to say 'nah you won't be accepted by the majority of kids in top uni so you'll have hang out with that one other kid from your school that made it in and make a clique of the dropkicks from western sydney'

i actually broke down yesterday. My life's been pretty shit so far and school's been terrible. I was looking forward to making friends in uni and meeting new people but I guess pretentiousness is universal.

 

[Jaxxnuts]

depends on many factors but I found making uni friends much easier and despite what people say about international students I find they are really chill to get along with

the selective circlejerk has been covered which i agree mostly but still in my field atleast (maths/ed) most are quite chill

Probably more prevalent in law/bus/eng which is why ironically dont have many friends from those fields

probably bc the internal students u met arent like others in other fields (i.e. squareroot's experience)

Ofc, I've made a lot of friends at USYD this year (and have done a lot of networking too hehe)

have u made any outside of Usyd (not personal connections from hs or prior to uni)

Yes generally white people hang out with white people but no they are a bit less uptight

Not good at sports unfortunately

well my problem is I transferred and did different subjects to everyone so it was like being with different people everyday, but for others, it shouldn't be a problem

yeah but then I haave to act and/or advertise and waste trees by printing useless ads



>Baulko

im sure you can still make friends when u transfer during a new year/semester

You can do tech/well-being/producing/film/script writing + a bunch of other things that don't involve acting

but arent they limited to some societies i.e. there's med revue and then law revue (and a couple of other revues) but from memory there's no science revue

 

[Jaxxnuts]

so if you're from a low ranking school, you're fucked in uni

looks like it sadly

Indeed, the elitism is real if you attend unis like USYD or UNSW which are saturated with Private/Selective students as you may find yourself a bit isolated, but if you bring along most your friends you can form your own clique XD

um...do u reckon it would be easy from a student from a not so great high school to make friends with students who came from top performing high schools? tbh how would u know which students would be the 'leftovers/miscallaneous ones' so that you can make friends with them? (especially at events like balls/pub crawls)

Honestly, i'm still to do my HSC and thus haven't gone to uni but i think you would be better off not assuming that. Life is what you make of it and that includes socializing and making friends. No one said it was going to be easy. Maybe you truly will face adversity when trying to 'crack into' these selective cliques. But, if you're confident, charismatic, and determined, it won't take long for people to start liking you in any social situation. Just gotta take initiative.

If i met a person, regardless of if they're from a selective/private school, and they were a cool person; id be cool with them (add them on facebook, etc etc)
But yeah... that's just my two cents, from a selective school student (lol).

yeah but i think a majority of students from elite schools in syd would still hold that elitism and would refuse to hang out with the miscallaneous students. i reckon some students from those elite schools that are open minded would actually be willing to make friends with any student regardless of school/socioeconomic background/etc

Ur not fucked but it is harder esp in first year cos everybody keeps asking what school ur from and then when you tell them they have this condescending "what? Where is that?"

oh lmao what if u already have some connections with selective school students (when u dont go to a selective school) do u reckon it'd be easier to make friends with them (as opposed to those without connections to selective school students)

That's actually depressing.

A nice way to say 'nah you won't be accepted by the majority of kids in top uni so you'll have hang out with that one other kid from your school that made it in and make a clique of the dropkicks from western sydney'

i actually broke down yesterday. My life's been pretty shit so far and school's been terrible. I was looking forward to making friends in uni and meeting new people but I guess pretentiousness is universal.

My condolences are with you mate

May I wish all the bad memories of your not so great life be replaced with new forever lasting memories so then you'll never have to go through this hell again

 

[30june2016]

That's actually depressing.

A nice way to say 'nah you won't be accepted by the majority of kids in top uni so you'll have hang out with that one other kid from your school that made it in and make a clique of the dropkicks from western sydney'

i actually broke down yesterday. My life's been pretty shit so far and school's been terrible. I was looking forward to making friends in uni and meeting new people but I guess pretentiousness is universal.

Everyone's experiences are different though so it's okay!!!

Besides, not all private/selective school kids will be as 'elitist' or pretentious as the rest and will most likely be more welcoming

 

[KingOfActing]

tbh if people won't be friends with you because of your school you're better off without them, there's plenty of other cool people too meet and be friends with instead

 

[Queenroot]

That's actually depressing.

A nice way to say 'nah you won't be accepted by the majority of kids in top uni so you'll have hang out with that one other kid from your school that made it in and make a clique of the dropkicks from western sydney'

i actually broke down yesterday. My life's been pretty shit so far and school's been terrible. I was looking forward to making friends in uni and meeting new people but I guess pretentiousness is universal.

You'll be fine

It took square a good few years to make actual friends and he came from a shit school

My experience was an exception

If you really want just go to UWS/MACQ they are generally more friendlier

looks like it sadly

um...do u reckon it would be easy from a student from a not so great high school to make friends with students who came from top performing high schools? tbh how would u know which students would be the 'leftovers/miscallaneous ones' so that you can make friends with them? (especially at events like balls/pub crawls)

yeah but i think a majority of students from elite schools in syd would still hold that elitism and would refuse to hang out with the miscallaneous students. i reckon some students from those elite schools that are open minded would actually be willing to make friends with any student regardless of school/socioeconomic background/etc

oh lmao what if u already have some connections with selective school students (when u dont go to a selective school) do u reckon it'd be easier to make friends with them (as opposed to those without connections to selective school students)

My condolences are with you mate

May I wish all the bad memories of your not so great life be replaced with new forever lasting memories so then you'll never have to go through this hell again

well if u have any way of getting into the circle it won't be a problem

Everyone's experiences are different though so it's okay!!!

Besides, not all private/selective school kids will be as 'elitist' or pretentious as the rest and will most likely be more welcoming

True there's always selective dropkicks lol

 

[30june2016]

True there's always selective dropkicks lol

das me :::DDDDD

 

[Green Yoda]

True there's always selective dropkicks lol

You don't have to be a dropkick in a selective school to be open minded and accept people based on their personality and not based on the elitism. It all really comes down to the kind of person you are.

 

[30june2016]

You don't have to be a dropkick in a selective school to be open minded and accept people based on their personality and not based on the elitism. It all really comes down to the kind of person you are.

i second this

 

[Jaxxnuts]

Everyone's experiences are different though so it's okay!!!

Besides, not all private/selective school kids will be as 'elitist' or pretentious as the rest and will most likely be more welcoming

yeah that's what i said in the context that there will be some not so elitistic students from private/selective schools

tbh if people won't be friends with you because of your school you're better off without them, there's plenty of other cool people too meet and be friends with instead

good point although it's great to me friends with as many people as possible (well tbh whoever you can actually make friends with)

Not fucked. Just be yourself, no need to pressure yourself to form friendship groups on the first day of university. Of course be active and out there, join societies and go to events etc. Seriously, I'm friends with a lot of private school kids and everyone's chill. Just a stereotype that some people do participate in for the fun of it, but everyone's fine. Stop the feedback loop from hell, cut the negativity and focus on the positive. and HSC is more important rn lol

well ppl want to make friends at uni bc it's a new starting point (with the exception of a couple of hs friends). Probably because you've known these private school kids for longer (or maybe you just hang out with the right students from private schools)

You'll be fine

It took square a good few years to make actual friends and he came from a shit school

My experience was an exception

If you really want just go to UWS/MACQ they are generally more friendlier

well if u have any way of getting into the circle it won't be a problem





True there's always selective dropkicks lol

but everyone's more into UNSW/usyd bc of the prestige (as well as the wide range of courses on offer)

i reckon it's possible (to some extent) to hang out with those elitists from the elite schools, as long as they're willing to chat/hang out with you

You don't have to be a dropkick in a selective school to be open minded and accept people based on their personality and not based on the elitism. It all really comes down to the kind of person you are.

true coz high school doesn't define who u are but for most of these selective school/private school kids it seems like that their lives are revolved around the fact that school defines a lot