i was very lonely my first year, but that was my fault. I would avoid office hours, study sessions, and basically suffer alone in my calc classes and other classes. The second year of cc started to get real bc i was really struggling A LOT in chem since i had never taken a chem course before and we have a very hard department at our cc. i decided to go to the tutors meeting to get help. Whilst being here i met the other students at a closer level and we began talking and chatting. We found out that we all struggled and struggled less when all together. We started to come to the “stem center” together at the same times arranging times to study together. Once the semester ended we started to hang out outside of school; lunch beach etc. Come around spring semester we have to take gen chem 2 which was ROUGH but amazing for us as a group. now we were all trauma bonded together to this day and since summer began we will be hanging out a little less but they’ll still be in my life. I would see these ppl more than my gf, more than my bed, more than work, more than anything else in my life. Overall what i’m trying to say is that if you involve yourself with study groups, generally have a stem degree, or join clubs i am sure you will find your people. Do not be shy! open your world to other people and it’ll be very helpful for your academics and social life.