What percent of your friends do you still keep in touch with after college?

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JohnCBelfort

25d

I still keep in touch with my close friends from college

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25d

Based on the WSO Dataset, it's common to keep in touch with about 20% of your classmates after graduation. This is a typical scenario for many, as life paths diverge, and maintaining connections with everyone can be challenging. It's important to focus on nurturing the relationships that are most meaningful to you. These are often the friends who supported you through your college years and with whom you share significant memories. Remember, quality often trumps quantity when it comes to maintaining post-college friendships.

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Daemon145

22d

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2018 grad, 6 years later and I'm still close with the international students from my home country I met and about like 2 guys (one pre-college) I'm still very close too, as in meet ups whenever we can, and multiple calls throughout the week. About 5 other guys (fraternity, clubs) that I'm relatively close too as well, and maybe keep in touch with a list of 15 or so people, in a general sense.

Ya, I had the same worry you did, and its exactly how it all played out. You're going to loose the vast majority of 'friends' you've made, especially if you move to a different metro than them. The bright side is that these friendships, and american friendships in general in my observations, are shallow. They weren't meant to last long at all, and the sooner you adopt this frame, and start applying it to the real world in order to find new replacements, the happier you'll be.

Making friends post school, is a dynamic process, and totally depends on your personality, upbringing and existing social networks. It isn't hard if you're willing to really make it a priority, which isn't what most people do.

SwimminNCash

22d

Of the ~50 or so guys I was friends with in college (like could call up anytime), I maybe still talk to 10 on a semi regular basis. Of those 10 I talk to 1 multiple times a week and the others every few weeks. Doesn’t help that I’m still where I went to college and other people moved different places across the country…

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Sequoia

22d

I regularly keep in touch with 8 guys from college. Have a GC with a bunch more but they're more tertiary. The 8 that I keep in touch with though are close

Made a decent amount of friend post college I see regularly, but most of those would fade if we swapped cities

I also have a nice chunk of 10 or so friends I've made at other points in my life that I'm close with and regularly talk to. All said, 15-20 friends that I make a point to keep in touch with and are friends that have the potential to be lifelong which I can say with greater confidence now that I'm in my late 20s -- we'll see in 10yrs I suppose. Nearly all of those are in different geos which is meh, but can't do anything about that. We have phone / facetime / video games / etc so there's no excuse to not stay in touch these days if you make an effort

Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎

22d

I used to go on camping trips every year with about 20 alumni friends, but can’t go this year as I’m booked with caregiving duties.

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SafariJoe

22d

A very small group of, people just move on to other things and interests.

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bxllerxlert

22d

'23 grad here. I keep in touch with 4 of my really close friends on a daily/every other day basis via group chat. I typically see 3 of those guys 1-2x a year and the one other every 2-3 months (I'm dating a girl in the same city that he lives in). We went to a big state school, so we typically get together for 1-2 football games every year.

NewIndustryHorizon

22d

Graduated 10 years ago, now it's 0% but around 2019 - I was only in touch with 1 person (someone I considered a best friend during my college years). Recently added a handful of friends that I used to party with on LinkedIn only because I realized they worked at companies that I would consider applying to as I recently graduated from my MBA. Most of my graduating class in my major live in different cities / regions in the country. Never made an active effort to keep in touch. My best friend in college did visit me right before the pandemic and I'm thinking of visiting him soon. I guess I can consider that like 4% of the friends I had in college (~25 that I regularly saw around campus / played ball with / socialized with etc).

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wrgtyhwieweuy

22d

Class of 2021. At the beginning there was a core group of 5 of us who still stayed in touch, and then a handful more I would catch up with now and then. At this point it's down to a couple guys I keep in touch with regularly (this to me is like once every month or two) and a few guys I will catch up with every once in awhile (like once or twice a year). It's hard because I moved across the entire country when many of my friends moved to NYC. I'm sure I would be a lot closer with many of them now if I had done the same.

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Smoke Frog

22d

100%.

Although I only had one friend, so it was easy to stay in touch.

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22d

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