Tips for transitioning from college to the real life

I can't believe this thread has hardly had any responses so far, here is my advice:

1 - Don't listen to the doomsday stories of how social life ends after college and how you're bound to be lonely.

Searching "life after college" on google would convince you to commit suicide because life after college is supposed to be some sort of lonely miserable hell. Most of those stories you read will be on sites like Elite Daily, ThoughtCatalog, and Buzzfeed (because garbage sites like that have a way of crawling up to the first page of google). The kind of person writing those stories is likely going to be some girl who used to be hot in college, got a ton of free shit, graduated college, the drinking/partying caught up with her, stopped getting free shit alongside endless amounts of validation, and now has to tell the entire world how life ends after college. The next time you read a depressing article about life after college, check the source, I doubt it is anyone you would want to be like. Remember, bad news sells!

2 - All that being said, college has a great basement but low ceiling, the real world has a horrible basement but high ceiling.

In college, it was tough to be lonely, an average joe could easily make friends. In the real world, it is easy to be lonely but you will find that it is because most people suck. Most people want to crash on their couch and watch Netflix after work, play videogames/watch TV on the weekends, and then complain about how social life sucks after college. Now these are the same people who will tell you that life is hell after college, how much the real world sucks, and how college are the "best 4 years of your life". Believe me, they are going to be the main ones to let the ENTIRE world know how much life sucks after college as they get fatter and balder every single year after it.

Then you have the guys who went out, improved their lives, made some good changes, and their lives are a beauty. Now these are the guys that get invited to the amazing parties, date hot girls, make great friends, and live fulfilling lives. Since these guys have money to throw around (and even if they hardly make that much), to them life is amazing in regards to friends, women, and many other things; aim to be like these guys. Unfortunately these guys are in the minority, you won't hear their stories, only those of the miserable losers I mentioned in the last paragraph.

3 - Picking a city is one of the most important decisions you will make in your life.

Were you going to have the "college experience" at some little liberal arts school or university with horrible Male to Female ratios? Probably not! You definitely weren't going to have it at a commuter campus!

Just like picking a university matters, picking a city (if you are in that position), matters as well. NYC is the obvious choice but Austin, Chicago, and Minneapolis are other solid cities to check out.

4 - Pick awesome hobbies, they will make your life awesome.

Whether it is sailing, soccer, bartending (sweet side gig to have, not doable if you're in IB or consulting though), or whatever; awesome hobbies will make your life awesome. Just like there were benefits to being in a given club in college, there are going to be benefits of being in a given hobby.

5 - You can make some damn awesome friends.

In college, most people are desperately trying to fit in. A guy might not want to be friends with you if you aren't in a given fraternity. College kids are generally trying to play a popularity contest based on who can have the "coolest" friends, who can throw the best parties, and who can get invited to the best formals/events thrown by Greek Life. Most of my best friends that I have made, I have made after college. Get involved in activities you like, be open minded about meeting people, don't go in with the mindset that the world is out to get you, vet the people you let into your life as close friends, and enjoy it.

6 - Things can get easier with girls.

One of the selling points about college to guys is that you will never be around so many "single" girls in your entire life. Well, for the most part, that point is nonsense. If you went to the typical state school, a lot of the better looking girls already passed you up for not being on the football team or not being in a given fraternity. You were likely also broke and too focused on exams and internships than girls. In the real world, girls will reject you for being broke, very ugly, or being a total weirdo socially.

7 - Parties can be just as great.

The rager that had a bunch of college kids drinking cheap liquor won't stack up to some of the stuff you can potentially experience in the real world. I've experience better parties in Vegas than I ever did back at my university and they were wilder as well.

8 - If it all sucks, then it's probably because you suck.

If you fail to make friends, struggle with women, and are miserable; then it's time to look in the mirror. Maybe those "friends" you had in college were simply spending time with you (read: putting up with you) because they had to, not because they wanted to.