Not knowing anyone in college.

dchow08
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:56:32 +0000

Join a group of people for a meal and get together to do some activities. The point is to meet people. You won’t necessarily become friends with them a few weeks down the road, and after a while you’ll know who you want to eat with and talk to for the time being. In the first few days of college, everyone’s just getting to know each other, like the people in their dorms or orientation groups, if any, or they talk to anyone they see. Definitely be approachable, and eventually you’ll find out which of those people you don’t want to talk to anymore and who you want to be friends with. Friends change, anyway. At first I thought I would be really good friends with one person, but now I’m not so sure if he’s that good of a friend. So it helps to know a good number of people so that if some people no longer stay as friends, you have others to hang around with.

I also wouldn’t worry about it too much. I tend to make a lot of “friends” as acquaintances, but it takes a while for me to find out who the real, close friends are.