<p>In college there is no specific time where you have to eat because everyone has diff classes. So my schedule is prob going to be diff then my friends, so how do you find friends to eat with. I dont want to eat by myself or is that normal cuz if it is then its fines. Lol just worried</p>
<p>You can surely find a friend that has a similar schedule as you. I know that on T R, if my friend waits 30 minutes, I can eat with her. Or you can just find someone in class and say, "Hey you wanna go get lunch?" and just eat with them.</p>
<p>My son was on the campus where he will be starting as a freshman in a few weeks and the top football recruit for the school (big football school) sat down next to him in one of the cafeterias and they talked away. Understand that most of the kids sitting by themselves do not want to be sitting alone either, so its a simple question do you mind if I join you. You never know who you will meet </p>
<p>More than likely the majority of the time you will be eating with someone and the times that you are sitting alone enjoy it. I wouldnt worry too much about this </p>
<p>Have Fun!</p>
<p>Everyone has the same scheduling issues you do. Sometimes my son hooks up with his friends from his dorm to eat. Other times he just walks into the dining hall and sees who is around. Or sometimes he'd eat with a couple of kids from the class he had right before meal time. If he eats alone occasionally, he survives. Remember 1/4 of the kids there are also freshmen and probably don't know many people. If you see someone sitting alone, ask if you can join them! Or sit at an empty table and someone will join you. It will all work out. It's not usually like the social nightmare that a high school cafeteria can be, lol.</p>
<p>last year i usually went back to my dorms after my morning class to drop off my books, get my afternoon class books, and just looked around my floor to see if anyone else was free to go catch lunch. roommates are always a great option for this (if they are running a similar schedule to you). </p>
<p>or if you have class right before lunch, just ask someone from that class if they want to get lunch after. don't feel compelled to talk all through lunch either, people are there to eat, not gab! :P</p>
<p>Sometimes you can find someone to eat with and sometime you can't. It's Ok to eat alone.</p>
<p>^agreed. If you get bored just have a book, newspaper, textbook or something so you'll have something to do. No one cares.</p>
<p>Lots of people end up eating by themself. Its no big deal. Especially if you're eating between classes quickly, which is what I did once or twice a week 2nd semester.</p>
<p>Normally though, when i went to my dorm to drop off my stuff after class I would see if anyone was around and invite them to go eat with me.</p>
<p>honestly, i was the most worried about not having people to eat with at school, and it wasn't ever really a big deal. I'm friendly but not outgoing, but everyone is in the same boat the first few weeks of school so it's less awkward. I had 2 roommates who unfortunately thought they were "too good" to eat in the dining hall and went out with friends from hs all the time, but there were a lot of other people in my hall I could go eat with...especially people in singles who are looking for people to eat with as well! As for lunch, you could ask around on yoru floor... like hey, i think i'm going ot go grab some lunch, anyone want to come?</p>
<p>Make enough friends that there will always be some of them in the dining hall when you eat. Problem solved.</p>
<p>Thank god for college... in hs I had few but close friends, and many quarters none of them had the same lunch as me so I got used to sitting alone every day.</p>
<p>It was 30 years ago, but I have clear memories of gals in my dorm walking down the corridor, yelling "I gonna go eat. Anyone want to go with???" Turned out there usually was someone.</p>
<p>I eat 7 meals a day and 3 of those come while I'm at school. I eat alone usually.</p>
<p>If you hate eating alone, eat fast and get outa there.</p>
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Exactly. If you feel completely at a loss, bring some shields like people mentioned: magazine, cell phone, book, etc. It's NOT a deal at all. No one cares. Eat fast if you need to.</p>