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Feelings of undergraduate students about being alone were clarified by comparing feelings about being alone actively and passively. Undergraduate student participants (N=315) completed a questionnaire consisting of rating scales and free descriptions. The results indicated the following. (1) A Majority of participants indicated that they were "quite often, " "often" or "sometimes, " actively alone. However, most participants also indicated that they were "sometimes," "rarely" or "never" passively alone. (2) Most free descriptions indicated that feelings about being alone passively, were negative, whereas descriptions about being alone actively included a variety of feelings, such as negative feelings, ambivalent feelings, and neutral feelings. (3) Results suggest that feelings about being alone were closely related to instability and difficulties that are peculiar to adolescence.