Would a shy kid at a liberal arts college struggle?

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Would a shy kid at a liberal arts college struggle?
I'm a shy kid. I have held a negative perception of people because as a young kid people made fun of me. I have graduated from high school and I have always struggled with oral presentations and opening up to people. I have been accepted to a top liberal arts college and would it be a great choice for me? I really want to change my lifestyle. I want to have stronger speaking, writing, and reading skills. Would a shy kid like me struggle at a liberal arts college?

 

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You'll struggle if you don't want to work on those issues.

Personally, I've always been a shy person, and I went to a huge state university, because I thought that I would hole away in a liberal arts college. Well, that's exactly what I did since there were way too many people to really get to know anyone. I can't say that anyone in a single class I took, was in another class I took (I realize that with large lecture sections that would be unlikely, but I didn't recognize anyone).

I think that the smaller setting that is typical in a liberal arts college would have been much better for me, and would have been way more helpful in overcoming that shyness, and establishing meaningful connections with other people.

But of course, only you can decide what is best for you. If you're nto sure that whatever colleges accepted you are right for you, defer your acceptance, take a gap year working at TJ Maxx or Hot Topic and reflect on what is right for you. You will only be a more mature person coming out of it, and you'll look stronger and more mature to schools that may have waitlisted you.

I wish I could give my younger self that same advice.