Rhodes: An oppertunity for losers to become "the shit"

Every movie or book written about universities and colleges highlights the social scene and everyday relationships between girls and guys. Girls are depicted as the perfect female specimen with no flaws and are dressed in the latest fashion and boys drive the hottest cars and act like they own the world and can do what they want. The sad thing is that people do not realize that the universities and colleges depicted in the movies do not exist. A perfect example of a program that gives a completely in accurate view of university life is Greek. (To find out more visit http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976014/ )

Rhodes is known to be a very accepting university so it is logical for a socially awkward high school student to apply to Rhodes because there is no fear of being judged. But this creates a problem because all those socially awkward students who apply do not apply to come to Rhodes and be accepted for who they are but come in the hope of getting a second chance at finding a footing in the social scene. Everyone knows that university is a new start and a place that you can define yourself but some people take that too literally and instead of finding themselves lose themselves completely.

For many students Rhodes has become away of reaching new social heights. Boys you played kissing catchers with turn into complete assholes and girls you have been friends with forever are suddenly the biggest bitches on campus. You do not need to know these people directly to know of them. Students who were once bullied and ridiculed in high school come to university not necessarily just Rhodes and turn in to the very people that tormented them.

Basically what I am trying to put as politely as possible is that people who were complete losers in high school have come to Rhodes and have turned into “the shit”. By this I mean that they are willing to step on anyone to be noticed and are willing to hurt people to get to the top. Boys who were genuinely nice have turned into cold ‘players’( the definition can be found here http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/players but look at the slang) who care about nothing more than being one of the boys even if it means going against any morals they once had. I have overheard and been involved in many conversations where girls have said how a guy has used them or has hurt them for no apparent reason, and during the conversation someone will say “he never used to be like that I don’t know what happened to him.”

Girls have changed just as dramatically as guys. Girls who used to spend Friday nights at sleep over’s or finishing up assignments have suddenly turned into hardcore binge drinkers. Girls, who were never really concerned about what other people thought of them, have become girls that never leave their room with out their make-up being done.

If university is really about finding yourself why is everyone so ready to let go of the little piece that was there in the beginning? People shouldn’t come to university to find themselves and become someone not worth knowing. If you were a loser once, it doesn’t matter, don’t try becoming something you not. Rhodes is a big place in a small town you are bound to find a place you fit in and people who like you for who you are. It is not a common thing to find people who change for the better but it does happen. Our blog is about giving advice on how to cope and have the best first year possible take what I have said about people changing for the worst seriously. People in my opinion plan to become someone they are not when applying for university do not become one of them.