Flaw, I'm feelin ya on this one.. And actually, when I was your age.. (which was four years ago.. fuck I sound like I'm fifty fer bob's sake.. ) I was going through a lot of the same shit. You know what I wound up doing? I cut my hair, I started wearing "normal" clothes, I did my best to conform. I actually made "friends" with a bunch of the preps. So here's my report on them.

Now, note that I'm not applying this to all preps, just to the greater part of them, and any of you who has taken the time to get to know a few preps will know I speak truth here.

Preps are without a doubt, the most irritating, shallow, stupid people you'll ever meet. They'll stab you, and eachother, in the back, just because they feel like it. Their worst problem will be that they can't decide whether they want to go to Harvard or Yale, and they'll expect you to feel really sympathetic about that.

If you're lonely.. Try this.. Look around your classes as you go through the day. You'll see certain people, sitting in the back of the room, not really talking to anyone. They'll be throwing off vibes like they really, really don't want to be bothered. Those are the people to go for. Talk, make friends with them. They'll be better friends, and you'll have a lot more common ground with them, than you ever would with the other people.

As to rumors.. Well.. They CAN be used to your advantage. One of the rumors about me was that I always carried a knife in my trenchcoat. One day this kid was harassing me, and harassing me, and harassing me.. So I reached into my coat, and closed my hand around nothing, but kept it in there, and glared at him.

He left me alone RIGHT quick, lemme tell ya!

Just remember Moridin's Equation.

5% of the people in this world are worth loving
another 5% are worth making friends with
another 10% can be trusted to an extent
The other 80% are bitches, assholes, sluts, man-whores, preps, rich bitches, liars and just general scum, and simply are not worth your time to know.