Does popularity matter in college just as much as in high school?

[Anonymous]

so i was never popular in high school. the girls all hated me and they didn't try to be friends with me at all even though i was actually a decent person. blunt, yes, but nevertheless, i wasn't fake and i guess people didn't like how honest i was. a lot of the guys liked me i was pretty cute and i didn't bs around but i couldnt always hang out with them because i wasn't a tomboy and it felt weird to be hanging out with guys when i am a girl. i couldnt befriend the girls because they didn't really like me and i couldnt really befriend many of the guys because i found out they just wanted to sleep with me.as a result i was kind of a loner in high school. i mean i probably had a few friends here and there but i didn't really hang out with them outside of school. i was wondering, if i wasn't popular in high school, would people in college care? or is it different?

yes

no

[Anonymous]

I was similar to you in high school. I had a couple close friends in high school, but I was far from popular. When you go to college, you will meet so many new people and you're bound to make some great friends. I ended up on a coed hall my freshman year and these people became my best friends to this day 6 years after graduating. You can meet people in the dorms, your classes, different student groups you could join and if all else fails you could just join a sorority. That's 50 automatic friends right there.

[kheserthorpe]

I think you'll find you may run into a few girls like you, especially if your program suits that type of personality.

You will find an even larger number of guys who are fine with your personality. They will also still want to sleep with you. When a girl is cute and a guy also gets along with her, unless he's landing hotter girls then her, he's going to want to be with her, there's just no reason why he -wouldn't-.

[LaylaTwoHours]

It doesn't matter at all in college or at least it isn't at the one I go to.

[capncool]

People still tend to be a bit clique-y at times well into adulthood, but it becomes less of a case of a popularity contest and more of a case of people just sticking to what they know. There are so many people in college/university that you're not going to know everybody like you did in high school.

But if you live in dorms, then there's a bit more of a popularity contest involved. Same thing if you're in a frat/sorority or part of a student group.

[Prof_Don]

Doesn't matter except if you're in a Greek organization (frat or sorority )

[NoblesseOblige]

No.

And, guys love girls who hang out with us. We tend to date them :)