There is no alternative to college for the friend-building aspect. And even then, not all colleges are the same when it comes to making friends. I've been to a rural college in the middle of nowhere and a big-city college that mostly had commuting students.
Guess which one was better for making friends. That's right, it's the one where people are effectively sequestered for months at a time. At the big city school, so many of the people were just 'passing by' in some way. They're doing a semester here and then going back, or they're working in the city and taking classes p/t, or taking an elective as part of a pre-med program somewhere else...the list goes on.
Guess which one was better for making friends. That's right, it's the one where people are effectively sequestered for months at a time. At the big city school, so many of the people were just 'passing by' in some way. They're doing a semester here and then going back, or they're working in the city and taking classes p/t, or taking an elective as part of a pre-med program somewhere else...the list goes on.