<p>My school just changed my status from sophomore to Junior and I have little friends here. It's causing me to feel miserable & depressed because i'm generally not a loner or typical a nerd/geek. I'm pretty out-going, taking risks to talk to people and etc. But here it's different.. </p>
<p>I tried joining clubs but the clubs i'm interested in normally have 5 members and I just don't click with them. I made a few friends at my dorm freshman year but since i live off-campus for my sophomore/junior year, i lost the connection between them and we're not friends anymore. I tried to reconnect by asking them to hangout but I always get "can't, i have to study" or "i'm busy". </p>
<p>I have friends that are Seniors but they're leaving this year, causing me to be alone next year (which is my Senior year). :-/</p>
<p>I tried going to events to make friends but people already formed their cliques and aren't open to expanding. I tried talking to people but i just get one-word responses and a negative body language. It's like everybody on campus is either fake, found their cliques, or uninterested. </p>
<p>I need to make friends quick and before my graduation comes up.. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Try and make friends with people in your classes. I think more than anything else the friends and “friendly acquaintances” I’ve made have come out of study groups and such.</p>
<p>I’ve been doing that. In a few classes, people just gave me mean looks when I tried talking to them in class. Since then, every time I come into a classroom, they just stare at me and sometimes whispers.</p>
<p>Don’t stop? What are you doing to get that responce? I find if i’m polite and helpful the more people in class will talk to me.</p>
<p>Lol. I really don’t know? I have manners, i mind my p’s and q’s. For the most part, when I talk to a person I don’t know, I tend to stay quiet and see if they’re interested in a conversation. Like I notice this girl in my class that went to the same events I went to, and in class I asked her “what did you think of the event last night?” all i got was “cool” and i asked why she said that and she said just because… but then 5 minutes later, her friend comes in and she was like “omg that event was crazy” :-/</p>
<p>you need to percist >.> Don’t just expect them to show that their interested and then follow their lead.</p>
<p>I had the same issue at a deep south school(I am from the east coast).So i just decided to transfer…</p>
<p>@icedragon - of course but i’m not going to continue a conversation when obviously they’re not interested in talking to me</p>
<p>@somebeast - my school is on the east coast too. I did try to transfer but transferring was very complicated regarding my credits and I didn’t want to risk losing half my credits and stay in college longer than my plan.</p>
<p>Perhaps seek out a shy person in your class who doesn’t have anybody to study with .</p>
<p>I’ll try that again.</p>
<p>update: i tried talking to a person in class and failed… The girl just kept saying “mhm ok”</p>
<p>maybe it’s just the people at your school? what school do you go by the way? maybe you should look into transferring to somwhere with friendlier people? but let’s see, try joining a sorority? if your school has those, great way to make your school a lot smaller and you get know everyone in the greek system as well… also if you have like sports club try joining those… are you doing anything in particular to garner such a response? or maybe your just overly evaluating? maybe you should try talking to a trusted adult or close friend family member back home about it too and get their advice.</p>