<p>I'm just wondering because although I do have a good amount of acquaintances, I only have a few people I would call friends. I have like 4 girls on my floor that I hang out with from time to time but I don't want to do the things they do all the time (like going to clubs or parties). And my roommate is with her boyfriend A LOT. Kind of wish I had picked a sub free floor just to find people with similar interests :l are people willing to make friends after freshman year first semester??</p>
<p>Are people willing to make friends after freshman year first semester? Yes. Of course they are. </p>
<p>People don’t just all of a sudden close the door to making new friends after their first semester of college. </p>
<p>Is it common though, to make close friends after freshman year? I feel like a lot of people here are not willing to make new friends, my floor is very clique-y and I feel like everyone separated before orientation week was even over… sometimes I try to be friends with people and they don’t seem interested in making new friends. I just want more close friendships and I can’t connect with most of the people I’m meeting right now. </p>
<p>People make friends at all years of their lives. You can even make friends after college =D</p>
<p>Some of my closest friends from college I made in my third and fourth years in college. Most of the people I knew from my first year, I rarely talk to anymore.</p>
<p>I’ve found that I started making more friends once I started getting into more of the serious courses within my major. People that are in the same major as you are clearly going to have at least one big thing in common, and usually several others will accompany that. I’m a physics major, and I love having friends that I can discuss physics with. I’ve found that my physics friends tend to have a lot of the same interests as me in other things both in and out of school. A lot of the time you’ll spend a couple of years going through many of the same classes with the same people. Going through all of it together forges bonds that can become pretty strong.</p>
<p>The friends I made freshman year remained my core group of friends all four years, but I did still make other friends! Most of those other friends were acquaintances from my freshman/sophomore year that I got to know better later on. Like comfortablycurt said, you will definitely meet and befriend more people once you get farther into your major. </p>
<p>If it is any comfort to you at all, I went to a state school as an OOS student where everyone came from surrounding areas and knew each other for the most part. At the beginning of freshman year those people stuck close to their high school friends, but they did eventually branch out. No one is never unwilling to make a new friend!</p>
<p>No, most people don’t make most of their friends first semester freshman year. </p>
<p>It is more likely that you develop your interests, and knowledge of clubs and activities on campus after a year or two.</p>
<p>I do think most people don’t make friends senior year. Sophomore year is the year people are most likely to meet people, either on campus or not.</p>
<p>I made all my best friends after my freshman year – just chiming in as it could help.</p>
<p>The weird thing I recalled thinking my freshman year was how “friends” were oddly based on where one lived (dorm, floor, etc)… which when you think about it, all comes down to convenience, not anything more significant. So go ahead and get out with those acquaintances, and meet some other folks, too! </p>
<p>Ah you guys are so reassuring! Thank you. I’ve just been hearing lately of people being really good friends with floormates freshman year and that really scared me, lol. It is so true about them being friends of convenience. </p>
<p>I’m in the exact same situation from friends to roomate. I feel as if I don’t have any friends I truly like or would want to hang out with all the time. It’s hard meeting people that are in my opinion always fun to hang out with. But it was reassuring knowing that I’m not the only one feeling this way and that there’s hope that I will meet good friends in my later years of college. </p>
<p>It might come as a surprise, but you can even make new friends AFTER college. ;)</p>
<p>You might even make some new friends when you’re in your 60s, 70s, and 80s!</p>
<p>Odds are that most of your high school friends won’t really remain ‘friends’ for too long after high school. There are only a few people from high school that I still talk to on anything resembling a regular basis, and even those I talk to pretty sparingly. I made a ton of friends after high school that are still my friends today though. I’m a non-traditional student. I’m 28 and I’m currently a sophomore, so my situation is a bit different. I’ve continued to make new friends all throughout my 20s though. Now I’m in college and I’m making more new friends. </p>
<p>I’m currently in a CC, and I’m transferring to UIUC after this year. A few of my friends at my current CC are transferring there as well, so I’ll have a few friends there right away. But I’m sure I’ll be making new friends there, even though I’ll be transferring in as a junior. </p>
<p>Im a freshman and i have 0 friends. I go to class, eat, practice my sport, workout, study and repeat</p>
<p>Do you guys have any advice on turning the acquaintances I like into closer friends? Like people that I could hang with over the weekend? Still feel super lonely!</p>
<p>OP, you mentioned how everyone becomes friends with floor mates freshman year… Yeah, that does happen, but my freshman year I made all my friends with people who lived in another dorm. They actually had a joke that I “lived in my car” because I spent so much time in their building and none of them had ever seen my room or met my roommate. </p>
<p>As far as making friends out of acquaintances, just find common interests to bond over. Ask if they want to hang out. One of my friends from college who later became my roommate for sophomore and junior year bonded over music. We weren’t anything more than acquaintances until she asked me if I wanted to go to a concert with her because she had an extra ticket and she knew I liked the artist. The rest was history! Here’s another example… I met a group of friends just by hanging out in the rec center freshman year. A guy asked me to play ping pong with him and then I ended up hanging out with his group of friends later that evening. I’ve now been in a relationship with the guy who asked me to play ping pong’s best friend for almost four years. </p>
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<p>Have you tried asking them to do things? Making friends, especially with people who you don’t see all the time (like your roommate or people in nearby rooms), takes effort, and many people aren’t used to putting in that effort, especially after spending so many years of seeing the same kids for hours at a time everyday in high school. Come up with things you want to do and invite others to join you. See if you have something in common with your acquaintances (or anyone, really) that will help you guys spend regular time together. Take a rec class with someone, find a TV show you have in common and watch it together every week, have movie nights, or explore the town on weekends. Keep spending time with them and you’ll get closer.</p>
<p>I made almost no friends my freshman year. I figured the adjustment to college would be tough so I wanted to make sure I focused on classes and didn’t lose time by being in campus orgs. After I figured out electrical engineering wasn’t for me and switched to math, I had tons more free time. By sophomore year, I finally understood my interests and how student orgs work around campus. I joined orgs that year and have been making tons of friends ever since. I did not get the feeling from any of the non-freshmen that they were not willing to make friends (even the ones that already had a respectable amount of friends). I see no reason as to why anyone would feel as if their freshmen year is their only chance to make friends. I’m a senior and it’s not any tougher to make friends.</p>
<p>@SadHippo, the school I go to has a reputation for snobbishness so there are definitely quite a bit of people who aren’t that friendly. They are at least polite, but I can easily tell they’re not interested in being friends. </p>
<p>Also I feel like making friends in class is super easy since nobody likes to be completely alone in a class, but when it comes to hanging out over the weekend everybody generally has their own stuff going on :l</p>
<p>Joined an active community service group called “Circle K International,” the college version of Key Club.
I’ve made tons of friends on campus and with other colleges and high schools in the Kiwanis family.
We all hang out together and frequently do activities:</p>
<p>Today we’ve sent at least 10 members visiting UC Davis’ Circle K club
Tomorrow we’re having our own meeting and going bowling afterwards
Friday we’re playing basketball and having family socials
Saturday we’re practicing for a large competition amongst all the schools and doing a service project.</p>
<p>I’ve met tons of people my freshman year and also get to make more friends as the new students come in :)</p>