<p>Some tips-</p>
<p>The most important thing for you to do at this point is to get to know some girls as friends. It will make you more comfortable around girls in general and will make it easier to ask one out when the time comes. </p>
<p>Search out opportunities to work with groups of people. Clubs, study groups, volunteer jobs, religious or political groups, etc. The key is to find groups with people your age. Once you get to know some girls in a group you can work on finding opportunities for informal one on one time. Don’t try to go too fast. An invitation like “I’m going over to watch the football game. Wanna come?” or “I’m done with my work for now too. Wanna go get a cup of coffee before we have to get back?” is non-threatening and gives a girl an opening to show she’d like to get to know you better.</p>
<p>When you don’t know someone’s name, introduce yourself. Even if they should know your name just say something like “I don’t know if you remember me. I’m PilotInTraining.” Nine times our of ten the other person will give you their name back. I’m terrible with names, so I use this trick all the time.</p>