Was College a "New Start" for you?

[KillarneyRose]

When you went off to college, did you think of it as a new start? Did you use the opportunity to "clean house" and develop a new image? Or did you continue to look/act/whatever the same way you did in high school? I started wondering about this while I was reading a rush thread.


As for me, I guess my image (for lack of a better word) didn't change much between high school and college. So many people I knew went to Pitt with me that it would have been hard had I wanted to change anything. Plus, I had made a point of going to Oakland (the part of town where Pitt is) to hang out on weekends so a lot of greeks already knew me.

On the other hand, I found out that another Mod went to high school with a girl I used to know who went to college with my ex-boyfriend. She was *shocked* when I told her that this girl was considered to be this gorgeous goddess, desired by all who knew her (ok, I exaggerated, but not much! lol) The mod told me this same goddess was bookish, bordering on nerdish in high school. But when she went to college 2,000+ miles away, she somehow managed to shed that image. (either that, or standards at her college weren't as high as at her high school)

I think college could be a great opportunity for someone who wants to reinvent him/herself, but I suppose you'd have to choose a school far from home. What do you all think?