Is Western Social Life Cliquey?
In all the conversations I see about social life at western at least one or two people say they find friend groups are cliquey because people stick to their friends from high school. Is that true? How bad is it?
I also hear it’s because a lot of students there come from the GTA. I’m from the GTA myself but none of my highschool friends are going to western. To be honest, when I think about the type of friend groups that would be cliquey or not willing to branch out from high school friends/lifestyle it’s the “popular” type groups that I have nothing against but just wouldn’t get along with. I worry that I won’t find my people there.
A big part of university for myself is being able to separate myself from high school friends, life, and social scenes. If friend groups are cliquey or can’t grow out of that, I don’t know if it’s the place where I want to be.