<p>And also, how have you maintained these friendships? Because, as I'm sure you know, friends can grow apart after some time. </p>
<p>I, for example, would have few friends if not for extracurriculars. I've made friends with people I've grown familiar with through soccer, Mock Trial, band, etc. And also with people who consistently take the same classes with me. </p>
<p>How about you guys? And also, how long will your high school friendships last after you graduate? </p>
<p>I have a close friend from fourth grade that I still talk to daily even though we are in different states now. My closest friend from where I am now is actually a weird story. We both hated each other but one day in lunch I sat down next to her and then we could not stop talking about this and that, that was 7th grade. We always talk and rarely fight and are practically sisters. A lot of other friends I have are through soccer and track as well. It’s really by chance how I made a lot of my friends.</p>
<p>I switched schools at the end of eighth grade and I never had any friends in high school. I had some acquaintances from my classes, but they usually sat with their other friends at lunch and I never went over to anyone’s house or anything. It was the same with the people in my ECs…I’d be the youngest, or the only girl, or everyone would already be friends with everyone else. </p>
<p>I started taking college classes full-time this year…I hang around with my cousins a lot and somehow I have a boyfriend now (I met him in an EC, so I guess you can actually do that), but other than that I still only have acquaintances. I’m going to college in the same city where I live now, so I hope to maintain contact with the same people, at least for a while. </p>
<p>I never met any FRIEND friend through extracurriculars (only acquaintances). The people on my soccer team are really mean and cliquey; I stay in soccer because I love soccer haha. I met all my friends through the classes I took. Through this, I have a big friend group and a smaller friend group of people I would call best friends. I maintain these friendships from talking to each other all the time. Part of it is that we have the same classes and have study sessions all the time, but also just being loud and annoying with each other hahah. :)</p>
<p>Out of all my friends, I think I will keep only 2 or 3 of these friendships until college. Probably only keep in touch with 2 afterward.</p>
<p>My high school is pretty awesome in that everybody treats everybody as friends. SO by just going to high school and being outgoing I think anyone could amass plenty of friends.</p>
<p>My number one tip is to always wave at someone and say “Hi” with a big smile, it makes people friendlier.</p>
<p>^Definitely. Smiles are so powerful when it comes to ingratiating yourself with acquaintances, teachers, strangers, etc. They are your most powerful unlimited tool.</p>
<p>In 8th grade, the guidance counselor asked if at lunch time I would sit next to a certain girl who was very shy and a bit odd. I did, and discovered that she was pretty nice! Even though we went to different colleges and ended up living 2,500 miles apart, we are still best friends. She flies from Texas to Maine to visit us every summer. Other than my immediate family, she was the ONLY person to send my three kids birthday presents every year. I’m really glad the counselor took the time to connect us together. That was 39 years ago!</p>
<p>1st & 2nd grade gifted class LOL we are now juniors, do calc together & are going to prom together next week. next year we likely wont have classes together but theyre my closest trustees & as we didnt have classes together last year i know itll work. they were the only 2 who included me normally after many hospitalizations</p>
<p>I don’t have any.</p>
<p>My best friend I met on the first day of eighth grade. I didn’t have ANY friends in my study hall, so I sat next to the new girl. We weren’t great friends until our sophomore year in high school… Now we are pretty much attached at the hip. </p>
<p>Another friend I met in 6th grade English. She glued her hand to her desk, and somehow the teacher thought it was my fault and yelled at me. For the next two years that girl was the person I loved to hate… But when I was forced to be her partner in 8th grade science we became friends. </p>
<p>My best friend I met in seventh or eighth grade, but we bounded in freshman PE because neither of us knew anybody else. </p>
<p>Most of my other friends, I’ve met through sports. A lot of us do the same sports, and I have even convinced a few friends to join. :)</p>
<p>My best friend was on the soccer team of my old best friend (we kinda drifted apart freshman year), so he introduced us. My second best friend I’ve known since kindergarden</p>
<p>They weren’t focused on academics 100% of the time, liked to have fun, but still achieved highly.</p>
<p>tl;dr smart hardworking but not boring </p>
<p>I’m confused… what is “friends”? Is that like a TV show or something?</p>