How concrete are friend groups here?

speedsolver
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:05:16 +0000

It really depends on the people. I am also pretty shy, although I have started to “break out” of my shell in college. I was afraid of the fluid friend groups problem … and while I had very diverse groups of friends freshman year, I can confidently say that I had a great, stable, close group of friends (+other people I met!) by the end of freshman year.

I think the fact that UW is huge is great because you can make connections with lots of diverse people while establishing a group of friends that you do a lot of things with.

OF COURSE, not everyone will have the same experience. Do you have any friends at UW right now who can introduce you to some people? Although I made friends in classes and are great friends with them, I must also give credit to upperclassmen I know who introduced me to a few of my closest friends at UW.

tldr: Doable even if you’re shy, but experiences differ. :)