By Emily Gianni
No matter how old you are, you will always be meeting new people and making new friends. In college it is totally different making new friends because you have those kids in your major, in your classes, friends on the weekend, friends in clubs, roommates and more. You may have a hard time finding who your real friends are and that is totally okay! College is a time for you to learn who your true friends are and make so many more different types of friends.
If you want to make more friends, start talking to people within your major classes. These people have at least one of the same interests as you do: your major. You never know if you have more in common besides this. You can ask your classmates to go out for coffee, to hangout one night on a weekend or even to do homework together.
If you are having a hard time finding friends in your classes, join different clubs. You can meet people who have similar interests to you outside of school. These clubs don’t have to be related to your major. By meeting people in clubs, you will meet a diverse group of people. This helps because you won’t be surrounding yourself with the same people all of the time. In college especially, there are so many different types of people you can meet and be friends with, you just have to put yourself out there.
If you want to find a friend group to go out with on the weekend, just ask! Your class friends and roommates may not want to go out, but you can ask around to other people. Chances are if you end up going out together once, it can be a regular occurrence and you may become even closer friends!
Remember, no matter what happens, it doesn’t hurt to ask. To make friends, you need to put some effort in. If the other person does not put in any effort, or even the same effort as you do, then they may not be the right friend for you. You will meet so many people at college, you just have to be patient and be yourself.