<p>I've been reading a few post about meeting people when you first get to college...and I was wondering do you guys/girls like it when people approach you to get to know you and become friends with, you or do you not like it...</p>
<p>omg! do you want to be anti-social or something??? the only way to make friends is to approach them! and i would NOT want to be around people who would not approach me or like me to approach them!</p>
<p>I was just wondering because some people think it looks desperate</p>
<p>Do approach, but keep the conversation to things like small talk at first. Where are you from, what are you interested in majoring in, and those types of things. During my orientation, I met some people who had obviously, like, rehearsed a spiel about themselves and recited it to almost everyone they saw, and those people did kind of creep me out.</p>
<p>^^Haha, that is kind of creepy.</p>
<p>Yeah, at orientation, everyone wanted to meet people, so there was a lot of random "Hey, what's up?" conversations going on. During break times, meals, and whatnot, I just looked for empty seats near people, sat down, and went from there.</p>
<p>so its a rehearshed spiel...some people are unsure, so they need to have some opening lines....why judge...see its the people that judge that don't help the people that have a hard time</p>
<p>i was very timid at first, but i wanted friends! so. take a deep breath, walk over to someone (better if theyre alone too so you're not intruding), say "Hi! I'm xxxxx, how are you finding orientation/where are you living/etc?" i actually made my first friend by walking up to the person i saw and said "Hi! I'm xxxx, wanna go figure out where things are with me?"
just remember: no one knows anyone either. forget who you were in high school. college is time to explore who you really are!!</p>
<p>good thead, haha, makes me feel better</p>
<p>Does knowing people from Facebook hurt/help? Like over this summer ive met a few people online, im actually meeting a friend attending the same college as me in Tokyo, would it be bad if my main focus was to talk with people I already know fairily well on facebook/aim ?</p>