There is another college about an hour/hour and a half away, and they have a decent program for my major, English Lit. but are not as well known as the other two colleges mentioned above. On the other hand, as you can see, it is a lot closer to home than the others.

Therefore I remain at a standstill on what to do.
Any advice?

Now, I won’t say friends come easy to me. But to talk to people, is only if I have very good reason to do so. As in small talk. Small talk is draining especially if you have to do this at noisy place with lots of crowd over there. Or not noisy, just crowd which happens to be your classmate. Or otherwise if you talk too much to this one person the other one would wonder why you don’t talk to them too. That’s why I’m much more friendlier at hostel. We’re all not that super close, but it’s going somewhere at least although it’s a real slow process. Specifically there’s like five introvert and three extrovert there. But the exies don’t go overboard, and innies dude are mostly chill and laid back (except maybe this ISTP who could be so damn bold at times) so it’s pretty much a comfortable zone for me.

But I’ve read through quite much material to understand the right or the wrong way of doing things. So at times I’ve to take two step forward and one step back. When it doesn’t work you stop and find another way. In your case, I see no reason for you to join in the large group altogether. It drains your energy real first even if you try. Can’t really tell you how to set your routine. As for me I know what I’m capable of from my MBTI type. Also, from experience.

But bear in mind being an introvert it’s normal for people to get the wrong idea about you. Currently I’m trying to find ways to make more people in my college know of MBTI (without having me to talk it out to people one by one of course). Because by knowing it could prevent embarassment, shame and guilt.

It doesn’t matter much even if you don’t look that great as long as you know how to look good. Bear in mind most people don’t think of you as much as they do thinking of themselves. This is true to most extrovert from my experience. Plus, you can’t control others of what they think but you can always control yours, and your life. Never let others think you’re “not normal” or whatever nonsense it is.

To say it in simple words, I just finished the 1st semester. I have lots of acquaintance but just few friends, and only ONE best friend. I don’t have much trouble socializing if there’s just like two or three person and the surrounding isn’t too stimulating. Apparently 2 hours is maximum time to me when I feel full of energy and have things to say. Then I would become detached and walk away. It’s been like roller coaster to juggle between things, college life in general. But I have trouble with some people and my classmates opinion of me in general. Not all, but some.

While I admit that we shouldn’t hang out with crappy people or BS, I do find it somewhat…. helping if I introduce myself in the new class next semester along with my introversion, but in simple words of course. I don’t want to shove this idea to people. I just want my classmates to…. think. Need to make them at least subconsciously feel that introversion is normal, introvert who don’t know they’re introverted can benefit from this and extrovert would get a chance to re-educate themselves and make right of what is wrong, their perception. But I fear if this turn into something controversial or somehow things can go wrong. Any opinion on this? Thanks for reading.